{"id":"land-revocation-reservations-act-2016","name":"Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2016","slug":"land-revocation-of-reservations-act-2016","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":176298,"registerId":"vic-land-revocation-reservations-act-2016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2016","content":"Version No. 002\n\n**Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2016**\n\n**No. 13 of 2016**\n\nVersion as at  \n1 September 2016\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Section Page*\n\nPart 1—Preliminary 1\n\n1 Purposes 1\n\n2 Commencement 2\n\nPart 2—Albert Park land 3\n\n3 Revocation of reservation—Albert Park land 3\n\n4 Consequences of revocation—Albert Park land 3\n\n5 Permanent reservation of Albert Park land 3\n\n6 Preservation of lease—Albert Park land 4\n\nPart 3—Ballarat North land 5\n\n7 Revocation of reservation—Ballarat North land 5\n\n8 Consequences of revocation—Ballarat North land 5\n\n9 Preservation of lease—Ballarat North land 5\n\nPart 4—Caulfield land 7\n\n10 Revocation of reservation—Caulfield land 7\n\n11 Consequences of revocation—Caulfield land 7\n\n12 Permanent reservation of Caulfield land 7\n\n13 Glen Eira City Council is committee of management 8\n\nPart 5—Cobram land 9\n\n14 Revocation of reservation—Cobram land 9\n\n15 Consequences of revocation—Cobram land 9\n\nPart 6—Flinders land 10\n\n16 Revocation of reservation—Flinders land 10\n\n17 Consequences of revocation—Flinders land 10\n\nPart 7—Waaia land 11\n\n18 Revocation of reservation—Waaia land 11\n\n19 Consequences of revocation—Waaia land 11\n\nPart 8—Wedderburn land 12\n\n20 Revocation of reservation—Wedderburn land 12\n\n21 Consequences of revocation—Wedderburn land 12\n\n22 Temporary reservation of Wedderburn land 12\n\n23 Loddon Shire Council is committee of management 13\n\nPart 9—General 14\n\n24 Registrar of Titles to make amendments necessary for this Act 14\n\n25 Preservation of lease does not place parties in breach 14\n\nSchedule 1—Land in respect of which reservations are revoked 15\n\n═══════════════\n\nEndnotes 19\n\n1 General information 19\n\n2 Table of Amendments 21\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation 22\n\n4 Explanatory details 23\n\n**Version No.** **002**\n\n**Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2016**\n\n**No. 13 of 2016**\n\nVersion as at  \n1 September 2016\n\n**The Parliament of Victoria enacts:**\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n\t1 Purposes\n\nThe main purposes of this Act are—\n\n(a) to revoke the permanent reservation of certain land at Albert Park and to provide that that land is taken to be permanently reserved for educational purposes; and\n\n(b) to revoke part of the permanent reservation of certain land at Ballarat North; and\n\n(c) to revoke the permanent reservation of certain land at Caulfield and to provide that that land is taken to be permanently reserved for public purposes, being in particular the purposes of a public park, gardens and recreation; and\n\n(d) to revoke part of the permanent reservation of certain land at Cobram; and\n\n(e) to revoke part of the permanent reservation of certain land at Flinders; and\n\n(f) to revoke part of the permanent reservation of certain land at Waaia; and\n\n(g) to revoke the permanent reservation of certain land at Wedderburn and to provide that that land is taken to be temporarily reserved for public purposes.\n\n\t2 Commencement\n\n(1) This Act, except Parts 2 and 6 and items 1 and 5 of Schedule 1, comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n(2) Subject to subsection (4), Part 2 and item 1 of Schedule 1 come into operation on a day to be proclaimed.\n\n(3) Subject to subsection (4), Part 6 and item 5 of Schedule 1 come into operation on a day to be proclaimed.\n\n(4) If a provision referred to in subsection (2) or (3) does not come into operation before 1 September 2016, it comes into operation on that day.\n\nPart 2—Albert Park land\n\n\t3 Revocation of reservation—Albert Park land\n\nThe Order in Council specified in item 1 of Schedule 1 is revoked.\n\n\t4 Consequences of revocation—Albert Park land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 1 of Schedule 1 reserving the land described in that item—\n\n(a) that land is taken to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions, encumbrances, estates and interests; and\n\n(b) the appointment of any committee of management of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(c) the appointment of any trustee of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(d) any regulations under section 13 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** are revoked to the extent that they apply to that land.\n\n\t5 Permanent reservation of Albert Park land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 1 of Schedule 1, the land described in that item is taken to be permanently reserved under section 4(1) of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** for educational purposes.\n\n\t6 Preservation of lease—Albert Park land\n\n(1) Nothing done by this Part affects the status or continuity of the lease over part of the land described in item 1 of Schedule 1 that was entered into by Parks Victoria and State Orchestra of Victoria ACN 096 788 804 and that commenced on 27 April 2006 and that was in force immediately before the commencement of this Part.\n\n(2) The lease referred to in subsection (1) has effect from the commencement of this Part—\n\n(a) as if the lease were a lease granted under section 5.2.5 of the **Education and Training Reform Act 2006** by the Minister administering that section; and\n\n(b) as if the lease referred to that Minister instead of Parks Victoria.\n\nPart 3—Ballarat North land\n\n\t7 Revocation of reservation—Ballarat North land\n\nThe Order in Council specified in item 2 of Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies to Crown Allotments 2005 and 2007, Parish of Ballarat.\n\n\t8 Consequences of revocation—Ballarat North land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 2 of Schedule 1 to the extent that it applies to the land described in Crown Allotments 2005 and 2007, Parish of Ballarat—\n\n(a) that land is taken to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions, encumbrances, estates and interests; and\n\n(b) the appointment of any committee of management of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(c) the appointment of any trustee of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(d) any regulations under section 13 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** are revoked to the extent that they apply to that land.\n\n\t9 Preservation of lease—Ballarat North land\n\n(1) Nothing done by this Part affects the status or continuity of the lease over the land described in Crown Allotments 2005 and 2007, Parish of Ballarat that was entered into by the City of Ballarat and North Ballarat Football Club Inc. and that commenced on 1 October 2013 and that was in force immediately before the commencement of this Part.\n\n(2) The lease referred to in subsection (1) has effect from the commencement of this Part—\n\n(a) as if the lease were a lease granted under section 134 of the **Land Act 1958** by the Minister administering that section in relation to Crown Allotments 2005 and 2007, Parish of Ballarat; and\n\n(b) as if the lease referred to that Minister instead of the City of Ballarat.\n\nPart 4—Caulfield land\n\n\t10 Revocation of reservation—Caulfield land\n\nThe Order in Council specified in item 3 of Schedule 1 is revoked.\n\n\t11 Consequences of revocation—Caulfield land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 3 of Schedule 1 reserving the land described in that item—\n\n(a) that land is taken to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions, encumbrances, estates and interests; and\n\n(b) the appointment of any committee of management of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(c) the appointment of any trustee of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(d) any regulations under section 13 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** are revoked to the extent that they apply to that land.\n\n\t12 Permanent reservation of Caulfield land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 3 of Schedule 1, the land described in that item is taken to be permanently reserved under section 4(1) of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** for public purposes, being in particular the purposes of a public park, gardens and recreation.\n\n\t13 Glen Eira City Council is committee of management\n\nOn the commencement of this section, the Glen Eira City Council is taken to be the committee of management under section 14(2) of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** of the land described in item 3 of Schedule 1.\n\nPart 5—Cobram land\n\n\t14 Revocation of reservation—Cobram land\n\nThe Order in Council specified in item 4 of Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies to Crown Allotment 2008, Parish of Boosey.\n\n\t15 Consequences of revocation—Cobram land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 4 of Schedule 1 to the extent that it applies to the land described in Crown Allotment 2008, Parish of Boosey—\n\n(a) that land is taken to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions, encumbrances, estates and interests; and\n\n(b) the appointment of any committee of management of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(c) the appointment of any trustee of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(d) any regulations under section 13 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** are revoked to the extent that they apply to that land.\n\nPart 6—Flinders land\n\n\t16 Revocation of reservation—Flinders land\n\nThe Order in Council specified in item 5 of Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies to Crown Allotment 2034, Parish of Flinders.\n\n\t17 Consequences of revocation—Flinders land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 5 of Schedule 1 to the extent that it applies to the land described in Crown Allotment 2034, Parish of Flinders—\n\n(a) that land is taken to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions, encumbrances, estates and interests; and\n\n(b) the appointment of any committee of management of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(c) the appointment of any trustee of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(d) any regulations under section 13 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** are revoked to the extent that they apply to that land.\n\nPart 7—Waaia land\n\n\t18 Revocation of reservation—Waaia land\n\nThe Order in Council specified in item 6 of Schedule 1 is revoked to the extent that it applies to Crown Allotment 2039, Parish of Waaia.\n\n\t19 Consequences of revocation—Waaia land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 6 of Schedule 1 to the extent that it applies to the land described in Crown Allotment 2039, Parish of Waaia—\n\n(a) that land is taken to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions, encumbrances, estates and interests; and\n\n(b) the appointment of any committee of management of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(c) the appointment of any trustee of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(d) any regulations under section 13 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** are revoked to the extent that they apply to that land.\n\nPart 8—Wedderburn land\n\n\t20 Revocation of reservation—Wedderburn land\n\nThe Order in Council specified in item 7 of Schedule 1 is revoked.\n\n\t21 Consequences of revocation—Wedderburn land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 7 of Schedule 1 reserving the land described in that item—\n\n(a) that land is taken to be unalienated land of the Crown, freed and discharged from all trusts, limitations, reservations, restrictions, encumbrances, estates and interests; and\n\n(b) the appointment of any committee of management of the land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(c) the appointment of any trustee of that land is revoked to the extent that it relates to that land; and\n\n(d) any regulations under section 13 of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** are revoked to the extent that they apply to that land.\n\n\t22 Temporary reservation of Wedderburn land\n\nOn the revocation by this Part of the Order in Council specified in item 7 of Schedule 1, the land described in that item is taken to be temporarily reserved under section 4(1) of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** for public purposes.\n\n\t23 Loddon Shire Council is committee of management\n\nOn the commencement of this section, Loddon Shire Council is taken to be the committee of management under section 14(2) of the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** of the land described in item 7 of Schedule 1.\n\nPart 9—General\n\n\t24 Registrar of Titles to make amendments necessary for this Act\n\nThe Registrar of Titles must make any recordings in or amendments to the Register kept under the **Transfer of Land Act 1958** that are necessary because of the operation of any provision of this Act.\n\n\t25 Preservation of lease does not place parties in breach\n\nNothing done by virtue of section 6 or 9—\n\n(a) is to be regarded as placing any person in breach of, or as constituting a default under, any provision of a lease referred to in those sections including any provision prohibiting, restricting or regulating the assignment of the lease; or\n\n(b) is to be regarded as fulfilling any condition which allows a person to exercise a right or remedy in respect of, or to terminate, any agreement or obligation; or\n\n(c) releases the obligor wholly or in part from any obligation.\n\nSchedule 1—Land in respect of which reservations are revoked\n\n**Item 1—Albert Park land**\n\n| Situation and area of reserved land: | Crown Allotment 2027, Parish of Melbourne South, being 9283 square metres. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 29 October 2002, published in the Government Gazette dated 31 October 2002, page 2934. |\n| Description of reserved land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 31 October 2002, page 2934. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Public Park. |\n| Extent of revocation: | The entire reserve. |\n\n\n**Item 2—Ballarat North land**\n\n| Situation and area of reserved land: | Crown Allotments 5A, 2005 and 2007, Parish of Ballarat, being 7·6241 hectares in total. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 9 September 1935, published in the Government Gazette dated 11 September 1935, page 2359. |\n| Description of reserved land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 14 August 1935, page 2137. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Show Yards and Public Recreation. |\n| Extent of revocation: | The reserve so far as it relates to Crown Allotments 2005 and 2007, Parish of Ballarat. |\n\n\n**Item 3—Caulfield land**\n\n| Situation and area of reserved land: | Crown Allotment 32B, Parish of Prahran at Caulfield, being 2·0285 hectares. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 23 August 1966, published in the Government Gazette dated 31 August 1966, page 3198. |\n| Description of reserved land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 20 July 1966, page 2633. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Public purposes (swimming pool, other associated facilities and car parking). |\n| Extent of revocation: | The entire reserve. |\n\n\n**Item 4—Cobram land**\n\n| Situation and area of reserved land: | The left bank of the River Murray in the Parish of Boosey. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 23 May 1881, published in the Government Gazette dated 27 May 1881, page 1389. |\n| Description of reserved land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 11 February 1881, page 484. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Public Purposes. |\n| Extent of revocation: | The reserve so far as it relates to Crown Allotment 2008, Parish of Boosey. |\n\n\n**Item 5—Flinders land**\n\n| Situation and area of reserved land: | Crown Allotments 2034, 2035 and 2036 (formerly Crown Allotment 5, Section A), Parish of Flinders, being 63·76 hectares in total. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 27 April 1982, published in the Government Gazette dated 5 May 1982, page 1277. |\n| Description of reserved land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 5 May 1982, page 1277. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Preservation of Species of Native Plants. |\n| Extent of revocation: | The reserve so far as it relates to Crown Allotment 2034, Parish of Flinders. |\n\n\n**Item 6—Waaia land**\n\n| Situation and area of reserved land: | The bed and banks of the Broken Creek in the Parish of Waaia. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 23 May 1881, published in the Government Gazette dated 27 May 1881, page 1389. |\n| Description of reserved land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 18 March 1881, page 817. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Public purposes. |\n| Extent of revocation: | The reserve so far as it relates to Crown Allotment 2039, Parish of Waaia. |\n\n\n**Item 7—Wedderburn land**\n\n| Situation and area of reserved land: | Crown Allotment 25A, Section M, Parish of Wedderburne, being 2108 square metres. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 27 November 1862, published in the Government Gazette dated 5 December 1862, page 2488. |\n| Description of reserved land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 5 December 1862, page 2488. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Mechanics Institute. |\n| Extent of revocation: | The entire reserve. |\n\n\n ═══════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\n*Minister's second reading speech—*\n\n*Legislative Assembly: 21 October 2015*\n\n*Legislative Council: 10 December 2015*\n\nThe long title for the Bill for this Act was \"A Bill for an Act to revoke permanent reservations of certain land, to provide for reservations of certain land for specified purposes and for other purposes.\"\n\nThe **Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2016** was assented to on 5 April 2016 and came into operation as follows:\n\nParts 1 (sections 1, 2), 3 (sections 7–9), 4 (sections 10–13), 5 (sections 14, 15), 7–9 (sections 18–25) and items 2–4, 6 and 7 of Schedule 1 on 6 April 2016: section 2(1); Parts 2 (sections 3–6) and 6 (sections 16, 17) and items 1 and 5 of Schedule 1 on 1 September 2016: section 2(4).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original section or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.  \nSee section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThere are no amendments made to the **Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act 2016** by Acts and subordinate instruments.\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation\n\nThere are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this publication.\n\n4 Explanatory details\n\nNo entries at date of publication.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose as stated in the long title: 'to revoke permanent reservations of certain land, to provide for reservations of certain land for specified purposes.' Each Part addresses a specific geographic site with no expansion into broader policy areas. The Act does not create new regulatory frameworks, establish ongoing administrative bodies, or extend beyond the seven identified land parcels."},"complexity_factors":["Highly repetitive structure: Parts 2-8 follow an identical template (revocation → consequences → [re-reservation/management] → [lease preservation]), creating redundancy rather than complexity","Minimal defined terms: Only standard legislative references (e.g., 'Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978') without a dedicated interpretation section","Straightforward conditional logic: Simple 'if this happens, then that happens' sequencing with no nested exceptions","No cross-referencing maze: References are limited to specific external Acts (Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, Land Act 1958, etc.) without internal circular definitions","Geographic specificity requires Schedule 1: The actual land descriptions (Crown Allotment numbers, Parish names) are quarantined in Schedule 1, keeping the operative sections clean","Staged commencement: Simple date-based triggers (Royal Assent + 1 day, proclamation, or 1 September 2016 fallback) without complex conditional commencement"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act changes the legal status of specific parcels of Crown land (government-owned land) across Victoria. It removes existing reservations (legal restrictions on how land can be used) from seven separate sites: Albert Park, Ballarat North, Caulfield, Cobram, Flinders, Waaia, and Wedderburn.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Cleans the slate:** For each site, the Act cancels previous Orders in Council (government decisions) that reserved the land for specific purposes. This strips away old trusts, management committees, and restrictions.\n- **Reclassifies the land:** \n  - **Albert Park:** Switches from \"Public Park\" to \"educational purposes\" (permanent reservation).\n  - **Ballarat North & Cobram:** Partially removes reservations (specific allotments only), returning those parcels to unalienated Crown land (basic government ownership with no special status).\n  - **Caulfield:** Changes from \"swimming pool and facilities\" to \"public park, gardens and recreation\" (permanent reservation), with Glen Eira City Council appointed as manager.\n  - **Flinders & Waaia:** Partially removes reservations (specific allotments only), returning those parcels to unalienated Crown land.\n  - **Wedderburn:** Changes from \"Mechanics Institute\" to temporary reservation for \"public purposes\", with Loddon Shire Council appointed as manager.\n- **Protects existing leases:** Two existing leases are preserved and legally transferred to new authorities—the State Orchestra of Victoria's lease at Albert Park (transferred to the Education Minister) and the North Ballarat Football Club's lease at Ballarat North (transferred to the relevant Minister).\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Local councils (Glen Eira and Loddon Shire) who gain or lose management responsibilities.\n- Leaseholders (State Orchestra of Victoria, North Ballarat Football Club) whose agreements continue uninterrupted.\n- The general public, as the land uses change (e.g., Caulfield becomes a public park).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is practical \"land housekeeping.\" It modernises the legal framework for specific sites to match their actual current use, removes outdated restrictions dating back to the 1800s in some cases, and ensures existing tenants aren't evicted or put in legal breach during the transition."},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available text, there is no indication that the scope of the Act changed from its original intent. Acts of this type are typically narrow and technical administrative instruments — their purpose (revoking specific reservations) is fixed from introduction. No amendments or scope expansions are evident from the material provided."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, specific subject matter — deals only with revoking existing land reservations","Likely contains schedules listing specific land parcels, which require cross-referencing with land titles and mapping records","Requires some background knowledge of Victorian land reservation law (particularly the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978) to fully understand implications","The provided text is severely truncated, making full analysis impossible — actual Act content may add complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act revokes one or more legal reservations on specified land parcels, removing the public-purpose restrictions that had limited sale, use, or redevelopment. That change lets government, developers or other parties repurpose or dispose of the land and directly affects nearby communities and agencies that managed those reservations. It matters because it permanently strips protections for public uses — though which parcels and why are not specified in the text provided."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act's content closely matches its stated purposes in section 1: it revokes specific reservations listed in Schedule 1 and, where specified, re‑reserves the land for named public purposes, preserves particular existing leases, and updates management arrangements. There is no material expansion of scope beyond those enumerated actions; the Act remains narrowly focused on the listed parcels and the legal mechanics of revocation, re‑reservation and administrative updating."},"complexity_factors":["Seven discrete land items mapped in Schedule 1 (items 1–7) with a separate Part for most items (Parts 2–8).","Highly repetitive structure across Parts (revocation, consequences, occasional re‑reservation, preservation of leases) which reduces conceptual complexity.","Cross‑references to four other Acts: Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, Education and Training Reform Act 2006, Land Act 1958, Transfer of Land Act 1958 (multiple Parts rely on these).","Two preservation clauses that recharacterise leases as if granted by Ministers under other Acts (sections 6(2) and 9(2)) introduce conditional legal effects beyond simple revocation.","Staggered commencement mechanism with proclamation fallback (section 2) adds procedural timing complexity.","Multiple revocation extents (whole reserves vs. part of reserves) require attention to Schedule wording and itemised Government Gazette references in Schedule 1.","Limited number of defined technical terms; Act is short and mostly operational rather than interpretive."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does (mechanically)**\n\n- The Act takes specific parcels of Crown land out of their existing permanent or partial reservations (that is, it cancels the Orders in Council that created those reservations) and then either:\n  - frees the land from the old reservation so it becomes unalienated Crown land (see, for example, the standard consequence clauses at sections 4(a), 8(a), 11(a), 15(a), 17(a), 19(a), 21(a)); or\n  - immediately re‑reserves the land for a new specified purpose (permanent or temporary) under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 (see sections 5, 12 and 22).\n\n- The Act applies to seven specific parcels listed in Schedule 1 (items 1–7). Each Part (Parts 2–8) deals with one parcel or group of parcels and follows the same pattern: revoke the old reservation, declare the land to be unalienated Crown land freed from earlier trusts/encumbrances, and then in some cases re‑reserve the land for particular public uses (see Schedule 1 and Parts 2–8).\n\n- Where there are existing leases over affected land, the Act preserves those leases and recharacterises them so they continue in effect but as if granted under the relevant statutory head of power by the responsible Minister (see Albert Park — section 6; Ballarat North — section 9). Section 25 confirms that recharacterising leases under sections 6 and 9 does not count as a breach or trigger termination rights under those leases.\n\n- The Act directs the Registrar of Titles to make any entries or amendments in the land register needed because of the Act (section 24).\n\n- For two parcels, the Act names local councils as the committee of management under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act (Glen Eira City Council — section 13; Loddon Shire Council — section 23).\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- The State (Crown) — the legal owner/managing entity for the affected parcels — because the land’s reservation status and management arrangements are changed (see the relevant Part for each item).\n\n- Committee(s) of management and trustees previously appointed over those reserves — their appointments are revoked, in whole or in part, insofar as they relate to the affected land (see subsections such as 4(b)–(c), 8(b)–(c), etc.).\n\n- Existing leaseholders on the affected parcels — their leases are preserved and recharacterised to continue under specified statutory authorities (see sections 6 and 9) and protected from being treated as breached by that recharacterisation (section 25).\n\n- Local councils named as committees of management — they take on formal committee of management status for particular parcels (sections 13 and 23), with the responsibilities that follow under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978.\n\n**Why it matters (official purpose, then practical implications and trade‑offs)**\n\n- Officially, the Act’s stated purposes are to revoke reservations of particular parcels and, in specified cases, to re‑reserve those parcels for particular public purposes (educational, public park/gardens/recreation, temporary public purposes) — see section 1 and Schedule 1.\n\n- Practical implications and trade‑offs:\n  - Mechanism for reallocation: By revoking older Orders in Council and freeing the land from previous trusts and encumbrances (see, e.g., section 4(a)), the Act clears legal constraints that previously governed permissible uses. That creates scope for the Crown to reclassify and manage the land under new, explicit statutory reservations (sections 5, 12, 22). The immediate mechanical effect is legal clarity over permitted uses and the responsible management authority.\n  - Preservation of continuity for private or community users: Existing leaseholders (for example, the State Orchestra lease at Albert Park and the North Ballarat Football Club lease at Ballarat North) keep their rights and continuity is preserved by treating the lease as if granted under the relevant statute by the Minister (see sections 6(1)–(2) and 9(1)–(2)). Section 25 avoids those lease changes being treated as breaches that would allow termination.\n  - Local management and maintenance responsibilities shift in some cases to local councils by declaring them committees of management (sections 13 and 23). That changes who decides on day‑to‑day use and upkeep.\n  - Potential change to conservation or community uses: In one example the Act revokes part of a reserve that had been set aside for preservation of native plants (Flinders — Schedule 1 item 5, dealt with in Part 6). Revocation of the reservation (even if only partly) removes the previous statutory constraint; the text does not itself state subsequent private or commercial uses, but the legal effect is to enable reclassification or different management consistent with Crown land law. The Act therefore changes the legal constraints governing future land use (Part 6, section 16–17).\n  - Administrative and transaction costs: The Registrar of Titles must update registers (section 24). Local committees of management and the relevant Ministers must administer the new reservation arrangements. These are routine administrative costs but necessary for giving legal effect to the changes.\n\n**Who pays, who decides, what behaviour changes**\n\n- Who pays: The State bears the administrative cost of changing reservations and updating registers. Local councils that become committees of management (sections 13 and 23) may incur management and maintenance costs associated with their committee role; such costs are not specified in this Act.\n\n- Who decides: This Act itself makes the legal changes. After the Act operates, decisions about management and use on re‑reserved land will follow the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 framework and, where a council is committee of management, decisions will involve that council (sections 5, 12, 22, 13, 23).\n\n- Behaviour changes: The legal reclassification removes some previous constraints and creates specific new reservation purposes. That will change what the Crown and committees of management can lawfully allow on those parcels (for example, different permitted public uses or management regimes under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act).\n\n**Implementation notes and risks**\n\n- Staggered commencement and proclamation: some Parts require proclamation to commence (section 2), which introduces timing and sequencing risks for implementation.\n\n- Deeming of leases to other statutory regimes (sections 6(2) and 9(2)) reduces the legal uncertainty for leaseholders, but it also changes the statutory source of their lease (from a local authority to a Minister), which may have operational effects (e.g. which official makes decisions about assignments or approvals).\n\n- The Act focuses on legal status and management arrangements; it does not itself authorise sale or alienation of the land. Future disposals or different uses would be governed by the Crown Land (Reserves) Act and other applicable laws.\n\n(References: see sections 1–2, Parts 2–8, sections 24–25 and Schedule 1.)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/land-revocation-of-reservations-act-2016","history":"/api/acts/land-revocation-of-reservations-act-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/land-revocation-of-reservations-act-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/land-revocation-of-reservations-act-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/land-revocation-of-reservations-act-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/land-revocation-of-reservations-act-2016/documents"}}