{"id":"victoria-amateur-turf-club-incorporating-melbourne-racing-club-act-1963","name":"Victoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) Act 1963","slug":"victoria-amateur-turf-club-incorporating-the-melbourne-racing-club-act-1963","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":174973,"registerId":"vic-victoria-amateur-turf-club-incorporating-melbourne-racing-club-act-1963-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) Act 1963","content":"Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documentsi\nVersion No. 001\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating\nthe Melbourne Racing Club) Act 1963\nAct No. 7015/1963\nVersion incorporating amendments as at 17 August 2001\nTABLE OF PROVISIONS\nSection Page\n1. Short title 3\n2. Definitions 3\n3. Victoria Amateur Turf Club 4\n4. Vesting in body corporate of real and personal property of or\nheld in trust for Turf Club or Racing Club 6\n5. Powers of club 7\n6. Annual and special general meetings 10\n7. Committee 10\n8. Application of income and property 10\n9. Application of property upon dissolution 11\n10. As to existing rights, actions etc. in relation to Turf Club and\nRacing Club 11\n11. Power to make vary and amend rules 12\n12. Consequential amendments of the Racing Act 1958 13\n__________________\nSCHEDULES 15\nSCHEDULE 1 15\nSCHEDULE 2 16\nSCHEDULE 3 17\n═══════════════\nENDNOTES 30\n1. General Information 30\n2. Table of Amendments 31\n3. Explanatory Details 32\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1\nVersion No. 001\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating\nthe Melbourne Racing Club) Act 1963\nAct No. 7015/1963\nVersion incorporating amendments as at 17 August 2001\nAn Act to constitute a Body Corporate by the name of Victoria\nAmateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club)\nthe Members of which shall be the Members of a certain\nVoluntary Association known as Victoria Amateur Turf Club\nand the Members of the Melbourne Racing Club a Body\nCorporate constituted by Melbourne Racing Club Act 1956\nand to vest in the said Body Corporate certain Real and Personal\nProperty now held on behalf of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club\nby the Committee thereof or by Trustees therefor and certain\nother Real and Personal Property now vested in the Melbourne\nRacing Club and to provide for the Management of the said\nBody Corporate and for other purposes.\nPreamble\nWHEREAS in or about the year One thousand\neight hundred and seventy-five there was formed\nin the Colony of Victoria a certain voluntary\nassociation called Victoria Amateur Turf Club\n(hereinafter called the \"Turf Club\"):\nAND WHEREAS in the year One thousand nine\nhundred and fifty-six a club called the Melbourne\nRacing Club (hereinafter called the \"Racing Club\")\nwas constituted under Melbourne Racing Club\nAct 1956:\nAND WHEREAS at a general meeting of the Turf\nClub held on the fourth day of March One\nthousand nine hundred and sixty-three it was\nresolved that a postal ballot be held and pursuant to\nthat resolution a postal ballot was duly held on the\nnineteenth day of March One thousand nine\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n2\nhundred and sixty-three and the resolution set out\nin Part A of the First Schedule was passed by a\nmajority of the members of the Turf Club who\nvoted at the ballot:\nAND WHEREAS at a general meeting of the\nRacing Club held on the fourth day of March One\nthousand nine hundred and sixty-three the\nresolution set out in Part B of the First Schedule as\npassed by an absolute majority of the members of\nthe Racing Club:\nAND WHEREAS it is expedient that the\namalgamation of the said clubs should be\nfacilitated:\nAND WHEREAS the various items of real\nproperty more particularly described in the Second\nSchedule to this Act are now held upon trust for\nthe members for the time being of the Turf Club\nand personal property of substantial value is now\nvested in the committee of the said club for the\npurposes of the Turf Club:\nAND WHEREAS the various items of real\nproperty more particularly described in the Third\nSchedule to this Act are now vested in the Racing\nClub and personal property of substantial value is\nalso vested in the Racing Club:\nAND WHEREAS for the better management of the\naffairs of the Turf Club and the Racing Club and\nthe better maintenance and control of the real and\npersonal property aforesaid and for the more\nefficient development and use of the properties\nvested in the said clubs it is expedient that the said\nclubs be amalgamated and for that purpose that\nthere should be constituted a body corporate under\nthe name of Victoria Amateur Turf Club\n(incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) and\nthat all the real and personal property aforesaid be\nvested in and held by the body corporate and that\nall such powers and authorities as may be\nnecessary or expedient for that purpose shall be\ngranted by the Parliament of Victoria:\nPreamble\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n3\nBE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most\nExcellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the\nLegislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria\nin this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of\nthe same as follows (that is to say):\n1. Short title\nThis Act may be cited as Victoria Amateur Turf\nClub (Incorporating the Melbourne Racing\nClub) Act 1963.\n2. Definitions\nIn this Act unless inconsistent with the context or\nsubject-matter—\n\"building\" means any house out-house stand\nbooth stable shed tent fence or other edifice\nor erection of any description whatsoever;\n\"club\" means the body corporate constituted by\nthis Act under the name Victoria Amateur\nTurf Club (incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club);\n\"Committee\" means the Committee for the time\nbeing of the club;\n\"land\" includes any interest in land and any\neasement right or privilege in over or\naffecting any land;\n\"Melbourne Racing Club\" means the\nMelbourne Racing Club constituted under\nthe Melbourne Racing Club Act 1956;\n\"Racing Club\" means the Melbourne Racing\nClub;\ns. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n4\n\"rules\" means the rules made by the body\ncorporate pursuant to this Act and includes\nthe provisions of any agreement made\npursuant to the powers contained in sub-\nsection (3) of section three of this Act;\n\"Secretary\" means the principal executive officer\nor officers of the club by whatever name\ncalled;\n\"the body corporate\" means Victoria Amateur\nTurf Club (incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) as constituted by this Act;\n\"Turf Club\" means the voluntary association\nknown as the Victoria Amateur Turf Club.\n3. Victoria Amateur Turf Club\n(1) As on and from the first day of August One\nthousand nine hundred and sixty-three there shall\nbe a body corporate by the name of Victoria\nAmateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) consisting of—\n(a) all persons who immediately before the said\nfirst day of August were members of the\nTurf Club or of the Racing Club and who on\nor before the first day of September One\nthousand nine hundred and sixty-three pay\nthe subscription required to be paid by\nmembers of the club and who thereafter\ncontinue to be members of the club; and\n(b) all persons who under and in accordance\nwith the provisions of the rules of the club\nbecome and continue to be members of the\nclub.\n(2) The body corporate shall have perpetual\nsuccession and a common seal and under the\nname aforesaid may sue and be sued prosecute\nand defend and take and suffer all other\nproceedings in all courts civil and criminal and it\ns. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n5\nshall be lawful for the body corporate to purchase\ntake on lease or licence or in exchange or\notherwise acquire and to receive hold enjoy and\ntake possession of real and personal property of\nany description whatsoever and also to sell grant\nexchange convey demise reserve or grant\neasements over or otherwise dispose of or deal\nwith either absolutely or by way of mortgage\ncharge lien or other encumbrance any of the\nproperty real or personal which may at any time\nbe vested in or otherwise belong to the body\ncorporate and generally to exercise all powers\nincidental to a body corporate.\n(3) The Committee of the Turf Club and the\nCommittee of the Racing Club are hereby\nauthorized and empowered to enter into an\nagreement for or with respect to any matter\nnecessary or expedient to be provided for or in\nrelation to the amalgamation of the Turf Club and\nthe Racing Club and without limiting the\ngenerality of the foregoing any such agreement\nmay provide—\n(a) for the constitution and tenure of office of\nthe first committee of the club;\n(b) for the persons who are to be members of the\nfirst committee of the club;\n(c) for the rights of any member of the\ncommittee of the Turf Club or the Racing\nClub who is not appointed to the committee\nof the club;\n(d) as to the office-bearers of the club;\n(e) as to the subscriptions of members of the\nclub;\n(f) for the preservation of the rights and\nprivileges of all employés of the Turf Club\nand the Racing Club; and\ns. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n6\n(g) for any matter or thing in respect of which\nrules may be made pursuant to section eleven\nof this Act.\n(4) Any agreement made pursuant to the provisions of\nthe last preceding sub-section shall\nnotwithstanding anything in this Act operate and\nhave effect in all respects as if the provisions of\nthe agreement were rules of the club duly made\npursuant to the provisions of this Act.\n4. Vesting in body corporate of real and personal\nproperty of or held in trust for Turf Club or Racing\nClub\n(1) Upon the first day of August One thousand nine\nhundred and sixty-three and without any further or\nother authority than this Act there shall be vested\nin the body corporate—\n(a) all the lands specified in the Second and\nThird Schedules to this Act for an estate in\nfee simple subject however to the\nencumbrances (if any) recorded in the\nrespective folios of the Register of the said\nlands or otherwise affecting the same and\nsubject to the rights of the purchasers named\nin Part B of the Third Schedule;\n(b) all other real property of whatsoever nature\nor tenure vested or held immediately before\nthe said date in or by trustees for the use or\nbenefit of the members for the time being of\nthe Turf Club or the Racing Club;\n(c) all personal property of whatsoever nature or\ndescription vested in or held by the\ncommittee of the Turf Club or any other\nperson on behalf of or for the use or benefit\nof the Turf Club or vested in or held on\nbehalf of the Racing Club for the use and\nbenefit of the Racing Club:\ns. 4\nS. 4(1)(a)\namended by\nNo. 18/1989\ns. 13(Sch. 2\nitem 100(a)).\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n7\nProvided that nothing in this section shall apply to\nany lands described in Part B of the Third\nSchedule to this Act in respect of which a transfer\nhas been executed by the Racing Club before the\ncommencement of this Act.\n(2) The Registrar of Titles must make any recordings\nin the Register referred to in sub-section (1)(a)\nthat are necessary or expedient in consequence of\nthis Act, and the holders of any relevant certificate\nof title must if requested to do so deliver to the\nRegistrar of Titles.\n(3) Where any property vested in the body corporate\nunder or by virtue of paragraph (b) or\nparagraph (c) of sub-section (1) of this section\nconsists of land registered under the Transfer of\nLand Act 1958 the Registrar of Titles upon\napplication made to him in that behalf and upon\nproof of the facts relating thereto and on payment\nof the proper fees shall give effect in the Register\nto such vesting by registering the body corporate\nas the proprietor of such land.\n5. Powers of club\nIn addition to the powers otherwise conferred\nupon it by this Act the club is hereby empowered\nand authorized—\n(a) to carry on the business of race-course\nproprietor and for that purpose to lay out and\nprepare lands for the conduct of horse pony\ndog and greyhound races of every kind,\ncoursing, drilling and reviewing of troops\nand for all kinds of athletic sports games and\ncompetitions including cricket football bowls\ngolf hockey baseball tennis polo agricultural\nhorse dog flower and other shows\nexhibitions and competitions and other forms\nof amusement recreation and entertainment\nand to promote hold and conduct or assist in\nS. 4(2)\nsubstituted by\nNo. 18/1989\ns. 13(Sch. 2\nitem 100(b)).\nS. 4(3)\namended by\nNo. 18/1989\ns. 13(Sch. 2\nitem 100(c)).\ns. 5\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n8\nholding or conducting all or any of the same\nand to utilize the property of the club for all\nor any of the said purposes and to give or\ncontribute towards prizes cups stakes or\nother rewards;\n(b) to use and maintain for all or any of the\npurposes aforesaid any lands and any other\nproperty of whatsoever description which\nmay from time to time be vested in or under\nthe control or in the possession of the club;\n(c) from time to time to build or erect upon any\nof the lands aforesaid all such buildings and\ninstallations as may in the opinion of the\ncommittee be necessary or expedient for or\nin connexion with all or any of the purposes\naforesaid and to maintain repair and\ndemolish any such buildings or installation\nas occasion may require;\n(d) to carry on business as refreshment\ncontractors restaurant keepers and\nrefreshment room proprietors and (subject to\nthe provisions of the Licensing Act 1958) to\nsell and dispose of or make provision for the\nsale and disposal of spirituous and fermented\nliquors on or in any land or building for the\ntime being vested in or in the possession or\nunder the control of the club;\n(e) to borrow or lend money with or without\nsecurity and upon such terms as the\ncommittee may think fit and to invest or deal\nwith the moneys of the club in such manner\nas the committee may from time to time\ndetermine;\n(f) to employ a secretary and all such other\nofficials or employés as may in the opinion\nof the committee be required for any of the\npurposes aforesaid;\ns. 5\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n9\n(g) from time to time to prescribe vary and take\ntolls and charges for admission to any land\nor building for the time being vested in or\nunder the control or in the possession of the\nclub:\nProvided however that members of the club\nshall be exempt either wholly or to such\nextent as is specified in the rules from\npayment of all or any such tolls and charges;\n(h) to establish and support or aid in the\nestablishment or support of associations\ninstitutions funds trusts and conveniences\ncalculated to benefit employés or former\nemployés of the club or the dependants or\nconnexions of such persons and to grant\npensions and allowances and to make\npayments towards insurances and to\nsubscribe or guarantee money for charitable\nor benevolent objects or for any exhibition or\nfor any public general or useful object;\n(i) to enter into any arrangement or make any\ncontract or agreement with any Government\nor any authority (whether statutory or\notherwise) for the purpose of exercising or\ncarrying into execution any of the powers or\nauthorities by this Act conferred on the club\nand to obtain from such Government or\nauthority any rights privileges or concessions\nwhich the club might think it desirable to\nobtain and to carry out exercise and comply\nwith any such arrangement contract right\nprivilege or concession;\n(j) to do all such acts and things as may be\nincidental or conducive to the exercise of any\npower or authority conferred on the club by\nthis Act.\ns. 5\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n10\n6. Annual and special general meetings\n(1) In each calender year there shall be one general\nmeeting (called the \"annual general meeting\") at\nwhich (subject to any provision to the contrary\ncontained in the rules) all members of the club\nshall be entitled to be present and to vote. There\nshall be transacted at such meeting all such\nbusiness as is prescribed in that behalf by the\nrules.\n(2) Special general meetings may be summoned from\ntime to time in the manner and for the purposes\nspecified in the rules.\n7. Committee\n(1) The business and affairs of the club shall be\nmanaged and controlled by a committee to be\nelected in manner hereinafter appearing and such\ncommittee is hereby authorized to exercise all\npowers and authorities conferred by this Act on\nthe club.\n(2) Elections of members of the committee shall be\nconducted at the annual general meeting of the\nclub in accordance with the provisions of the\nrules:\nProvided always that any casual vacancy may, if\nthe committee thinks fit, be filled at an election to\nbe held at a special general meeting called by the\ncommittee for that purpose.\n8. Application of income and property\nThe income and property of the club,\nwhencesoever derived, shall be applied solely\ntowards the promotion of the objects of the club\nand no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred\ndirectly or indirectly by way of dividend bonus or\notherwise howsoever by way of profit to members\nof the club.\ns. 6\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n11\n9. Application of property upon dissolution\nIf at any time the club is dissolved and upon its\ndissolution there remains after satisfaction of all\nits debts and liabilities any property whatsoever,\nthat property shall not be paid or distributed\namongst the members of the club but shall be\ngiven or transferred with the sanction of the\nGovernor in Council—\n(a) to some racing club or other club having\nsimilar objects carrying on in Victoria to be\ndetermined by members of the club at or\nbefore the time of dissolution; or\n(b) if the members so determine, to some\ncharitable institution or institutions carrying\non in Victoria—\nthe constitution or rules of which club or\ninstitution or of each of which institutions prohibit\nthe distribution of its income and property\namongst its members.\n10. As to existing rights, actions etc. in relation to Turf\nClub and Racing Club\nAll contractual and other rights of any kind\nwhatsoever and all actions suits and proceedings\nat law or in equity which immediately prior to the\ncommencement of this Act might have been\nenforced commenced or continued by or against\nthe committee of the Turf Club or any person or\npersons as representing the Turf Club or by or\nagainst the Racing Club or its committee may\nupon the commencement of this Act be enforced\ncommenced or continued by or (as the case may\nbe) against the club.\ns. 9\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n12\n11. Power to make vary and amend rules\n(1) The members of the club in general meeting\nassembled may from time to time make rules (not\ninconsistent with the provisions of this Act) with\nrespect to all or any of the matters specified in the\nnext succeeding sub-section and may from time to\ntime amend or revoke all or any of such rules.\n(2) Rules may be made as aforesaid for or with\nrespect to—\n(a) membership of the club including the\nelection or admission of members (including\nhonorary members) into the club, the\nexpulsion of members therefrom, the\npayment of entrance fees and annual\nsubscriptions, the rights and duties of\nmembers, and the cessation of membership;\n(b) the election or appointment of the\ncommittee, the filling of casual vacancies,\nthe tenure of office of members of the\ncommittee, and the election of a chairman\nand vice chairman of the committee;\n(c) the calling and holding of the annual general\nmeeting and of special general meetings of\nmembers of the club, the procedure and\nproceedings thereat, and the business to be\ntransacted thereat;\n(d) the making of by-laws by the committee for\nall or any of the purposes specified in that\nbehalf in the rules;\n(e) the making or adoption of rules of racing\nunder which the club shall conduct race\nmeetings.\n(3) Every member of the club shall be bound by and\nshall observe all rules and by-laws which are\nmade or are in force under the provisions of this\nAct.\ns. 11\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n13\n12. Consequential amendments of the Racing Act 1958\n(1) The Racing Act 1958 is hereby amended as\nfollows—\n(a) in paragraph (e) of section thirteen for the\nwords \"Victoria Amateur Turf Club\" there\nshall be substituted the expression \"Victoria\nAmateur Turf Club (incorporating the\nMelbourne Racing Club)\";\n(b) in sub-section (1) of section one hundred and\nsixteen B—\n(i) for the words \"eight members\" there\nshall be substituted the words \"seven\nmembers\";\n(ii) in paragraph (b) after the words \"Turf\nClub\" there shall be inserted the\nexpression \"(incorporating the\nMelbourne Racing Club)\";\n(iii) paragraph (d) shall be repealed;\n(c) in sub-section (1) of section one hundred and\nsixteen E for the words \"five members\" there\nshall be substituted the words \"four\nmembers\";\n(d) in paragraphs (a) and (c) of section one\nhundred and nineteen and in section one\nhundred and twenty and in sub-section (2) of\nsection one hundred and twenty-two after the\nwords \"the Caulfield Race-course\" there\nshall be inserted the words \"the Sandown\nRace-course\".\n(2) This section shall come into force on the first day\nof August One thousand nine hundred and sixty-\nthree.\ns. 12\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n14\n(3) On the commencement of this section the person\nappointed a member of the Totalizator Agency\nBoard on the nomination of the Racing Club shall\ngo out of office but the Totalizator Agency Board\nshall be the same Board after the alteration to its\nconstitution effected by this section as before and\nnothing shall be affected or abated by the change\nin the constitution of the said Board.\n__________________\ns. 12\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n15\nSCHEDULES\nFIRST SCHEDULE\nPART A\nResolution passed on a ballot of the members of the Victoria Amateur Turf\nClub held on the nineteenth day of March One thousand nine hundred and\nsixty-three.\n\"That this meeting approve the merger with the Melbourne Racing Club and\nauthorize the Committee to do all acts and things necessary to effect and\nfinance the merger including the submission of the proposal to the\nGovernment of Victoria for approval and for the passing of appropriate\nlegislation.\"\nPART B\nResolution passed by the members of the Melbourne Racing Club at a\ngeneral meeting held on the fourth day of March One thousand nine hundred\nand sixty-three.\n\"That this meeting approve the merger with the Victoria Amateur Turf Club\nand authorize the Committee to do all acts and things necessary to effect and\nfinance the merger including the submission of the proposal to the\nGovernment of Victoria for approval and for the passing of appropriate\nlegislation.\".\n_______________\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n16\nSECOND SCHEDULE\nLands held in trust for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club and to be vested in the\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) by\nthis Act being lands of which Sir Norman de Winton Robinson and Sir\nRupert Clarke are the registered proprietors.\nPART A\nBeing the lands comprised in the following Folios of the Register:\nVolume Folio Volume Folio\n1673 . . 434 5589 . . 727\n2323 . . 558 5589 . . 728\n2984 . . 740 5738 . . 554\n3137 . . 292 6126 . . 137\n3166 . . 125 6918 . . 511\n3787 . . 382 6918 . . 512\n3927 . . 268 7394 . . 601\n4220 . . 847 8062 . . 526\n4336 . . 128 8141 . . 331\n4375 . . 820 8298 . . 057\n4600 . . 986 8298 . . 058\n5326 . . 054 8298 . . 059\n5589 . . 724 8298 . . 060\n5589 . . 726\nPART B\nBeing an equal undivided one third part or share in the lands comprised in the\nfollowing Folios of the Register:\nVolume Folio\n7329 . . 695\n8298 . . 061\n8298 . . 062\n8298 . . 063\n_______________\nSch. 2\namended by\nNo. 18/1989\ns. 13(Sch. 2\nitem 100(d)).\nSch. 2\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n17\nTHIRD SCHEDULE\nLands vested in the Melbourne Racing Club to be vested in the Victoria\nAmateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) by this Act.\nPART A\nThe lands comprised in the following Folios of the Register:\nVolume Folio\n7973 . . 114\n8258 . . 963\n8349 . . 488\n8349 . . 489\nPART B\nSubdivisional land being the lands hereinafter described which have been\nsold under terms contracts and which are to be vested in the Victoria Amateur\nTurf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) subject to the rights of\nthe respective purchasers under the said contracts:\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n5 51933 8281 941 Vladimir Bahcesaray and Andre\nBahcesaray\n9 51933 8281 952 Leon Sxykier and Estrea Szykier\n10 51933 8281 953 Stjepan Galjar and Dubravka\nGaljar\n17 51933 8281 960 Wolf Milecki\n18 51933 8281 961 Harold Thomas White and Isobel\nMary Crawford White\n19 51933 8281 962 Maurice Bernard and Esther\nBernard\n20 51933 8281 963 Norman Richard White and Effie\nJoy White\n*21 51933 8281 964 Tullio Cester\n22 51933 8281 965 Mendel Szwarcbard and Marya\nMithilde Szwarcbard\n23 51933 8281 966 William Bright\n25 51933 8281 968 Leslie Rosenbloom\n26 51933 8281 969 Leslie Rosenbloom\n27 51933 8281 970 Robert Hector Bowman\n32 51933 8281 975 Gino Erminio Coloretti\nSch. 3\namended by\nNo. 18/1989\ns. 13(Sch. 2\nitem 100(d)).\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n18\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n38 51933 8281 981 Francis Henry Jennings\n39 51933 8281 982 Francis Henry Jennings\n*43 51933 8281 986 Arthur Charles Young\n44 51933 8281 987 Eric Revell\n49 51933 8281 992 Glenn Francis Carboon\n52 51933 8281 995 Grant MacDonald\n58 51933 8282 002 Dorothy Annie Alice Stanton\n61 51933 8282 005 Glenn Francis Carboon\n63 51933 8282 007 Edmund Charles Saultry and\nMillicent Jean Saultry\n65 51933 8282 009 Dow Grajower and Josef Paluch\n70 51933 8282 014 Maurice Bernard and Esther\nBernard\n71 51933 8282 015 Harold Thomas White and Isobel\nMary Crawford White\n74 51933 8282 018 Francis Charles Hurdle\n77 51932 8282 021 Giovanni Lazzara and Maria\nLazzara\n80 51932 8282 024 Antonio Lazzara and Sarina\nLazzara\n82 51932 8282 026 Norman Degen\n83 51932 8282 027 Chana Ryczywol\n84 51932 8282 028 Richard Derrick Egan-Lee and\nAudrey May Egan-Lee\n88 51932 8282 032 Tullio Cester\n89 51932 8282 033 Tullio Cester\n92 51932 8282 036 Norman Degen\n93 51932 8282 037 Ercole Cester\n94 51933 8282 038 Ercole Cester\n100 51932 8282 044 Tullio Cester\n101 51932 8282 045 Frederick William Dudley\n103 51932 8282 047 Stephan Wyzga and Herta Wyzga\n104 51932 8282 048 Alfred Oldham and Mary Oldham\n111 51932 8282 055 Jacob Neiger\n112 51932 8282 056 Ian Birner\n113 51932 8282 057 Halina Goldwasser\n114 51932 8282 058 Hana Milecki\n115 51932 8282 059 Hana Milecki\n121 51933 8282 065 Szyja Teller\n129 51932 8282 073 Kenneth David Provan\n130 51932 8282 074 Stanley George Garnsworthy\n131 51932 8282 075 Stanley George Garnsworthy\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n19\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n135 51932 8282 079 Mansell Joseph Thompson\n136 51932 8282 080 Colin Charles Finlayson\n139 51932 8282 083 Stanley George Garnsworthy\n140 51932 8282 084 Stanley George Garnsworthy\n141 51932 8282 085 Szyja Teller\n143 51932 8282 087 Bertram Smith\n144 51932 8282 088 Maria Millo\n149 51932 8282 093 Kenneth David Provan\n151 51932 8282 095 Kenneth David Provan\n152 51932 8282 096 The Roman Catholic Trusts\nCorporation for the Diocese of\nMelbourne\n153 51932 8282 097 Szyja Teller\n154 51932 8282 098 Szyja Teller\n155 51932 8282 099 Szyja Teller\n165 51934 8282 209 Ruth Ellen Jenkins\n166 51934 8282 210 Frederick James McAleer\n171 51934 8282 215 Frederick Sydney Whittaker Gay\n172 51934 8282 216 Eric Revell\n183 51934 8282 227 Ivan Debevec\n184 51934 8282 228 Miro Medica\n187 51934 8282 231 Stefan Wyzga and Herta Wyzga\n188 51934 8282 232 Paul Thurszky and Anna\nThurszky\n*197 51934 8282 241 Stanley George Garnsworthy\n198 51934 8282 242 Beryl Myra Jones\n199 51934 8282 243 Lado Sluga and Maria Sluga\n201 51934 8282 245 Dorothy Alice Jacobs\n202 51934 8282 246 Donald Jacobs\n203 51934 8282 247 Richard Frank\n206 51934 8282 250 Stefan Nowak\n208 51934 8282 252 Richard Frank\n215 51934 8282 259 Doris Isobel Cawsey\n217 51934 8282 261 Faye Mahon\n244 51935 8282 469 Phillip John Ramsay\n245 51935 8282 470 Phillip John Ramsay\n246 51935 8282 471 Phillip John Ramsay\n247 51935 8282 472 Phillip John Ramsay\n249 51935 8282 474 Phillip John Ramsay\n250 51935 8282 475 Phillip John Ramsay\n268 51935 8282 493 T. S. Carlyon and Co. Pty. Ltd.\n271 51935 8282 496 Graham Morton Clarke\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n20\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n272 51935 8282 497 Graham Morton Clarke\n276 51935 8282 501 Lewis Sherwood Ford and\nMarjory Joyce Ford\n282 51937 8282 680 Johannes Gerardus Verhoeven\n284 51937 8282 682 Ardianus Martinus Verhoeven\n287 51937 8282 685 Moses Tenenbaum\n288 51937 8282 686 Moses Tenenbaum\n289 51937 8282 687 Henry Apelbaum\n293 51937 8282 691 Spyridon Korosidis, Kon\nSapountzis and Savvas Genitzaris\n295 51937 8282 693 George Fanourakis and Georgia\nFanourakis\n296 51937 8282 694 Dimitrios Bakas and Agiliki\nBakas\n299 51937 8282 697 Alexander Seaforth MacKenzie\nand Isma Beryl MacKenzie\n301 51937 8282 699 Henry Apelbaum\n302 51937 8282 700 Moses Tenebaum\n303 51937 8282 701 Moses Tenenbaum\n307 51937 8282 705 Brian John McLennan\n308 51937 8282 706 Johannes Gerardus Verhoeven\n312 51937 8282 710 John Peter Bertacco\n313 51937 8282 711 Eoin Melville Floyd and Alison\nHelen Floyd\n321 51937 8282 719 Doris Elizabeth Walker\n325 51936 8282 610 James Alexander Wells\n327 51936 8282 612 Albert Revell\n328 51936 8282 613 Eric Revell\n329 51936 8282 614 Raymond Fraser Dodds\n330 51936 8282 615 Reuben Fraser Dodds and Eileen\nGertrude Dodds\n331 51936 8282 616 Stefan Wozniak\n344 51938 8283 001 M. Bellgrove Pty. Ltd.\n346 51938 8283 013 Manson Smith\n347 51938 8283 014 Francis Henry Jennings\n*350 51938 8283 017 Donald McHenry Brown\n351 51938 8283 018 William Frederick Hodson\n358 51936 8282 627 Denis Austin Dowd and Florence\nCatherine Dowd\n363 51936 8282 632 Tadstan Pty. Limited\n364 51936 8282 633 William Howard Quasher\n365 51936 8282 634 William Howard Quasher\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n21\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n366 51936 8282 635 William Howard Quasher\n367 51936 8282 636 William Howard Quasher\n*368 51936 8282 637 William Howard Quasher\n*369 51936 8282 638 William Howard Quasher\n370 51936 8282 639 Lou Frankel\n374 51936 8282 643 Ronald Morton Stone\n376 51936 8282 645 Aron Worth and Frances Rebecca\nWorth\n377 51936 8282 646 Maxwell Golding Price Howgate\n379 51936 8282 648 Aron Worth and Frances Rebecca\nWorth\n380 51936 8282 649 Aron Worth and Frances Rebecca\nWorth\n381 51936 8282 650 Aron Worth and Frances Rebecca\nWorth\n382 51936 8282 651 Aron Worth and Frances Rebecca\nWorth\n383 51936 8282 652 Lou Frankel and Hyman\nGoldberg\n384 51936 8282 653 William Howard Quasher\n385 51936 8282 654 William Howard Quasher\n386 51936 8282 655 William Howard Quasher\n387 51936 8282 656 William Howard Quasher\n388 51936 8282 657 Donald Arthur Armstrong and\nBetty Lorraine Armstrong\n389 51936 8282 658 Donald Arthur Armstrong and\nBetty Lorraine Armstrong\n390 51938 8283 022 Lucyna Firestone\n391 51938 8283 023 Szymon Rogozinski and Anna\nRogozinski\n393 51938 8283 025 Olga Kyatt\n394 51938 8283 026 Olga Kyatt\n395 51938 8283 027 John Jopling and Joan Jopling\n396 51938 8283 028 Mario Girolimini and Liana\nGirolimini\n399 51940 8283 082 John Ernest Doyle Harcombe\n400 51940 8283 083 Charles Francis Fitzgerald\n401 51940 8283 084 James Albert Ryan and Arthur\nHerbert Ryan\n402 51940 8283 085 James Albert Ryan and Arthur\nHerbert Ryan\n404 51936 8282 659 Charles Francis Fitzgerald\n407 51936 8282 662 Lucyna Firestone\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n22\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n410 51936 8282 665 Aron Worth and Francis Rebecca\nWorth\n*413 51936 8282 668 Edna May Thomas\n414 51936 8282 669 Edna May Thomas\n415 51936 8282 670 Edna May Thomas\n417 51936 8282 672 Lou Frankel and Hyman\nGoldberg\n429 51938 8283 036 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty. Ltd.\n432 51938 8283 039 Frank Alexander Clark\n434 51938 8283 041 Michael Fermelis\n436 51938 8283 043 Walter Raymond Turnbull\n442 51938 8283 049 Joyce Sheppard\n445 51938 8283 052 Noreen Mary Simonds\n446 51938 8283 053 Frank William Wood and Jeannie\nPhyllis Wood\n449 51938 8283 056 Colin James Renshaw\n450 51938 8283 057 Dora Mortimer\n451 51940 8283 087 Kyle Christie and Miriam Christie\n453 51940 8283 089 Francesco Ellero and Luciano\nStefanon\n454 51940 8283 090 Francesco Ellero and Luciano\nStefanon\n455 51938 8283 088 Francesco Ellero and Luciano\nStefanon\n456 51938 8283 089 Russell William Dunn and\nValerie Joan Dunn\n457 51940 8283 091 Ray Nathan\n462 51940 8283 092 Roy Phillip Keatch and Pauline\nKeatch\n471 51940 8283 101 Larch Constructions Pty. Ltd.\n472 51940 8283 102 Larch Constructions Pty. Ltd.\n473 51940 8283 103 Larch Constructions Pty. Ltd.\n480 51940 8283 110 Shandford Estates Pty. Ltd.\n483 51940 8283 113 A. G. Woodland Pty. Ltd.\n487 51940 8283 117 Lois Marjorie Wheelan\n488 51940 8283 118 Charles Keith Geer\n489 51940 8283 119 Charles Keith Geer\n490 51940 8283 120 Charles Keith Geer\n491 51940 8283 121 Charles Keith Geer\n493 51940 8283 123 Ruth Figdor\n*494 51940 8283 124 Phillip John Ramsay\n500 51940 8283 130 Larch Constructions Pty. Ltd.\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n23\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n503 51940 8283 133 Larch Constructions Pty. Ltd.\n506 51940 8283 136 Ormond Builders Pty. Limited\n508 51940 8283 138 Christopher Alfred Fry and Doris\nRoss Fry\n515 51940 8283 142 Tadeusz Irlicht\n519 51940 8283 146 Barrie Maxwell Goldsmith and\nMarilyn Pearl Goldsmith\n521 51940 8283 148 Elias Harris and Ena Phyllis\nHarris\n525 51937 8282 724 George Edward Muspratt and\nDorothy Maud Muspratt\n532 51937 8282 731 George Alfred Bright\n535 51937 8282 734 Shandford Estates Pty. Ltd.\n536 51937 8282 735 Shandford Estates Pty. Ltd.\n537 51937 8282 736 Shandford Estates Pty. Ltd.\n538 51937 8282 737 Shandford Estates Pty. Ltd.\n539\n540\n51937\n51937\n8282\n8282\n738\n739\n\n\n\nZygmunt Kruszynski and Barbara\nKruszynski\n541 51937 8282 740 Ruth Figdor\n547 51937 8282 746 Pinkus Grafman and Halina\nGrafman\n548 51935 8282 505 Aron Worth and Frances Rebecca\nWorth\n549 51935 8282 506 Aron Worth and Frances Rebecca\nWorth\n550 51935 8282 507 Lou Frankel and Hyman\nGoldberg\n553 51939 8283 060 Raymond Harold Quinn and Irene\nValda Quinn\n554 51939 8283 061 Jacques Rosenberg, Adam\nFrydman and Gerald Norman\nGrant\n557 51939 8283 064 Jacques Rosenberg, Adam\nFrydman and Gerald Norman\nGrant\n558 51939 8283 065 Antonio Conti and Camillo Conti\n559 51939 8283 066 Eugenio Taranto\n560 51939 8283 067 Eugenio Taranto\n566 51939 8283 073 Eugenio Taranto\n567 51939 8283 074 Eugenio Taranto\n568 51939 8283 075 Robert Russo\n569 51939 8283 076 Leda Ciccarelli\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n24\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n570 51939 8283 077 Jacob Israel Neiger and Helen\nNeiger\n571 51939 8283 078 Jan Birner\n573 51939 8283 080 Jack Lederman and Henrietta\nLederman\n153 12207 6869 615 Lawrence Edward Gardner\n156 12207 7965 134 Peter William Salthouse\n157 12207 6930 848 Nola Neuparth\n159 12207 5612 323 Stanley Alois Kovar and Frances\nMarie Kovar\n174 12207 7925 161 Maurice Randall Pinch and Peta\nEmilie Pinch\n181 12207 7493 011 John Joseph Lawless\n183 12207 5612 319 David William Drummond and\nCarol Ann McFarlane\n185 12207 7422 340 Raymond Harold Quinn and Irene\nValda Quinn\n186 12207 5612 321 Florence Emily Lessing\n187 12207 5612 321 Florence Emily Lessing\n200 12207 7817 048 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n201 12207 5631 013 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n202 12207 6003 585 Maurice Randall Pinch and Peta\nEmilie Pinch\n203 12207 7925 162 Anthony James Rockley and\nYvonne Helen Rockley\n204 12207 5646 108 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n205 12207 7601 194 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n206 12207 6005 883 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n208 12207 7525 114 John Roy Brown and Gloria June\nBrown\n209 12207 7809 025 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n211 12207 8070 638 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n212 12207 5743 598 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n213 12207 7029 666 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n25\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n214 12207 7029 666 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n215 12207 5612 318 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n216 12207 6930 848 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n217 12207 6930 848 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n234 12207 5785 818 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n235 12207 8031 322 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n236 12207 6843 448 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n237 12207 6844 777 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n238 12207 6488 525 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n242 12207 8355 389 M. A. Mitchell and Son Pty.\nLimited\n243 12207 6488 524 Walter Ramstein and Johanna\nRamstein\n245 12207 8355 389 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n246 12207 5631 014 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n247 12207 5631 014 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n248 12207 5853 520 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n249 12207 5853 520 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n250 12207 5853 520 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n251 12207 5853 520 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n252 12207 7709 058 Leighton Estates Pty. Ltd.\n253 12207 7709 058 Luxor Distributors Pty. Ltd.\n254 12207 7709 088 Luxor Distributors Pty. Ltd.\n256 55797 8364 177 Elias Harris and Ena Phyllis\nHarris\n257 55797 8364 177 Elias Harris and Ena Phyllis\nHarris\n258\nPart\n55797\n12207\n8364\n8355\n178\n389\n\n\n\nElias Harris and Ena Phyllis\nHarris\n259 12207 8355 389 Donald Alexander Urwin and\nJudith Lesley Urwin\n260 12207 8355 206 Donald McHenry Brown\n266 12207 7415 856 Tiberio Fragiacomo and Tosca\nFragiacomo\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n26\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio Purchaser\n269 12207 6403 423 Walter Clive Dexter and Gloria\nElsie Dexter\n3 17712 7871 002 John Taylor\n4 17712 7871 002 William Cornelius Pay and Violet\nMargaret Pay\n23 17712 7197 211 Bartholomeus Meulenkamp and\nNancy Lynette Meulenkamp\n24 17712 7197 211 Ronald Raymond Pay\n* Paid in full but Title not taken by Purchasers.\nPART C\nSubdivisional land being the lands hereinafter described vested in the\nMelbourne Racing Club and not yet sold which are to be vested in the\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club).\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio\n443 51938 8283 050\n563 51939 8283 070\n564 51939 8283 071\n572 51939 8283 079\n4\n61\n62\n\n\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n9395\n7414\n7414\n7414\n730\n730\n730\n5\n6\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n6158\n6158\n458\n458\n7 9395 8094 800\n8 9395 8094 799\n9 9395 5544 745\n10\n11\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n5448\n5448\n435\n435\n13 9395 6764 722\n14 9395 6915 927\n17 9395 4796 130\n71 9395 4796 130\n18 9395 5558 598\n19\n20\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n7414\n7414\n729\n729\n23\n24\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n7222\n7222\n380\n380\n26 9395 7143 421\n28 9395 4796 131\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n27\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio\n33 9395 8007 143\n34 9395 7143 424\n36 9395 5145 995\n37 9395 7143 418\n38 9395 7540 188\n39 9395 7143 426\n40 9395 7143 425\n41 9395 5796 195\n63 9395 5403 472\n64 9395 7887 187\n65 9395 7883 194\n66 9395 5693 483\n67\n68\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n7045\n7045\n951\n951\n69 9395 5381 053\n70 9395 5381 054\n73\n74\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n7648\n7648\n121\n121\n75 9395 5460 969\n76 9395 8069 920\n77 9395 5392 334\n78\n79\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n7143\n7143\n428\n428\n81 9395 7143 423\n82 9395 5403 474\n83 9395 5448 434\n84 9395 6808 513\n85 9395 7180 979\n86 9395 5602 362\n87 9395 8124 808\n92\n93\n\n\n\n9395\n9395\n5403\n5403\n473\n473\n94 9395 7359 663\n95 9395 7359 664\n96 9395 7414 728\n97 9395 5392 335\n98 9395 6930 855\n99 9395 7143 419\n100 9395 5497 290\n101 9395 6742 296\n102 9395 5436 101\n105 9395 7461 120\n106 9395 7143 427\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n28\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio\n1 10180 6742 295\n2 10180 7143 410\n3 10180 8156 491\n4 10180 8156 492\n5 10180 5656 078\n28 10180 8156 490\n29 10180 7143 413\n30 10180 7143 408\n31 10180 8000 182\n32 10180 7363 434\n33 10180 4958 559\n34 10180 7143 417\n35 10180 5503 558\n36 10180 5187 274\n37 10180 7143 416\n28 12207 6856 096\n111 12207 5865 850\n112 12207 5865 850\nPart\nof Lots\n112\n113\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n7957\n7957\n128\n128\n113 12207 7693 136\n114\n115\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n7948\n7948\n136\n136\n116 12207 8033 035\n117\n118\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n8033\n8033\n036\n036\n119 12207 7804 181\n120\n121\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n5980\n5980\n909\n909\n122\n123\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n7968\n7968\n096\n096\n124\n125\n126\n\n\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n12207\n7919\n7919\n7919\n005\n005\n005\n127 12207 7805 076\n128 12207 7912 161\n143 12207 7817 047\n150 12207 5631 015\n151 12207 6383 563\n152 12207 5864 673\n163 12207 7969 064\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n29\nLot\nPlan of\nSubdivision Volume Folio\n164 12207 7969 062\n169\n228\n229\n\n\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n12207\n7969\n7969\n7969\n061\n061\n061\n170 12207 7969 059\n191 12207 5621 098\n192 12207 5621 098\n193 12207 5621 098\n195 12207 7969 063\n199 12207 7817 045\n218\n219\n\n\n\n12207\n12207\n7817\n7817\n044\n044\n220 12207 6844 776\n221 12207 7915 064\n222 12207 6930 849\n223 12207 5535 899\n224 12207 5535 899\n226 12207 6003 584\n227 12207 5706 094\n230 12207 7424 707\n231 12207 6930 850\n233 12207 5727 349\n408 12207 5738 522\n194 12207 8043 016\n197 12207 8043 016\n198 12207 8043 016\n2 18775 7595 065\nPart of\nLot 2 19535 8202 095\n═══════════════\nSch. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n30\nENDNOTES\n1. General Information\nThe Victoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne Racing\nClub) Act 1963 was assented to on 28 May 1963 and came into operation as\nfollows:\nAll of Act (except section 12) on 28 May 1963; section 12 on 1 August 1963:\nsection 12(2).\nEndnotes\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n31\n2. Table of Amendments\nThis Version incorporates amendments made to the Victoria Amateur Turf\nClub (Incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club) Act 1963 by Acts and\nsubordinate instruments.\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\nTransfer of Land (Computer Register) Act 1989, No. 18/1989\nAssent Date: 16.5.89\nCommencement Date: 3.2.92: Government Gazette 18.12.91 p. 3488\nCurrent State: All of Act in operation\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\nEndnotes\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 7015/1963\nVictoria Amateur Turf Club (Incorporating the Melbourne\nRacing Club) Act 1963\n32\n3. Explanatory Details\nNo entries at date of publication.\nEndnotes","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act’s primary scope — to amalgamate the two clubs, create a single corporate body and vest the clubs’ property while prescribing governance and use — remains unchanged. Later technical amendments to registration mechanics (Transfer of Land (Computer Register) Act 1989, noted in Endnotes/Table of Amendments) adjusted title recording and computer register procedures but did not alter the Act’s core objects or powers."},"complexity_factors":["Detailed property vesting across many specific land folios and subdivisional lots listed in Schedules 2–3, creating transactional complexity (s.4(1); Schedules).","Vesting is subject to existing encumbrances and purchaser rights, requiring title adjustments and potential dispute resolution (s.4(1)(a); Third Schedule Part B).","Registrar of Titles obligations to record vesting and to register the club as proprietor where land is under the Transfer of Land Act, with formal proof and fees (s.4(2)–(3)).","Broad operational powers for the club (racecourse proprietor, building works, liquor sales subject to Licensing Act, borrowing and investments) increase regulatory intersections and compliance burdens (s.5(d)–(e)).","Rule‑making authority makes internal governance partly self‑regulatory but creates legal binding effects on members, raising governance and procedural risk (s.11(1)–(3)).","Transitional and continuity provisions transfer existing rights, suits and obligations to the new body corporate, which can affect ongoing litigation and contracts (s.10).","Dissolution rules prevent distribution to members and require Governor in Council sanction for transfer of residual property, adding administrative oversight (s.9).","Consequential amendments to the Racing Act alter external regulatory structures and board representation, creating institutional interaction (s.12)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act creates a single corporate body called the Victoria Amateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club), vests specified land and personal property in that body, and gives it powers to run racecourses, manage and develop property, borrow, sell, and make rules. It governs membership, committee control, meetings, employee protections and restricts distribution of profits.\n\nIt affects former Turf Club and Racing Club members (who must pay subscriptions to continue membership), employees, purchasers with existing contracts, the Registrar of Titles (to record vesting), and regulators who oversee racing and liquor licensing."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on available information, the Act appears to have remained focused on its original purpose of recognising the incorporation of the Melbourne Racing Club into the Victoria Amateur Turf Club. There is no indication of scope creep or significant amendment beyond its founding intent."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, specific scope applying to a single organisation only","Legislation appears to be largely administrative/procedural in nature","1963 vintage legislation likely uses older drafting conventions which can obscure meaning","Very limited source text was available to analyse, preventing assessment of any complex provisions that may exist within the full Act"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act legally recognised the Victoria Amateur Turf Club following its incorporation of the Melbourne Racing Club, confirming the merged club’s existence and authority to hold property, assets and race‑related rights. It primarily affects the clubs and their members (and, indirectly, Victoria’s racing industry), providing a clear legal foundation for the merged organisation’s operations."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose: facilitating the 1963 amalgamation of the Victoria Amateur Turf Club and Melbourne Racing Club. While it includes detailed property schedules and consequential amendments to other racing legislation, these are directly incidental to the core merger purpose. The scope has not expanded beyond the original intent of creating a single incorporated racing body."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive property schedules listing hundreds of individual land titles with volume/folio references and purchaser names (Schedules 2 and 3 comprise majority of document length)","Multiple transitional provisions dealing with property transfers, including exceptions for land already under contract (Part B of Third Schedule)","Cross-references to the Racing Act 1958 requiring specific textual substitutions and repeals","Conditional membership rules requiring payment of subscriptions by specific deadlines (section 3(1)(a))","Dual structure provisions allowing pre-amalgamation committees to negotiate transitional agreements that become binding rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1963 Victorian law created a new legal entity called the **Victoria Amateur Turf Club (incorporating the Melbourne Racing Club)** by merging two existing racing clubs.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Creates a new body corporate** (a legal entity that can own property, sue and be sued) effective from 1 August 1963\n- **Transfers all assets** from both the Victoria Amateur Turf Club (founded 1875) and the Melbourne Racing Club (founded 1956) into the new combined entity\n- **Lists specific land titles** in detailed schedules showing exactly which properties transfer from each club\n- **Sets up governance rules** including:\n  - Annual general meetings and committee elections\n  - Power to make internal rules for membership and operations\n  - Restrictions on profit distribution to members (non-profit structure)\n  - What happens to assets if the club dissolves (must go to similar racing clubs or charities)\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Members of both original racing clubs, who automatically became members of the new club if they paid their subscription\n- The racing industry in Victoria, particularly Caulfield and Sandown racecourses\n- The Totalizator Agency Board (TAB), which had its membership structure adjusted\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis was a major consolidation in Victorian racing history. It allowed two significant racing clubs to pool their resources, land holdings, and operations under a single legal structure while preserving their historical identities. The Act ensures the combined entity operates for community benefit rather than private profit, and protects employee rights during the merger."},"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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