{"id":"st-kilda-land-act-1965","name":"St. Kilda Land Act 1965","slug":"st-kilda-land-act-1965","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173501,"registerId":"vic-st-kilda-land-act-1965-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"St. Kilda Land Act 1965","content":"Version No. 002\n\n**St. Kilda Land Act 1965**\n\n**No. 7348 of 1965**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n26 November 2025\n\n**table of provisions**\n\n*Section Page*\n\n1 Short title 3\n\n2 Definitions 3\n\n3 Power to Governor in Council on recommendation of Minister to revoke reservation of certain lands 4\n\n4 Committee of management may grant leases of marina land 5\n\n6 Governor in Council to approve of leases 5\n\n7 No liability to attach to Crown 6\n\nSchedules 7\n\nSchedule 1 7\n\nEndnotes 11\n\n1 General information 11\n\n2 Table of Amendments 13\n\n3 Explanatory details 14\n\n**Version No.** **002**\n\n**St. Kilda Land Act 1965**\n\n**No. 7348 of 1965**\n\nVersion incorporating amendments as at  \n26 November 2025\n\nAn Act relating to Certain Lands at St. Kilda and at Elwood in the Parishes of Melbourne South and Prahran and for other purposes.\n\n**Preamble**\n\nWHEREAS—\n\n(a) by Order in Council of the 28th day of June, 1880[[1]](#endnote-2) certain land at St. Kilda and at Elwood in the parish of Melbourne South was permanently reserved as a site for public recreation;\n\n(b) by Order in Council of the 5th day of May, 1964[[2]](#endnote-3) certain land at St. Kilda and at Elwood in the said parish was temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation;\n\n(c) by Order in Council of the 30th day of November, 1915[[3]](#endnote-4) certain land in the said parish was temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation;\n\n(d) by Order in Council of the 2nd day of October, 1882[[4]](#endnote-5) certain land at Elwood in the parishes of Melbourne South and Prahran was permanently reserved as a site for public recreation:\n\nAnd whereas—\n\n(a) the Council of the City of St. Kilda proposes to widen and straighten parts of Marine‑parade and Ormond-esplanade in the said City and for that purpose portions of the lands reserved as aforesaid will be required;\n\n(b) parts of the lands reserved by the said Orders in Council are already used as a road;\n\n(c) the lands required for the said widening and straightening are the several pieces of land described in Parts I. II. III. and IV. of Schedule 1;\n\n(d) the boundaries of the pieces of land so described require to be more exactly determined by survey;\n\n(e) it is expedient to provide for the revocation of the said Orders in Council so far as they relate to the lands so described:\n\nAnd whereas—\n\n(a) in addition to and adjoining the land reserved by the said Order in Council of the 5th day of May, 1964, certain land at St. Kilda in the parish of Melbourne South was by Order in Council of the 6th day of July, 1965[[5]](#endnote-6), temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation;\n\n(b) pursuant to the **Land Act 1958** the council of the City of St. Kilda was on the 15th day of May, 1964, and the 7th day of July, 1965, appointed a committee of management of the lands reserved by the said Orders in Council and (except a small portion in the northern end thereof) of the land reserved by the said Order in Council of the 28th day of June, 1880;\n\n(c) the land described in Schedule 2 is portion of the lands so reserved; and\n\n(d) it is expedient to empower the said Council to lease the land described in Schedule 2 subject to survey thereof for the purposes and subject to the conditions hereinafter provided:\n\nAnd whereas the council of the City of St. Kilda has pursuant to the **Land Act 1958** been appointed a committee of management of the land reserved by the said Order in Council of the 2nd day of October, 1882, and it is expedient to empower the said council to lease a portion thereof not exceeding one acre in area for the purpose and subject to the conditions hereinafter provided:\n\nBe it therefore enacted by the Queen'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\nThis Act may be cited as the **St. Kilda Land Act** **1965**.\n\n\t2 Definitions\n\nIn this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—\n\n***marina*** means an area where facilities are provided for the launching landing berthing storing repairing and provisioning of boats the parking of motor vehicles and trailers the fueling and servicing of boats and motor vehicles and the recreation comfort and convenience of persons who own or use boats or motor vehicles and members of the public;\n\nS. 2 def. of *marina land* inserted by No. 47/2025 s. 118.\n\n***marina land*** means the land shown delineated on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office numbered LEGL./24–029, being Crown Allotments 2013, 2014 and 2015 and part of Crown Allotment 90E, Parish of Melbourne South at St Kilda and part of Crown Allotment 90A, Parish of Melbourne South at Elwood;\n\nS. 2 def. of *Minister* amended by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 62.1).\n\n***Minister*** means Minister for the time being administering the **Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987**.\n\n\t3 Power to Governor in Council on recommendation of Minister to revoke reservation of certain lands\n\n(1) Upon submission to the Minister of a plan or plans of survey signed by the Surveyor-General showing the several portions of the lands reserved by the hereinbefore recited Orders in Council of the 28th day of June, 1880, the 5th day of May, 1964, the 30th day of November, 1915, and the 2nd day of October, 1882, which are required for the widening and straightening of Marine-parade and Ormond-esplanade in the City of St. Kilda the Minister if he is satisfied that the lands shown in the said plan or plans are the same or substantially the same as the lands described in Parts I., II., III., and IV. of Schedule 1 may recommend to the Governor in Council that the said Orders in Council be revoked so far as they relate to the lands shown in the said plan or plans.\n\n(2) Upon receiving a recommendation pursuant to this section the Governor in Council may by proclamation published in the *Government Gazette* revoke each of the said Orders in Council so far as they relate to the lands shown in the said plan or plans of survey and described in the proclamation.\n\n(3) On the day on which a proclamation is published pursuant to subsection (2)—\n\n(a) every other Order in Council or proclamation so far as it reserves or affects or purports to reserve or affect the lands to which the proclamation relates shall also be revoked; and\n\n(b) Parts I., II., III. and IV. of Schedule 1 shall be deemed and taken to be amended so far as may be necessary to make the description of the several pieces of land therein described accord with the description thereof in the proclamation.\n\nS. 4 substituted by No. 47/2025 s. 119.\n\n\t4 Committee of management may grant leases of marina land\n\nDespite anything in any other Act and subject to section 6, the Port Phillip City Council, as committee of management, from time to time, may lease the marina land for the purposes of a marina.\n\nS. 5  \nrepealed by No. 8502 s. 2(a).\n\n* * * * *\n\n\t6 Governor in Council to approve of leases\n\nS. 6(1) amended by No. 8502 s. 2(b).\n\n(1) A lease under section 4—\n\n(a) shall not be entered into except with the approval of the Governor in Council given upon the recommendation of the Minister;\n\n(b) shall be for a term not exceeding fifty years; and\n\nS. 6(1)(c) amended by No. 47/2025 s. 120(1).\n\n(c) shall be subject to such covenants conditions exceptions and reservations as the Port Phillip City Council thinks fit and the Governor in Council approves.\n\nS. 6(2) amended by No. 47/2025 s. 120(2).\n\n(2) The moneys received by way of premium or rent in respect of any such lease shall be applied by the Port Phillip City Council towards the maintenance and improvement of so much of the land which is subject to the Orders in Council referred to in this Act and of which it is the committee of management as is not leased under this Act or for such other purposes as the Minister in any particular case approves.\n\n\t7 No liability to attach to Crown\n\nNo person or body of persons corporate or unincorporate shall be entitled to receive or shall receive from Her Majesty any money or consideration or compensation in respect of or in any manner whatsoever arising out of any matter or thing under this Act.\n\nSchedules\n\nPreamble, section 3.\n\nSchedule 1\n\nPart 1\n\n*Land, being part of the land permanently reserved by Order in Council of 28th June,* 1880*, as a site for public recreation in respect of which the said Order in Council may be revoked.*\n\n3 acres 1 rood more or less at St. Kilda and at Elwood parish of Melbourne South in the three separate portions described hereunder.\n\n3 roods 20 perches, more or less, at St. Kilda:—\n\nCommencing at the eastern angle of the land temporarily reserved as a site for recreation and drainage purposes by Order in Council of the 9th July, 1957; thence north-easterly by a line, being the prolongation of the southern alignment of Shakespeare-grove, to the western alignment of Marine-parade; thence southerly by that alignment to a point in line with the northern alignment of Blessington-street; thence south-westerly by the boundary of the land temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation by Order in Council of the 5th May, 1964, for a distance of 61⋅2 links; thence northerly by a line parallel to the western alignment of Marine-parade for a distance of 1091 links more or less and thence north-westerly by an arc of a circle, the centre of which lies 909 links, more or less, south-westerly, to the commencing point.\n\n1 acre, more or less, at St. Kilda:—\n\nCommencing on the western alignment of Marine-parade at a point in line with the southern alignment of Blessington-street; thence southerly by the western alignment of Marine-parade to a point in line with the northern alignment of Dickens-street; thence south-westerly by the boundary of the land temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation by Order in Council of the 5th May, 1964, for a distance of 61⋅2 links; thence northerly by a line parallel to the western alignment of Marine-parade to the eastern boundary of the aforementioned site and thence northerly and north-easterly by that boundary to the commencing point.\n\n1 acre 1 rood 20 perches, more or less, at St. Kilda and at Elwood:—\n\nCommencing on the western alignment of Marine-parade at a point in line with the southern alignment of Dickens-street; thence southerly by the western alignment of Marine-parade to a point on the northern alignment of Shelley-street; thence westerly by that alignment for a distance of 62⋅5 links; thence northerly by a line parallel to the western alignment of Marine-parade to a point on the boundary of the land temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation by Order in Council of the 5th May, 1964, and thence north-easterly by that boundary to the commencing point.\n\nPart II\n\n*Land, being part of the land temporarily reserved by Order in Council of 5th May,* 1964*, as a site for public recreation, in respect of which the said Order in Council may be revoked.*\n\n19 perches more or less at St. Kilda parish of Melbourne South in the two separate portions described hereunder.\n\n10 perches, more or less, at St. Kilda:—\n\nCommencing on the western alignment of Marine-parade at a point in line with the northern alignment of Blessington-street; thence southerly by the western alignment of Marine-parade to a point in line with the southern alignment of Blessington-street; thence south-westerly by the boundary of the land permanently reserved as a site for public recreation by Order in Council of the 28th June, 1880, for a distance of 50 links and southerly by the said boundary to a point distant 57⋅6 links westerly from the western alignment of Marine-parade; thence northerly by a line parallel to the last mentioned alignment to the boundary of the aforesaid site and thence north-easterly by that boundary to the commencing point.\n\n9 perches, more or less, at St. Kilda:—\n\nCommencing on the western alignment of Marine-parade at a point in line with the northern alignment of Dickens-street; thence southerly by the western alignment of Marine-parade to a point in line with the southern alignment of Dickens-street; thence south-westerly by the boundary of the land permanently reserved as a site for public recreation by Order in Council of the 28th June, 1880, for a distance of 61⋅2 links; thence northerly by a line parallel to the western alignment of Marine-parade to the boundary of the aforementioned site and thence north-easterly by that boundary to the commencing point.\n\nPart III\n\n*Land, being part of the land temporarily reserved by Order in Council of 30th November,* 1915*, as a site for public recreation, in respect of which the said Order in Council may be revoked.*\n\n3 roods 30 perches, more or less, parish of Melbourne South:\n\nCommencing on the southern alignment of Shelley-street at a point in line with the eastern alignment of Marine-parade; thence southerly by a line being the prolongation of the eastern alignment of Marine-parade for a distance of 536 links more or less; thence by an arc of a circle, the centre of which lies 2115 links, more or less, north-easterly, to a point on the northernmost boundary of the land permanently reserved for public recreation by Order in Council of the 2nd October, 1882, 258 links more or less, westerly from the north-eastern corner thereof; thence westerly by that boundary to a point distant 157⋅6 links westerly from the prolongation of the eastern alignment of Marine-parade; thence by a line parallel to the aforementioned prolongation to the southern alignment of Shelley-street and thence by that alignment to the commencing point.\n\nPart IV\n\n*Land, being part of the land permanently reserved by Order in Council of 2nd October,* 1882*, as a site for public recreation, in respect of which the said Order in Council may be revoked.*\n\n2 acres 30 perches, more or less, at Elwood, parishes of Melbourne South and Prahran:\n\nCommencing on the southern boundary of the land temporarily reserved as a site for public recreation by Order in Council of the 30th November, 1915, at a point 258 links, more or less, westerly from the south-eastern corner thereof; thence southerly by an arc of a circle, the centre of which lies 2115 links, more or less, north-easterly, to a point on the prolongation of the northern alignment of Glen Huntly-road 236 links, more or less, from the angle formed by that alignment and the eastern alignment of Barkly-street; thence easterly by that prolongation to the western alignment of Barkly‑street; thence southerly by the western alignment of Barkly-street to the extremity thereof; thence south-easterly by the western alignments of Ormond-esplanade for a total distance of 2017 links, more or less, to the angle formed by the alignments bearing 123º 0' and 119º 0'; thence by a line bearing 299º 0' to a point distant 157⋅6 links from the eastern alignment of Ormond-esplanade, thence north-westerly by lines parallel to the alignments of Ormond-esplanade and an arc of a circle of radius 2273 links, more or less, and concentric with the circle aforementioned to the southern boundary of the reserve aforementioned and thence easterly by that boundary to the commencing point.\n\nPreamble, sections 4, 6.\n\nSch. 2 repealed by No. 47/2025 s. 121.\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: 17 November 1965*\n\n*Legislative Council: 1 December 1965*\n\nThe long title for the Bill for this Act was—\n\nAn Act relating to Certain Lands at St. Kilda and at Elwood in the Parishes of Melbourne South and Prahan and for other purposes.\n\nThe **St. Kilda Land Act 1965** was assented to on 14 December 1965 and came into operation on 14 December 1965.\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\nThis publication incorporates amendments made to the **St. Kilda Land Act 1965** by Acts and subordinate instruments.\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n**St. Kilda (Ormond Restaurant) Land Act 1973, No. 8502/1973**\n\n| Assent Date: | 11.12.73 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Commencement Date: | 11.12.73: s. 1(3) |\n| Current State: | All of Act in operation |\n\n\n**Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987**\n\n| Assent Date: | 19.5.87 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Commencement Date: | S. 103(Sch. 4 item 62.1) on 1.7.87: Government Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694 |\n| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the **St. Kilda Land Act 1965** |\n\n\n**Parks and Public Land Legislation Amendment (Central West and Other Matters) Act 2025, No. 47/2025**\n\n| Assent Date: | 25.11.25 |\n| --- | --- |\n| Commencement Date: | Ss 118−121 on 26.11.25: s. 2(1) |\n| Current State: | This information relates only to the provision/s amending the **St. Kilda Land Act 1965** |\n\n\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\n\n3 Explanatory details\n\n1. Preamble: Government Gazettes 2 July 1880 page 1692, 30 July 1880 page 1974. [↑](#endnote-ref-2)\n\n2. Preamble: Government Gazette 13 May 1964 page 1448. [↑](#endnote-ref-3)\n\n3. Preamble: Government Gazette 8 December 1915 page 4902. [↑](#endnote-ref-4)\n\n4. Preamble: Government Gazettes 6 October 1882 page 2424, 24 November 1882 page 2750. [↑](#endnote-ref-5)\n\n5. Preamble: Government Gazette 7 July 1965 page 2188. [↑](#endnote-ref-6)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act's scope has been altered from only enabling revocation of historical recreation reservations for road works and limited committee management leasing to explicitly authorising commercial marina leases over specified Crown allotments. Amendments inserted a formal \"marina\" and \"marina land\" definition, substituted the committee‑leasing provision (allowing Port Phillip City Council to lease marina land) and updated lease approval, term and revenue application rules (ss 2, 4, 6). Schedule 2 was repealed and other amendments across 1973, 1987 and 2025 adjusted who decides and how income is used, expanding operational leasing powers while retaining Crown non‑liability (s 7)."},"complexity_factors":["Precise cadastral and metes‑and‑bounds descriptions in Schedule 1 create technical boundary and surveying requirements (s 3, Sch.1)","Requirement for Surveyor‑General plans and Minister satisfaction introduces administrative discretion and conditional triggers for revocation (s 3(1))","Governor in Council approval on Ministerial recommendation centralises decision‑making for leases, adding an intergovernmental approval layer (s 6(1)(a))","Cross‑references to other Acts and historical Orders in Council (Land Act 1958, Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, multiple Orders) increase interpretive complexity (preamble; s 2 defns)","Long lease term limit (up to 50 years) with broadly framed covenants, conditions and reservations creates potential for varied commercial arrangements and downstream regulatory issues (s 6(1)(b)–(c))","Financial direction that premiums/rents be applied to reserve maintenance but subject to Ministerial approval in particular cases introduces constrained fiscal discretion (s 6(2))","Amendments and repeals across decades (1973, 1987, 2025) change definitions and operative provisions, requiring attention to version history and repealed schedules (Table of Amendments; Sch.2 repealed)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act removes certain permanent and temporary public‑recreation reservations over specified parcels at St Kilda and Elwood to permit road widening, and authorises the Port Phillip City Council (as committee of management) to lease defined \"marina land\" for use as a marina. Leases require Governor in Council approval on the Minister’s recommendation, may run up to 50 years, rents/premiums fund reserve maintenance, and the Crown is not liable to pay compensation under the Act (ss 3, 4, 6–7)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The original 1965 Act had a broader scope, allowing leasing for restaurant purposes (section 5, now repealed) and containing more elaborate leasing arrangements in Schedule 2. The 2025 amendments (No. 47/2025) significantly narrowed the focus to marina operations only, removing the restaurant leasing provisions and simplifying the leasing mechanism. The Act has effectively shrunk from a multi-purpose land management statute to a specialized marina-leasing enabling law for specific Crown allotments."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive preamble with multiple historical Orders in Council (1880, 1882, 1915, 1964, 1965) that must be cross-referenced to understand the current state of land reservations","Schedule 1 contains highly technical land descriptions using obsolete surveying terminology (roods, perches, links, bearings) that require specialist knowledge to interpret","Multiple amendment layers (1973, 1987, 2025) with some sections repealed and others substituted, creating a patchwork structure","Conditional approval processes requiring Governor in Council action on Ministerial recommendation with survey requirements","Specific defined terms ('marina', 'marina land') that narrow the scope but require reference to external plans (LEGL./24–029)","Missing section 5 (repealed) and Schedule 2 (repealed) creating gaps in numbering that could confuse readers"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act deals with two specific parcels of public land in Melbourne's inner south — St Kilda and Elwood. It gives the Victorian Government power to:\n\n1. **Revoke (cancel) old reservations** on certain public recreation land so that roads (Marine Parade and Ormond Esplanade) can be widened and straightened. This involves removing the \"public recreation\" status from specific pieces of land that were reserved back in the 1880s and early 1900s.\n\n2. **Allow leasing of marina land** — specifically, it lets the Port Phillip City Council (as the local committee of management) lease out designated \"marina land\" for commercial marina operations. This includes facilities for boats, parking, fuel, and related services. Any lease must be approved by the Governor in Council (the formal executive decision-making body) on the Minister's recommendation, can last up to 50 years, and the money earned must go back into maintaining the remaining public land.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Port Phillip City Council** — they can now lease out the marina land and manage the income.\n- **Anyone wanting to operate a marina** — they can potentially lease this specific waterfront land.\n- **The general public** — the road widening affects public infrastructure, and the marina leasing affects how public waterfront land is used.\n- **The Crown (State Government)** — the Act explicitly protects the government from having to pay compensation for anything done under this law.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis is a classic example of \"spot legislation\" — a law written for a very specific location and purpose. It shows how old public land reservations from the 19th century get modified over time to allow modern developments (roads and marinas) while trying to keep some public benefit (lease money going back into park maintenance). The 2025 amendments streamlined the leasing provisions to focus specifically on marina operations at St Kilda, removing older, more complex leasing arrangements."},"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Impossible to assess whether scope changed from original intent without access to the full legislative text or any amending legislation. The existence of a consolidated version hints at amendments, but no details are available."},"complexity_factors":["Insufficient legislative text provided — only metadata and version history are visible, preventing substantive analysis","Acts dealing with specific parcels of land tend to be narrow and technical but not broadly complex","Historical legislation from 1965 may use older drafting conventions that require interpretation","Consolidated version suggests some amendments have been made, which could add layers of complexity not visible here"],"plain_english_summary":"The St Kilda Land Act 1965 is an extant Victorian law governing land in the St Kilda area. Although the full text isn’t provided here, the Act likely addresses management, use, sale or reservation of Crown land in that locality. It matters to property owners, developers, local councils and government agencies with interests in St Kilda land and any transactions or development there."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/st-kilda-land-act-1965","history":"/api/acts/st-kilda-land-act-1965/history","analysis":"/api/acts/st-kilda-land-act-1965/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/st-kilda-land-act-1965/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/st-kilda-land-act-1965/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/st-kilda-land-act-1965/documents"}}