{"id":"land-st-kilda-sea-baths-act-2000","name":"Land (St. Kilda Sea Baths) Act 2000","slug":"land-st-kilda-sea-baths-act-2000","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":176354,"registerId":"vic-land-st-kilda-sea-baths-act-2000-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Land (St. Kilda Sea Baths) Act 2000","content":"Version No. 001\n\n**Land (St. Kilda Sea Baths) Act 2000**\n\n**No. 61 of 2000**\n\nVersion as at  \n31 March 2023\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Section Page*\n\n1 Purpose 1\n\n2 Commencement 1\n\n3 Definitions 1\n\n4 Application 1\n\n5 Powers to lease car park land 2\n\n6 Power to enter and use land despite reservation 3\n\n7 Registrar of Titles to make necessary amendments 3\n\nSchedule—Details of reservation 4\n\n═══════════════\n\nEndnotes 5\n\n1 General information 5\n\n2 Table of Amendments 7\n\n3 Explanatory details 8\n\n**Version No.** **001**\n\n**Land (St. Kilda Sea Baths) Act 2000**\n\n**No. 61 of 2000**\n\nVersion as at  \n31 March 2023\n\n**The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:**\n\n\t1 Purpose\n\nThe main purpose of this Act is to provide for a power to lease land for the purposes of a car park at St. Kilda.\n\n\t2 Commencement\n\nThis Act comes into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n\t3 Definitions\n\nIn this Act—\n\n***car park land*** means the land shown hatched on the lodged plan;\n\n***committee of management*** means the committee of management appointed under the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** in respect of any part of the car park land;\n\n***lodged plan*** means the plan numbered  \nLEGL./00–21 lodged in the Central Plan Office in the Department of Natural Resources and Environment.\n\n\t4 Application\n\nThis Act has effect despite anything to the contrary in the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**, any regulations made under the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**, the **Land Act 1958** or any other Act or law.\n\n\t5 Powers to lease car park land\n\n(1) The committee of management may grant a lease of the car park land or part of that land for the purposes of the development, maintenance and operation of a car park.\n\n(2) The committee of management must not grant a lease under subsection (1) unless the Minister administering the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** has, in writing to the committee, approved the granting of the lease.\n\n(3) A lease granted under subsection (1) may be for a term not exceeding 45 years.\n\n(4) A lease granted under subsection (1)—\n\n(a) may contain provision for the term of the lease to be extended one or more times, but the aggregate of the initial term and any extensions of the term must not exceed 45 years; and\n\n(b) may contain provision for a lessee to remain in occupation of the land under the same terms and conditions as existed under the lease, at the discretion of the lessor, for a period of not more than 3 months from the expiry of the lease; and\n\n(c) is subject to any covenants, exceptions, reservations and conditions that are determined by the committee of management and approved in writing by the Minister.\n\n(5) If there is no committee of management, the Minister administering the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** may grant a lease of the car park land in accordance with this section, subject to any covenants, exceptions, reservations and conditions that are determined by the Minister.\n\n\t6 Power to enter and use land despite reservation\n\n(1) If a lease of the car park land is granted under this Act, the lessee, its servants or agents may enter and use the car park land for the purposes of—\n\n(a) carrying out the development of a car park on the car park land; and\n\n(b) carrying out the development of structures and works ancillary to the car park on the car park land; and\n\n(c) the alteration, repair, maintenance and removal of that car park or those structures and works; and\n\n(d) the operation of that car park—\n\nin accordance with that lease.\n\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply unless written consent to the entry or use has been obtained from—\n\n(a) the committee of management; or\n\n(b) if there is no committee of management, the Minister administering the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**.\n\n(3) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in the Orders in Council specified in items 1 and 2 of the Schedule and any other Order in Council under the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** reserving any part of the car park land.\n\n\t7 Registrar of Titles to make necessary amendments\n\nThe Registrar of Titles must make any recordings in or amendments to the Register under the **Transfer of Land Act 1958** that are necessary because of the operation of any provision of this Act.\n\nSchedule—Details of reservation\n\nItem 1—Sea Baths Complex land\n\n| Situation and area of land: | At St. Kilda, Parish of Melbourne South, County of Bourke, being 7.942 hectares, less authorised excisions. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 5 June 1906. |\n| Description of land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 13 June 1906, page 2379. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Site for the Recreation, Convenience and Amusement of the People. |\n\n\nItem 2—Sea Baths Complex land\n\n| Situation and area of land: | At St. Kilda, Parish of Melbourne South, County of Bourke, being 2328 square metres, being Allotment 102D. |\n| --- | --- |\n| Instrument and date of reservation: | Order in Council dated 13 July 1999. |\n| Description of land by reference to Government Gazette: | Government Gazette dated 15 July 1999, page 1672. |\n| Purpose of reservation: | Site for the Recreation, Convenience and Amusement of the People. |\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 Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\n*Minister's second reading speech—*\n\n*Legislative Assembly: 31 August 2000*\n\n*Legislative Council: 24 October 2000*\n\nThe long title for the Bill for this Act was \"to provide for power to lease land for the purposes of a car park at St. Kilda and for other purposes.\"\n\nThe **Land (St. Kilda Sea Baths) Act 2000** was assented to on 8 November 2000 and came into operation on 9 November 2000: section 2.\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 (St. Kilda Sea Baths) Act 2000** by Acts and subordinate instruments.\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\nNo entries at date of publication.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, the Act appears to remain focused on its original narrow purpose — managing the legal status of the St. Kilda Sea Baths land. There is no evidence from the provided text of scope expansion beyond the specific site named in the title."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely narrow and site-specific scope — applies to a single defined parcel of land","Single-purpose legislation with limited operational provisions","No apparent cross-references to complex regulatory frameworks","Insufficient legislative text provided to identify further complexity","Likely contains straightforward land status or transfer provisions typical of Victorian Crown land legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act addresses the legal status, ownership and management arrangements for the parcel of Crown land occupied by the St Kilda Sea Baths, clarifying how the site may be used, leased or developed. \n\nIt matters to local users, the City of Port Phillip, potential commercial operators and state land managers because it protects and regulates a historically significant foreshore facility and the public interest in that land."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act implements its stated original purpose (long title and section 1): it authorises leasing of the specified St Kilda Sea Baths land for a car park and related works. There are no amendments recorded in the source; the scope remains the same as enacted."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose subject matter (car park leases) — limited geographic scope reduces complexity.","Cross-references to other statutes and instruments (Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, Land Act 1958, Orders in Council) creating interaction points (s4, s6(3)).","Decision-making split between committee of management and Minister (committee may lease but needs Ministerial written approval; Minister may act where no committee) (s3 definition, s5(1)–(2), s5(5)).","Lease term rules and limits: maximum 45 years total, permitted extensions subject to aggregate cap, and a discretionary 3‑month holdover (s5(3)–(4)(a)–(b)).","Right of entry/use for lessee tied to written consent from committee or Minister and limited to lease purposes (s6(1)–(2)).","Registrar of Titles obligation to amend registers to reflect leases (s7) — procedural effect on land records.","Reliance on a lodged plan to define car park land creates a cadastral prerequisite (s3 definition of lodged plan)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the committee of management (or, if none, the Minister) to grant leases of specific St Kilda Sea Baths land so it can be developed, maintained and operated as a car park. It overrides other Crown land reservation rules and requires Ministerial approval for leases. The instrument’s stated purpose is to enable car‑park development; mechanically it shifts decision and approval power to the committee/Minister, allows up to 45‑year terms (with limited extensions and short holdover), and requires title updates so the land record matches the lease."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: enabling a car park lease at the St Kilda Sea Baths. The long title references 'and for other purposes' but the operative provisions do not expand beyond the car park leasing mechanism. No creeping scope expansion is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 7 operative sections (excluding the Schedule and endnotes)","3 defined terms in the interpretation section (car park land, committee of management, lodged plan)","Straightforward conditional logic: ministerial approval required as a simple gatekeeper condition","Single purpose legislation with no nested exceptions or complex cross-referencing beyond naming related Acts","Schedule contains only descriptive tables of land reservations, not operative provisions","No amendments since enactment (Table of Amendments is empty)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act gives special permission to lease a specific piece of public land in St Kilda, Melbourne, so it can be used as a car park for the St Kilda Sea Baths area.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **The local committee of management** — the volunteer or appointed group that normally looks after this public land under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978. They can now grant a lease for the car park.\n- **The Minister** — who must approve any lease before it happens.\n- **Potential lessees** — businesses or operators who want to build and run the car park.\n- **The Registrar of Titles** — who updates official land records to reflect these changes.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nNormally, this land is \"reserved\" (legally set aside) for public recreation and amusement. That legal status would normally prevent it being leased for commercial car parking. This Act creates a specific exception to those rules, allowing a long-term lease (up to 45 years) despite the recreational reservation. It essentially untangles a legal knot so the land can be practically used for parking while remaining public land in other respects.\n\n**Key features:**\n\n- **Overrides other laws:** The Act explicitly says it applies \"despite anything to the contrary\" in other land laws (Section 4).\n- **Ministerial approval required:** No lease can happen without the Minister's written okay (Section 5(2)).\n- **Long leases possible:** Up to 45 years, with possible extensions built in, plus a 3-month holdover period (Section 5(3)-(4)).\n- **Access rights:** The lessee can enter and develop the land for car parking purposes, even though it's reserved for recreation (Section 6)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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