{"id":"royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935","name":"Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935","slug":"royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":175253,"registerId":"vic-royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935","content":"Version No. 002\n\n**Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935**\n\n**No. 4342 of 1935**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n7 June 2011\n\n**table of provisions**\n\n*Section Page*\n\n1 Short title 5\n\n2 Definitions 5\n\n3 Revocation of appropriation Order in Council and Crown grant relating to Melbourne Hospital site 6\n\n4 Power to hospital to sell land described in First Schedule and buildings and improvements thereon 7\n\n5 Revocation of certain Orders in Council 7\n\n6 Corporation to provide hospital on land described in Fourth Schedule 8\n\n7 Proceeds of sale how to be applied 9\n\n8 Power to corporation to borrow on mortgage of land described in First Schedule or upon other security approved by the Governor in Council 9\n\n9 Sale of land etc. authorized notwithstanding trusts etc. 10\n\n10 Receipts by the corporation or its attorney 10\n\n11 Committee to keep accounts of moneys received and expended 11\n\n__________________\n\nSCHEDULES 12\n\nSCHEDULE 1—Melbourne Hospital site 12\n\nSCHEDULE 2 13\n\nSCHEDULE 3 14\n\nSCHEDULE 4 15\n\nSCHEDULE 5—*Repealed* 16\n\nENDNOTES 17\n\n1. General Information 17\n\n2. Table of Amendments 18\n\n3. Explanatory Details 19\n\n**Version No.** **002**\n\n**Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935**\n\n**No. 4342 of 1935**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n7 June 2011\n\nAn Act to provide for the Sale of certain Land in the City of Melbourne granted by the Crown as a Site or Place to be used as and for a General Hospital and Recreation Grounds for the same and also to provide for a General Hospital on certain other Land of the Crown in the said City to be permanently reserved for a General Hospital and granted to The Royal Melbourne Hospital and for other purposes.\n\n**Preamble**\n\nWHEREAS it appears that in the year One thousand eight hundred and forty-five the Governor of New South Wales sanctioned the appropriation of certain allotments of land in the District of Port Phillip as a site for the Melbourne Hospital:\n\nAND WHEREAS by Order in Council of the seventh day of February One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three certain lands adjacent to the said site were allowed to the said hospital for the purpose of the recreation of convalescents:\n\nAND WHEREAS in order to provide a site or place for a building to be used as a General Hospital in the City of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria for the benefit of the afflicted or distressed inhabitants and sojourners for the time being of and in the said City, the land described in the First Schedule to this Act was by Crown grant bearing date the sixteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine granted unto Charles Hotson Ebden, Edward Eyre Williams, and James Hunter Ross and to their heirs and assigns, nevertheless subject to and under the several conditions, provisos, and declarations in the said Crown grant contained including, inter alia, a condition that the piece or parcel of land thereby granted, and every part thereof, and the buildings which should for the time being be erected thereon, should be at all times thereafter set apart, maintained, and used as and for a General Hospital and Recreation Grounds for the same for the benefit of the afflicted or distressed inhabitants and sojourners for the time being of and in the said City and for no other purpose whatsoever:\n\nPreamble\n\nAND WHEREAS it was in the said Crown grant also declared that if the said piece or parcel of land, or the buildings for the time being thereon, or any part thereof respectively, should (save and except in pursuance of some power or authority thereafter to be given or conferred by law, or save and except with the consent in writing of the Governor for the time being of the said Colony) at any time cease for the space of six calendar months to be maintained or used as or for such Hospital and Recreation Grounds as aforesaid, or if the said Charles Hotson Ebden, Edward Eyre Williams and James Hunter Ross their heirs or assigns, should (save and except as aforesaid) permit or suffer the same lands and buildings, or any part thereof respectively, to be used or applied to any other purpose whatsoever, or if the said Charles Hotson Ebden, Edward Eyre Williams and James Hunter Ross their heirs and assigns, should (save and except as aforesaid) alienate or attempt to alienate in fee simple, or for any less estate or interest, the said piece or parcel of land and the buildings for the time being thereon, or any part thereof respectively, or should not at all times thereafter keep and maintain the said land and buildings respectively in proper order and repair, then in either of such cases it should be lawful for Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, by any person or persons duly authorized in that behalf by the Governor or other Officer for the time being administering the Government of the said Colony, to re-enter upon the said hereditaments and premises, or any part thereof, and to hold, possess, and enjoy the same as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if the said grant had not been made:\n\nPreamble\n\nAND WHEREAS it was in the said Crown grant further declared that the said land and buildings respectively should be held by the said Charles Hotson Ebden, Edward Eyre Williams, and James Hunter Ross and the survivor and survivors of them, and the heirs of such survivor, their or his assigns, as Trustee or Trustees for the intents and purposes aforesaid, and for or upon no other trust, intent, or purpose whatsoever:\n\nAND WHEREAS provision was also made in the said Crown grant for the appointment of a new trustee or of new trustees in the events therein mentioned:\n\nAND WHEREAS no new trustee or new trustees were appointed:\n\nAND WHEREAS buildings have from time to time been erected on the said land and the said land and buildings have been set apart maintained and used for the purposes aforesaid:\n\nAND WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-ninth day of August One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four[[1]](#endnote-2) made by the Governor in Council under the provisions in that behalf of the Act of the Parliament of Victoria 27 Victoria No. 220 the contributors for the time being to the institution called and known as the Melbourne Hospital situate in the City of Melbourne (being the hospital aforesaid) were declared to be a body politic and corporate by the style and title of \"The Melbourne Hospital\" (hereinafter referred to as \"the corporation\"):\n\nAND WHEREAS by section ten of the said Act it was provided that all real and personal estate held in trust for any institution at the time of the incorporation thereof under the provisions of the said Act should be and the same were thereby transferred to and vested in the incorporated institution:\n\nAND WHEREAS by virtue of the said Act the said land and trust premises were transferred to and vested in the corporation:\n\nAND WHEREAS the corporate name of the corporation was on the twenty-seventh day of March One thousand nine hundred and thirty-five[[2]](#endnote-3) changed to \"The Royal Melbourne Hospital\":\n\nPreamble\n\nAND WHEREAS by Order in Council of the thirtieth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine[[3]](#endnote-4) the land described in the Second Schedule to this Act was permanently reserved for Melbourne General Hospital:\n\nAND WHEREAS by Order in Council of the thirtieth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine[[4]](#endnote-5) the land described in the Third Schedule to this Act was permanently reserved for general medical educational purposes:\n\nAND WHEREAS it is expedient to revoke the hereinbefore recited Orders in Council of the thirtieth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine respectively permanently reserving the lands described in the said Second and Third Schedules in order that the land described in the Fourth Schedule to this Act (which comprises portion of the land described in the said Second Schedule and the whole of the land described in the said Third Schedule) may be permanently reserved for a general hospital and granted to the corporation and the land described in the Fifth Schedule to this Act (which comprises the remainder of the land described in the said Second Schedule) may be permanently reserved as a site for a dental hospital and dental school and granted to the University of Melbourne:\n\nAND WHEREAS the purposes of the corporation will be furthered and the interest thereof be promoted if provision is made as hereinafter enacted for the sale of the land described in the said First Schedule and the buildings improvements and equipments thereon and for the provision of a general hospital on the land described in the said Fourth Schedule and for the erection on the land described in the said Fourth Schedule of buildings and the making of improvements for the purposes of such hospital and for the equipment of such hospital and for carrying out upon such land the objects for which the land described in the said First Schedule was granted:\n\nAND WHEREAS it is expedient to revoke the hereinbefore recited appropriation, the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the seventh day of February One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and the hereinbefore recited Crown grant and to provide for the issue of a new Crown grant to the corporation:\n\n**BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):**\n\n\t1 Short title\n\ns. 1\n\nThis Act may be cited as the **Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935**.\n\n\t2 Definitions\n\nIn this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—\n\n***corporation*** means The Royal Melbourne Hospital;\n\n***purchaser*** includes lessee;\n\n***Schedule*** means Schedule to this Act;\n\n***sell*** includes lease and ***sale*** has a corresponding meaning;\n\n***Treasurer*** means the Treasurer of Victoria.\n\n\t3 Revocation of appropriation Order in Council and Crown grant relating to Melbourne Hospital site\n\ns. 3\n\n(1) On a day to be appointed by the Governor in Council by proclamation published in the Government Gazette—\n\n(a) the hereinbefore recited appropriation sanctioned by the Governor of New South Wales;\n\n(b) the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the seventh day of February One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; and\n\n(c) the hereinbefore recited Crown grant bearing date the sixteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine—\n\nshall be hereby revoked.\n\n(2) On or after the day so appointed the Governor in Council may notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Land Acts issue a new Crown grant in respect of the land described in the First Schedule to the corporation subject only to such reservations exceptions and conditions as are usually incident to a Crown grant of purchased lands.\n\n(3) Upon the issue of the new Crown grant as aforesaid to the corporation the corporation shall surrender the hereinbefore recited Crown grant bearing date the sixteenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine to the Registrar of Titles.\n\n\t4 Power to hospital to sell land described in First Schedule and buildings and improvements thereon\n\n(1) Upon the issue of the new Crown grant as aforesaid the corporation in such manner and for such price and upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council approves may—\n\ns. 4\n\n(a) sell the land described in the First Schedule either as one or in several lots and either at one or several times, and make such roads streets and passages and grant such easements of right of way or drainage over the same as the circumstances of the case require; and\n\n(b) sell any buildings improvements or equipment on any of the said land.\n\n(2) The land described in the First Schedule shall as to all parts of which possession has not been given to and taken by a purchaser or purchasers from the corporation enjoy the same immunity as at the commencement of this Act in respect of all public or municipal rates charges taxes and assessments.\n\n\t5 Revocation of certain Orders in Council\n\n(1) The hereinbefore recited Orders in Council respectively—\n\n(a) of the thirtieth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine relating to the land described in the Second Schedule; and\n\n(b) of the thirtieth day of July One thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine relating to the land described in the Third Schedule—\n\nare hereby revoked and the said lands shall be and be deemed to be unalienated lands of the Crown.\n\n(2) The Governor in Council may in accordance with the Land Acts—\n\n(a) permanently reserve the land described in the Fourth Schedule for a general hospital; and\n\nS. 5(2)(b) repealed by No. 15/2011 s. 7.\n\n* * * * *\n\n(3) The Governor in Council upon being satisfied that substantial and permanent improvements have been effected by the corporation on the land described in the Fourth Schedule towards providing a general hospital thereon may subject to such covenants conditions reservations and exceptions as the Governor in Council thinks fit in the name and on behalf of His Majesty grant the said land to the corporation for the purpose of a general hospital.\n\nS. 5(4) amended by No. 6142 s. 5(1), repealed by No. 15/2011 s. 7.\n\n* * * * *\n\n\t6 Corporation to provide hospital on land described in Fourth Schedule\n\ns. 6\n\nWhen a new Crown grant is issued as aforesaid in respect of the land described in the First Schedule the corporation shall forthwith take steps to provide a general hospital on the land described in the Fourth Schedule and erect such buildings and provide and install such equipment and make such improvements as are required and may do and perform all such other acts and things as are necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of this Act.\n\n\t7 Proceeds of sale how to be applied\n\ns. 7\n\n(1) The proceeds of the sale of the land buildings improvements and equipment authorized by this Act shall be applied by the corporation for or towards the cost and expenses of or incident to providing a general hospital on the land described in the Fourth Schedule and of erecting any buildings and of equipping the same and of making improvements on the said land.\n\n(2) The balance (if any) shall be paid into The Building Plant and Equipment Account of the corporation and be applied towards the extension of the buildings and the provision of additional equipment required by the corporation for the purposes of the hospital so provided; and pending the application thereof the said moneys shall be invested in the manner in which the corporation is authorized to invest trust funds and any income interest or profits arising out of such moneys shall be added to and be deemed to form part of the capital of such moneys.\n\n(3) All moneys arising from the sale of the land buildings improvements and equipment authorized by this Act shall be deemed capital or principal moneys and shall be applicable only for the purposes for which the same are by this Act expressly declared applicable and shall not (whether in whole or in part or by anticipation or otherwise) be applicable for or towards the general maintenance or current expenses of the hospital.\n\n\t8 Power to corporation to borrow on mortgage of land described in First Schedule or upon other security approved by the Governor in Council\n\nNotwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Act the corporation may in such manner and upon such terms as may be approved by the Governor in Council borrow any sum or sums of money for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) of the last preceding section upon mortgage of the land described in the First Schedule or any part of such land.\n\n\t9 Sale of land etc. authorized notwithstanding trusts etc.\n\ns. 9\n\n(1) The sale of the land buildings improvements and equipment authorized by this Act and the borrowing of moneys under the last preceding section may be made and carried into effect notwithstanding that any such buildings were erected or any equipment thereof was provided or any improvements on such land were effected out of any trust funds of or moneys given to the corporation for the purpose of erecting or equipping any such buildings or effecting any such improvements or for any purposes of the corporation.\n\n(2) Any moneys of or held in trust for or on behalf of the corporation for the purposes of the hospital on the land described in the First Schedule shall be applicable for the like purposes of the hospital to be provided on the land described in the Fourth Schedule.\n\n\t10 Receipts by the corporation or its attorney\n\nA receipt in writing under the common seal of the corporation or under the hand of its attorney duly authorized in that behalf shall be a sufficient discharge for the purchase money of any land buildings improvements or equipment sold under the provisions of this Act and shall effectually discharge any person paying the same therefrom and from being bound to see to the application thereof or being answerable for the loss or non‑application or mis-application thereof.\n\n\t11 Committee to keep accounts of moneys received and expended\n\n(1) The committee of the corporation shall—\n\ns. 11\n\n(a) cause proper accounts to be kept showing all moneys received by the corporation on the sale of the land described in the First Schedule and of any buildings improvements or equipment thereon and all moneys borrowed under this Act and of the disbursements of all such moneys aforesaid; and\n\n(b) as and when required by the Treasurer furnish to him a true copy of any such account duly audited by the Auditor-General showing how such moneys have been expended.\n\n(2) For the purposes of any such audit the Auditor-General shall have and may exercise all such powers as he has in relation to the audit of the public accounts.\n\n__________________\n\nSCHEDULES\n\nPreamble, sections 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11.\n\nFIRST SCHEDULE\n\nMelbourne Hospital site\n\nSch. 1\n\n*Land of which a Crown Grant bearing date the 16th March, 1859, was issued to Charles Hotson Ebden, Edward Eyre Williams, and James Hunter Ross, as and for a General Hospital and Recreation Grounds for the same.*\n\nFour acres three roods, county of Bourke, parish of North Melbourne, being part of section 27 Melbourne:\n\nCommencing at the south-west corner of the said section, and bounded on the south by Lonsdale-street bearing N. 62º E. ten chains, on the east by Russell-street bearing N. 28º W. four chains seventy-five links, on the north by Little Lonsdale-street bearing S. 62º W. ten chains, and on the west by Swanston-street bearing S. 28º E. four chains seventy-five links to the commencing point.\n\n_______________\n\nPreamble, section 5.\n\nsecond SCHEDULE\n\n*Land permanently reserved for Melbourne General Hospital, also excepted from Occupation for Mining Purposes or for Residence or Business under any Miner's Right or Business Licence by Order in Council dated 30th July, 1929 (vide* \"Government Gazette\" *of 3rd July, 1929, page 1905 and of 31st July, 1929, page 2755).*\n\nTen acres twenty-one and three-tenth perches, City of Melbourne, at Parkville, Parish of Jika Jika, County of Bourke, in the two separate portions hereinafter described, viz.:\n\nSch. 2\n\n(1) Seven acres three roods thirty-two perches:\n\nCommencing at the intersection of the north side of Grattan-street and the west side of Sydney-road; bounded thence by Grattan-street bearing  \nS. 89º 53' W. nine chains forty-six links; by Flemington-road bearing  \nN. 52º 44' W. two chains; by lines bearing N. 21º 51' E. seven chains seventy-two and five-tenth links, and S. 89º 24' E. seven chains eighty-four links; and thence by Sydney-road bearing S. 2º 20' E. eight chains twenty-eight and five-tenth links to the commencing point.\n\n(2) Two acres twenty-nine and three-tenth perches:\n\nCommencing at the intersection of the south side of Grattan-street and the west side of Sydney-road; bounded thence by Sydney-road bearing  \nS. 2º 20' E. four chains sixty-two and one-tenth links and S. 58º 5' W. one chain ten and seven-tenth links; by Flemington-road bearing N. 52º 40' W. seven chains ninety-seven and six-tenths links and N. 22º 48' E. forty and five-tenth links; and thence by Grattan-street bearing S. 89º 56' E. six chains ninety-three and six-tenth links to the commencing point.\n\n_______________\n\nPreamble, section 5.\n\nTHIRD SCHEDULE\n\n*Land permanently reserved for General Medical Educational Purposes also excepted from occupation for mining purposes or for residence or business under any miner's right or business licence by Order in Council of 30th July, 1929 (vide* \"Government Gazette\" *of 3rd July, 1929, page 1906 and of 31st July, 1929, page 2755).*\n\nThree acres six perches, city of Melbourne at Parkville, parish of Jika Jika, county of Bourke:\n\nSch. 3\n\nCommencing at the south-east angle of the reserve for a Veterinary School; bounded thence by said reserve bearing N. 37º 28' E. four chains sixty-six links; by lines bearing S. 89º 24' E. four chains sixty-seven links and  \nS. 21º 51' W. seven chains seventy-two and five-tenth links; and thence by Flemington-road bearing N. 52º 44' W. five chains eighty-one and five-tenth links to the commencing point.\n\n_______________\n\nPreamble, sections 6, 7, 9.\n\nfourth SCHEDULE\n\n*Land comprising portion of the land described in the Second Schedule and the land described in the Third Schedule to be permanently reserved for a General Hospital and granted to The Royal Melbourne Hospital.*\n\nTen acres three roods thirty-eight perches, more or less, city of Melbourne, at Parkville, parish of Jika Jika, county of Bourke:\n\nSch. 4\n\nCommencing at the intersection of the north side of Grattan-street and the west side of Sydney-road; bounded thence by Grattan-street bearing  \nS. 89º 53' W. nine chains forty-six links, by Flemington-road bearing  \nN. 52º 44' W. seven chains eighty-one and five-tenths links, by the Reserve for a Veterinary School bearing N. 37º 28' E. four chains sixty-six links, by the Reserve for Educational Purposes bearing S. 89º 24' E. twelve chains fifty-one links; and thence by Sydney-road aforesaid bearing S. 2º 20' E. eight chains twenty-eight and five-tenths links to the point of commencement.\n\n_______________\n\nSch. 5 amended by No. 6142 s. 5(2), repealed by No. 15/2011 s. 8.\n\n* * * * *\n\nSch. 5\n\nENDNOTES\n\n1. General Information\n\n\nEndnotes\n\nThe **Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935** was assented to on 9 December 1935 and came into operation on 9 December 1935.\n\n1. Table of Amendments\n\n\nEndnotes\n\nThis Version incorporates amendments made to the **Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935** by Acts and subordinate instruments.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n**Dental Hospital (Finance) Act 1957, No. 6142/1957**\n\n| Assent Date: | 10.12.57 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Commencement Date: | 10.12.57 |\n| Current State: | All of Act in operation |\n\n\n**Dental Hospital Land Act 2011, No. 15/2011**\n\n| Assent Date: | 31.5.11 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Commencement Date: | Ss 7, 8 on 7.6.11: Special Gazette (No. 177) 7.6.11 p. 1 |\n| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the **Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935** |\n\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n1. Explanatory Details\n\n\nEndnotes\n\n1. Preamble: Government Gazette 9 September 1864 page 1963. [↑](#endnote-ref-2)\n\n2. Preamble: Government Gazette 27 March 1935 page 1051. [↑](#endnote-ref-3)\n\n3. Preamble: Government Gazettes 3 July 1929 page 1905, 31 July 1929 page 2755. [↑](#endnote-ref-4)\n\n4. Preamble: Government Gazettes 3 July 1929 page 1906, 31 July 1929 page 2755. [↑](#endnote-ref-5)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 1935 Act was a specific, time-bound transaction: sell the Lonsdale Street site, build at Parkville. However, amendments (particularly the Dental Hospital (Finance) Act 1957 and Dental Hospital Land Act 2011) expanded the scope to deal with adjacent land for dental hospital purposes. The 2011 amendments removed provisions about granting land to the University of Melbourne for dental purposes (repealing section 5(2)(b) and 5(4), and Schedule 5), effectively narrowing the Act back to core hospital functions but leaving structural remnants of the broader land-management scheme. The Act has become a permanent statutory framework for land management rather than the single-purpose relocation statute it began as."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive preamble (9 paragraphs) reciting historical grants and orders dating back to 1845, 1853, 1859, 1864, and 1929","Multiple cross-references between Schedules (First through Fourth) and operative sections","Conditional triggers: several powers only activate 'upon the issue of the new Crown grant' (sections 4, 6)","Nested land descriptions using chains/links bearings (antiquated surveying terminology) across 4 schedules","Repealed provisions creating gaps in logical flow (sections 5(2)(b) and 5(4) repealed by 2011 amendment)","Interaction with trust law: section 9 overrides existing trusts to allow sale of trust-funded buildings","Dual-purpose definitions: 'sell' includes 'lease', 'purchaser' includes 'lessee' (section 2)"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1935 Victorian law allowed Melbourne's main public hospital to sell its original city-centre site and move to new land at Parkville.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Sells the old hospital site:** The Royal Melbourne Hospital (originally called Melbourne Hospital) was sitting on valuable land on Lonsdale Street in the city centre, granted in 1859 on the condition it always be used as a hospital. This Act let the hospital sell that land and buildings, despite the original restrictions.\n- **Moves to Parkville:** The hospital had to use the sale money to build a new general hospital on land at Parkville (near the University of Melbourne), which the Crown permanently reserved for hospital use.\n- **Handles the money:** Proceeds from the sale must fund the new hospital buildings and equipment. Any leftover cash goes into a special building fund, not day-to-day running costs.\n- **Lets the hospital borrow:** The hospital could borrow money using the old site as security, with government approval.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (the corporation)\n- The Victorian Government (which had to approve sales and issue new land grants)\n- Eventually, patients and medical students who used the new Parkville facilities\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis was essentially a city-planning and hospital-modernisation law. It freed up prime real estate in Melbourne's CBD while ensuring the hospital could expand onto a larger, more modern campus at Parkville—where the Royal Melbourne Hospital remains today. It also dealt with complex legal issues: removing old 1859 restrictions on the land, revoking various government orders, and making sure charitable trusts originally given for the old hospital could be used for the new one."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Act shifts the hospital's legal site and asset base: it revokes the original Crown grant and related Orders (s.3, s.5), authorises sale of the original Melbourne site and transfer of proceeds to build and equip a new hospital on the Fourth Schedule land (s.4, s.6, s.7), and constrains how sale proceeds and trust monies may be applied (s.7, s.9)."},"complexity_factors":["Revocation and replacement of historic land instruments (Crown grant and Orders in Council) creating transitional legal steps (s.3, s.5).","Governor in Council discretion over key approvals: issuance of new Crown grant, sale terms, reservations, and acceptance of security for borrowing (s.3(2), s.4(1), s.5(2), s.5(3), s.8).","Detailed cadastral Schedules defining the exact parcels (Schedules 1–4) which limits flexibility and requires precise land dealings.","Strict ring‑fencing of sale proceeds as capital/principal moneys usable only for providing, erecting and equipping the new hospital and extensions (s.7(1)–(3)).","Provision allowing sale/borrowing despite prior trusts or donor conditions and redirecting trust monies to the new site (s.9), introducing trust‑law interaction issues.","Borrowing power secured on the original site or other Governor‑approved security (s.8) creates priority and mortgage considerations for lenders and the corporation.","Mandatory financial record‑keeping and Auditor‑General audit rights, with Treasurer able to request audited accounts—administrative and compliance burden on the committee (s.11).","Statutory amendments and later repeals referenced in endnotes introduce interpretive complexity for current application (Endnotes/Table of Amendments)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises The Royal Melbourne Hospital to revoke its old Crown grant, sell the original Melbourne site, and use the sale proceeds to build and equip a new general hospital on the Parkville land described in the schedules. The Governor in Council must approve the new Crown grant, sale terms and any borrowing; the proceeds are restricted to capital works and the corporation must keep audited accounts."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"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"},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information, the Act appears to have remained focused on its original purpose of governing the Royal Melbourne Hospital. The version history shows it remains in force as a consolidated version (Act number 4342/1935), suggesting it has been maintained rather than fundamentally transformed. However, insufficient detail was provided to fully assess whether amendments have materially altered its original scope."},"complexity_factors":["The Act appears to be very short or largely administrative in nature based on available text","Legislation of this type (hospital establishment Acts) typically contains straightforward governance provisions","The 1935 origin means it predates modern legislative complexity and layered amendments common in contemporary law","Insufficient full text was provided to assess any cross-references, schedules, or technical provisions","Historical Acts of this type tend to have simple, direct language compared to modern equivalents"],"plain_english_summary":"The Royal Melbourne Hospital Act 1935 sets the legal foundation for the Royal Melbourne Hospital, giving it corporate standing to own property, operate, manage funds and be governed as a public institution. It affects the hospital’s board and administrators, staff, patients and donors, and the Victorian Government’s oversight—anchoring the hospital’s authority to function and receive public support."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935","history":"/api/acts/royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935/history","analysis":"/api/acts/royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/royal-melbourne-hospital-act-1935/documents"}}