{"id":"victoria-park-land-act-1992","name":"Victoria Park Land Act 1992","slug":"victoria-park-land-act-1992","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":176412,"registerId":"vic-victoria-park-land-act-1992-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Victoria Park Land Act 1992","content":"Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documentsi\nVersion No. 001\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\nAct No. 86/1992\nVersion incorporating amendments as at 6 July 1999\nTABLE OF PROVISIONS\nSection Page\n1. Purposes 2\n2. Commencement 2\n3. Definitions 3\n4. Deposit of documents 3\n5. Implementing documents 5\n6. Legal effect of deposited documents 6\n7. Legal effect of implementing documents 6\n8. Can documents be varied? 8\n9. Non-compliance—appointment of agent 8\n10. What can an agent do? 10\n11. Revocation or variation of agency 12\n12. Interference with implementation or agent's activities 12\n13. Registrar of Titles' additional powers 13\n14. Administration of Building Act—Victoria Park 13\n15. Application of Subdivision Act 14\n16. Compensation and damages 14\n17. Agent's immunity from action 15\n18. Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction 15\n19. Repeal of Collingwood Land (Victoria Park) Act 1992 16\n__________________\nSCHEDULES 17\nSCHEDULE 1—Victoria Park 17\nSCHEDULE 2—Scheme for ownership and use of Victoria Park 18\n═══════════════\nENDNOTES 19\n1. General Information 19\n2. Table of Amendments 20\n3. Explanatory Details 21\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1\nVersion No. 001\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\nAct No. 86/1992\nVersion incorporating amendments as at 6 July 1999\nThe Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:\nPreamble\nLand at Collingwood known as Victoria Park was\nsubject to a covenant restricting its sale and use:\nThe land has for many years been used by the\nCollingwood Football Club (now the Collingwood\nFootball Club Limited):\nThe registered proprietor of the land is the Council\nof the City of Collingwood (whose predecessor\nwas the municipality of the City of Collingwood)\nunder the name of the Mayor, Councillors and\ncitizens of the City of Collingwood:\nThe Council and the Club entered into negotiations\nunder which part of the land was to be sold to the\nClub and most of the rest of it leased to the Club:\nTo facilitate those negotiations the Collingwood\n(Victoria Park) Land Act 1990 extinguished the\ncovenant:\nThe Council and the Club completed negotiations\nfor the sale and leasing of the land which included,\namong other things, a requirement that the Club\nwas to improve and upgrade certain facilities at\nVictoria Park and, in every three year period\nduring a period of 25 years, is to play at least\n21 Australian Football League matches at Victoria\nPark:\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n2\nThe Council has not proceeded with the sale to the\nClub of part of Victoria Park and, because of this,\narrangements for the leasing to the Club of other\nparts of the Park cannot be implemented:\nIn the public interest and in the interest of effective\nland management it is desirable to provide, by\nforce of this Act, for the implementation of those\narrangements and for the ownership, improvement\nand use of Victoria Park:\nThe Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:\n1. Purposes\nThe purposes of this Act are—\n(a) to provide, by force of this Act, for the\nimplementation of arrangements between the\nCouncil of the City of Collingwood and the\nCollingwood Football Club Limited\nconcerning the sale, leasing, improvement\nand use of Victoria Park;\n(b) to give legal effect to those arrangements, by\nforce of this Act, and make them available\nfor inspection by the public;\n(c) to provide for alternative implementation\nmechanisms if the parties fail to implement\nthe arrangements;\n(d) to provide for the application to Victoria\nPark of laws concerning subdivision and\nbuilding control.\n2. Commencement\n(1) This Act, except sections 1 to 4, comes into\noperation on a day to be proclaimed.\n(2) Sections 1 to 4 come into operation on the day on\nwhich this Act receives the Royal Assent.\ns. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n3\n3. Definitions\nIn this Act—\n\"Club\" means the Collingwood Football Club\nLimited;\n\"Council\" means the Council of the City of\nCollingwood;\n\"deposited document\" means a document\ndeposited under section 4 and includes that\ndocument as varied under this Act but does\nnot include an implementing document and a\ndocument mentioned in section 4(2)(b)(iii);\n\"implementing document\" means a document\nreferred to in section 5 and includes that\ndocument as varied under this Act;\n\"social club land\" means the land shown hatched\non the plan in Schedule 1, being part of the\nland in Folio of the Register Volume 1320\nFolio 908;\n\"Victoria Park\" means the land shown hatched\nand cross-hatched on the plan in Schedule 1,\nbeing part of the land in Folio of the Register\nVolume 1320 Folio 908.\n4. Deposit of documents\n(1) The Minister or a person authorised in writing by\nthe Minister may deposit with the Registrar-\nGeneral the documents listed in sub-section (2).\n(2) The documents are—\n(a) a copy of a document expressed to be a\ncontract of sale for the social club land\nbetween the Council and the Club for a price\nof $2 000 000, being a document approved\nfor execution, by a majority of the Council,\non 1 August 1991 (after being notified under\nsection 189 of the Local Government Act\ns. 3\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n4\n1989 on 26 June 1991 and subsequently\nreviewed, having regard to submissions\nreceived) to which is annexed—\n(i) a form of mortgage to be given by the\nClub to the Council to secure the\npurchase price, which the Council is to\nlend to the Club; and\n(ii) a form of option agreement under\nwhich the Club grants the Council an\noption to repurchase the land and a\nright of pre-emption if certain things\nhappen; and\n(b) a document embodying the terms of a\ndocument expressed to be an agreement for\nlease between the Council and the Club,\ncovering the area marked B on the plan in\nSchedule 2 (excluding the areas marked C,\nD, E and F on that plan) or that area as\nnearly as practicable, being a document\nexecuted on 3 May 1991, as amended by\nexchanges of letters on 3 May 1991 and\n28 May 1991, and notified under section 190\nof the Local Government Act 1989 on\n4 May 1991, to which document is\nannexed—\n(i) a form of lease to be given by the\nCouncil to the Club for 25 years with\nfive five-year options, at an initial rent\nof $25 000 per year; and\n(ii) a form of lease, expressed to be an\nindenture, to be made between the\nCouncil and the Club, extending the\nterm of the lease described in sub-\nparagraph (iii) and otherwise modifying\nits terms; and\ns. 4\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n5\n(iii) a lease dated 23 July 1956 between the\nMunicipality of the City of\nCollingwood (now the Council) and the\nCollingwood Football Club (now the\nClub).\n(3) For each document to be lodged under sub-section\n(1), the Minister must sign a certificate identifying\nthe document, stating whether sub-section (2)(a)\nor (b) applies to it, and that the document accords\nwith the description of it in whichever of those\nparagraphs applies to it.\n(4) That certificate must be lodged with the Registrar-\nGeneral with the document to which it relates.\n(5) The Minister's certificate is conclusive proof of\nthe matters stated in it.\n(6) Sections 15 and 15A of the Property Law Act\n1958 apply to a document deposited under this\nsection.\n(7) Section 16 of the Property Law Act 1958 applies\nto a document deposited under this section but no\nfees are payable for inspecting, copying or making\nextracts from it.\n5. Implementing documents\nAn implementing document is any of the\nfollowing documents annexed to a document\nwhich has been deposited under section 4—\n(a) a document mentioned in section 4(2)(a)(i);\n(b) a document mentioned in section 4(2)(a)(ii);\n(c) a document mentioned in section 4(2)(b)(i);\n(d) a document mentioned in section 4(2)(b)(ii).\ns. 5\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n6\n6. Legal effect of deposited documents\n(1) By force of this Act, on and from the date of\ncommencement of this section the deposited\ndocuments—\n(a) replace and supersede any agreements or\narrangements made during previous\nnegotiations between the Council and the\nClub concerning the future sale, leasing and\nuse of Victoria Park; and\n(b) have effect as binding and enforceable\nagreements between the Council and the\nClub; and\n(c) is deemed to have been duly made and\nexecuted by the Council and the Club on the\ndate of commencement of this section; and\n(d) must be given effect to by the Council and\nthe Club.\n(2) The Council is deemed, by force of this Act, to\nhave complied with all the provisions of the Local\nGovernment Act 1989 and (so far as it is in\nforce) the Local Government Act 1958 which are\nrequired to be complied with before the Council is\nauthorised to enter into an agreement having\neffect by force of sub-section (1), and is deemed,\nby force of this Act, to be authorised by those\nActs to enter into and to give effect to that\nagreement.\n(3) This section applies despite anything to the\ncontrary in any Act, statutory instrument or rule of\nlaw.\n7. Legal effect of implementing documents\n(1) On the settlement date in the deposited document\nhaving effect as a contract of sale for the social\nclub land—\ns. 6\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n7\n(a) the Council and the Club must ensure that\nthe lease described in section 4(2)(b)(iii) is\nsurrendered to the extent necessary to enable\nthe sale to be completed; and\n(b) the Council must lend to the Club the\namount of the purchase price under the\ncontract in accordance with the terms and\nconditions in the implementing document\nmentioned in section 5(a); and\n(c) the Club must give to the Council a\nmortgage to secure that amount in the form\nof the implementing document mentioned in\nsection 5(a); and\n(d) the Club must grant to the Council an option\nto purchase and a right of pre-emption in the\nform of the implementing document\nmentioned in section 5(b).\n(2) On the day after the settlement date in the\ndeposited document having effect as a contract of\nsale for the social club land the Council and the\nClub must enter into leases in the form described\nin the implementing documents mentioned in\nsection 5(c) and (d).\n(3) The Council is deemed, by force of this Act, to\nhave complied with all the provisions of the Local\nGovernment Act 1989 and (so far as it is in\nforce) the Local Government Act 1958 which are\nrequired to be complied with before the Council is\nauthorised to lend the money and enter into the\nagreements required by this section, and is\ndeemed, by force of this Act, to be authorised by\nthose Acts to lend that money and enter into those\nagreements.\n(4) This section has effect despite anything to the\ncontrary in any Act, statutory instrument or rule of\nlaw.\ns. 7\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n8\n8. Can documents be varied?\n(1) A deposited document or an implementing\ndocument cannot be varied or terminated except—\n(a) as provided by the document; or\n(b) by agreement between the Council and the\nClub.\n(2) The Council must deposit with the Registrar-\nGeneral a copy of a variation or termination\ndocument as soon as possible after the document\nis executed.\n(3) Sections 15 and 15A of the Property Law Act\n1958 apply to a document deposited under this\nsection.\n(4) Section 16 of the Property Law Act 1958 applies\nto a document deposited under this section, but no\nfees are payable for inspecting, copying or making\nextracts from it.\n9. Non-compliance—appointment of agent\n(1) The Minister may appoint an agent to act for the\nCouncil or the Club for the purposes of this Act if\nhe or she is satisfied that there are grounds for the\nappointment.\n(2) The grounds for appointment are any of the\nfollowing—\n(a) that the Council or the Club has not\ncomplied with section 7;\n(b) that the Council or the Club—\n(i) is in breach of a term of a deposited\ndocument or an implementing\ndocument;\n(ii) has failed within a reasonable time or\nrefused to make a decision, exercise a\npower or discretion, or carry out a duty\ns. 8\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n9\nnecessary to give effect to a deposited\ndocument or implementing document;\n(iii) has unreasonably attempted to prevent\nor hinder a deposited document or an\nimplementing document being given\neffect to;\n(c) that the Council or Club has expressed an\nintention (whether by writing, orally or by\nconduct) to do any of the things listed in\nparagraph (a) or (b).\n(3) The appointment must be made by notice\npublished in the Government Gazette.\n(4) The notice of appointment must specify whether\nthe agent is to act for the Council or the Club.\n(5) The appointment is subject to any terms,\nconditions and restrictions that the Minister in his\nor her absolute discretion determines and specifies\nin the notice of appointment.\n(6) As soon as possible after the appointment the\nMinister must give written notice of it to the\nCouncil and the Club.\n(7) The production of a copy of the Government\nGazette containing a notice of an appointment\nunder this section is conclusive proof that grounds\nfor the appointment existed at the time it was\nmade and continue to exist while the appointment\nis in force.\n(8) As soon as possible after making an appointment\nunder this section, the Minister must give to the\nperson appointed a certificate of appointment\nsigned by the Minister, which includes a statement\nof the terms, conditions and restrictions of the\nappointment.\n(9) An agent must produce the agent's certificate of\nappointment on being requested to do so.\ns. 9\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n10\n(10) The certificate of appointment—\n(a) is conclusive proof that—\n(i) the agent is duly appointed;\n(ii) the appointment has not been revoked;\n(iii) the terms, conditions and restrictions of\nappointment are as set out in the\ncertificate;\n(b) may be relied on by any person, without\nneed for further enquiry or production of any\nfurther authority, as evidence of the agent's\nauthority to act for the Council or the Club.\n(11) Despite sub-section (10), if a person has notice\nthat the appointment of an agent has been revoked\nthe certificate of the agent's appointment cannot\nbe relied on by that person—\n(a) as conclusive proof that the appointment is\nstill in force; or\n(b) as evidence of the agent's authority to act for\nthe Council or the Club.\n10. What can an agent do?\n(1) An agent appointed under this Act may, in\naccordance with the terms, conditions and\nrestrictions of that appointment, do anything\nwhich the person for whom the agent is appointed\nto act may do to give effect to—\n(a) a provision of this Act; or\n(b) a deposited document or implementing\ndocument.\n(2) Anything done by an agent in accordance with\nsub-section (1) must be taken to have been done\non behalf and with the authority of the person for\nwhom the agent is appointed to act and has effect\nas if done by that person.\ns. 10\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n11\n(3) Without limiting sub-section (1), an agent under\nthis Act may, in accordance with the terms,\nconditions and restrictions of the agent's\nappointment, do any of the following—\n(a) execute any document relating to land;\n(b) subject to any Act or law applying to the\nperson for whom the agent acts—\n(i) enter into any contract or arrangement\nthat the person for whom the agent acts\nmay enter into;\n(ii) make deposits or withdrawals or\notherwise operate on any account in the\nname of the person for whom the agent\nis appointed to act;\n(iii) exercise any other power or discretion\nor perform any other duty of that\nperson;\n(c) execute any document requiring the seal of\nthe person for whom the agent acts.\n(4) A document executed by an agent appointed under\nthis Act that is required to be executed under the\nseal of the person for whom the agent acts must be\ntaken for all purposes to have effect as if executed\nunder seal by that person.\n(5) The Council has the same immunity in respect of\nanything done on its behalf by an agent appointed\nunder this Act as it would have if it did the thing\nitself.\n(6) The Council or the Club must give to an agent\nappointed under this Act to act for it any\ndocument, information or assistance that the agent\nrequests and it is able to give.\ns. 10\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n12\n(7) An action lies for breach of statutory duty for a\ncontravention of sub-section (6), but no action\nunder this sub-section may be brought without the\nconsent in writing of the Attorney-General.\n11. Revocation or variation of agency\n(1) The Minister may at any time by notice published\nin the Government Gazette—\n(a) revoke an agent's appointment; or\n(b) vary the terms, conditions and restrictions of\nan agent's appointment.\n(2) The revocation or variation of an agent's\nappointment does not affect anything previously\ndone by the agent.\n(3) The revocation of an agent's appointment cancels\nthe certificate of the agent's appointment.\n(4) As soon as possible after revoking or varying an\nagent's appointment the Minister must give\nwritten notice of this to the Club, the Council and\nthe agent.\n(5) An agent's appointment cannot otherwise be\nrevoked or varied.\n(6) On receiving notice of revocation or variation of\nappointment, the agent must return the certificate\nof appointment to the Minister.\n(7) The Minister must, as appropriate, issue a new\ncertificate of appointment or endorse the\ncertificate of appointment as cancelled.\n12. Interference with implementation or agent's\nactivities\n(1) The Council or the Club must not act in a way that\nwould—\ns. 11\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n13\n(a) prevent a deposited document or\nimplementing document being given effect\nto or limit its effect; or\n(b) be inconsistent with anything done on its\nbehalf by an agent appointed under this Act;\nor\n(c) prevent or hinder an agent from acting under\nhis or her or its appointment.\n(2) Anything done or purported to be done in\ncontravention of sub-section (1) is void.\n13. Registrar of Titles' additional powers\n(1) If requested to do so by a party to an agreement in\na deposited document or implementing document\nhaving effect by force of this Act or by an agent\nappointed under this Act, the Registrar of Titles\nmay, in giving effect to that agreement, do all or\nany of the following—\n(a) dispense with the submission of any\ncertificate of title, plan or other document; or\n(b) register an instrument or application by\nrecordings in the relevant folio of the\nRegister only; or\n(c) delete any relevant folio of the Register,\ncancel the certificate of title for that folio and\ncreate a new folio of the Register and\ncertificate of title.\n(2) This section is in addition to and does not take\naway from any other provision of this Act.\n14. Administration of Building Act—Victoria Park\n(1) If the Minister considers that it is necessary to do\nso to facilitate the use or development of Victoria\nPark in accordance with a deposited document or\nan implementing document, he or she, by Order\npublished in the Government Gazette, may declare\ns. 13\nS. 14(1)\namended by\nNo. 126/1993\ns. 264(Sch. 5\nitem 21).\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n14\nthat the administration and enforcement of any of\nthe provisions of the Building Act 1993 and the\nbuilding regulations in relation to all or any part of\nVictoria Park is to be carried out by any person or\nbody specified in the Order and in accordance\nwith the terms and conditions of the Order.\n(2) An Order under sub-section (1) has effect despite\nanything to the contrary in the Building Act 1993.\n15. Application of Subdivision Act\n(1) If the Minister considers it necessary to do so to\nfacilitate subdivision, use or development of\nVictoria Park in accordance with a deposited\ndocument or implementing document, the\nMinister may, by Order published in the\nGovernment Gazette, transfer from the Council to\nthe Minister the Council's powers and duties under\nthe Subdivision Act 1988 in relation to plans\nunder that Act.\n(2) The Subdivision Act 1988 applies to land in an\nOrder in sub-section (1) as if it referred to the\nMinister instead of the Council.\n(3) Anything done by a Council in carrying out a\npower or duty under the Subdivision Act 1988\nthat is transferred to the Minister must be taken to\nhave been done by the Minister.\n(4) The Minister may, by Order published in the\nGovernment Gazette, transfer a power or duty\nback to the Council.\n16. Compensation and damages\nNo amount is payable by the Crown, the Council\nor the Club in respect of anything done under or\narising out of this Act, or because of the variation\nor termination by this Act of any agreement or\narrangement or the creation, variation or\nS. 14(2)\namended by\nNo. 126/1993\ns. 264(Sch. 5\nitem 21).\ns. 15\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n15\nextinguishment by or under this Act of any\nliability or right except—\n(a) in accordance with a deposited document or\nan implementing document; or\n(b) as damages for breach of an agreement in a\ndeposited document or implementing\ndocument having effect by force of this Act;\nor\n(c) as otherwise provided by this Act.\n17. Agent's immunity from action\nAn agent appointed under this Act is not\npersonally liable for anything done or omitted to\nbe done in good faith, in accordance with any\nterms, conditions and restrictions on the agent's\nappointment, in the exercise of a power or the\ndischarge of a duty of the agent under this Act.\n18. Supreme Court—limitation of jurisdiction\nIt is the intention of this section to alter or vary\nsection 85 of the Constitution Act 1975 to\nprevent the Supreme Court—\n(a) awarding compensation or damages in\nrespect of anything done under or arising out\nof this Act, or because of the variation or\ntermination by this Act of any agreement or\narrangement or the creation, variation or\nextinguishment by or under this Act of any\nliability or right except in circumstances set\nout in section 16; or\n(b) entertaining an action of a kind referred to in\nsection 17.\ns. 17\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n16\n19. Repeal of Collingwood Land (Victoria Park) Act\n1992\n(1) The Collingwood Land (Victoria Park) Act\n1992 is repealed.\n(2) Any document which by force of section 6 of the\nCollingwood Land (Victoria Park) Act 1992\nmay have had effect as a binding and enforceable\nagreement, and any rights or obligations which\nmay have been created in consequence of that\nagreement, are deemed, by force of this Act, never\nto have had effect and never to have been created.\n__________________\ns. 19\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n17\nSCHEDULES\nSCHEDULE 1\nSection 3\nVICTORIA PARK\n_______________\nSch. 1\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n18\nSCHEDULE 2\nSection 4\nSCHEME FOR OWNERSHIP AND USE OF VICTORIA PARK\n═══════════════\nSch. 2\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n19\nENDNOTES\n1. General Information\nMinister's second reading speech—\nLegislative Assembly: 13 November 1992\nLegislative Council: 17 November 1992\nThe long title for the Bill for this Act was \"A Bill to implement arrangements\nbetween the Council of the City of Collingwood and the Collingwood\nFootball Club Limited concerning land at Victoria Park and to repeal the\nCollingwood Land (Victoria Park) Act 1992 and for other purposes.\".\nConstitution Act 1975:\nSection 85(5) statement:\nLegislative Assembly: 14 November 1992\nLegislative Council: 17 November 1992\nAbsolute majorities:\nLegislative Assembly: 14 November 1992\nLegislative Council: 17 November 1992\nThe Victoria Park Land Act 1992 was assented to on 24 November 1992\nand came into operation as follows:\nSections 1–4 on 24 November 1992: section 2(2); rest of Act on 1 February\n1993: Government Gazette 28 January 1993 page 174.\nEndnotes\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n20\n2. Table of Amendments\nThis Version incorporates amendments made to the Victoria Park Land Act\n1992 by Acts and subordinate instruments.\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\nBuilding Act 1993, No. 126/1993\nAssent Date: 14.12.93\nCommencement Date: S. 264(Sch. 5 item 21) on 1.7.94: Special Gazette\n(No. 42) 1.7.94 p. 1\nCurrent State: This information relates only to the provision/s\namending the Victoria Park Land Act 1992\n–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\nEndnotes\n\nVictorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 86/1992\nVictoria Park Land Act 1992\n21\n3. Explanatory Details\nNo entries at date of publication.\nEndnotes","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act’s core scope is to implement and make legally effective a particular package of land sale, lease and related documents for Victoria Park and to provide enforcement and administrative mechanisms if the Council or Club fail to perform (section 1). Subsequent amendments reflected in this consolidated version (notably the Building Act cross‑reference amendments) adapt administrative detail (how building controls are administered) but do not expand the Act beyond that original, document‑specific implementation purpose. The additional powers (Registrar, Ministerial Orders, agent appointment, limits on remedies) were included to ensure the package could be implemented and enforced; they strengthen implementation tools rather than change the Act’s essential subject matter."},"complexity_factors":["Compact Act but multiple cross‑references to other statutes (Property Law Act 1958, Local Government Act 1989/1958, Building Act 1993, Subdivision Act 1988, Constitution Act 1975)","6 defined terms in the interpretation section (s.3) but many more technical concepts introduced by schedules and deposited/implementing documents","Conditional logic tied to external triggers (e.g. settlement date in deposited document triggers implementing obligations)","Conclusive proof and evidentiary presumptions (Minister’s certificates; Government Gazette notices) that limit factual inquiry (s.4(5), s.9(7), s.10(10))","Ministerial discretion with broad, absolute terms for appointments and Orders (s.9(5), s.14–15)","Multiple immunity and limitation provisions restricting remedies and judicial relief (s.16–18)","Registrar of Titles given non‑standard title powers (delete/create folios, record‑only registrations) (s.13)","Nested restrictions on variation and termination of documents (s.8)","Deeming provisions that displace prior agreements and statutory compliance requirements (s.6(2) and s.19)","Interplay of administrative powers (agent, Registrar, Minister’s Orders) creates practical sequencing and implementation complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does, in plain English**\n\n- The Act makes a specific package of land deals and related documents about Victoria Park legally binding by law, whether or not the Council and the Collingwood Football Club actually signed or completed them in the ordinary way. (See sections 4–7.)\n\n- Certain documents are to be “deposited” with the Registrar‑General (copies of a contract of sale for the Club’s social‑club land, and an agreement for lease and associated lease forms) and other documents annexed to those deposited copies are treated as “implementing documents”. Once deposited and when certain triggers occur (notably the settlement date in the deposited contract), those implementing documents must be carried out (for example: loans, mortgages, options to repurchase, and leases). (Sections 4–7.)\n\n- The Act treats the deposited and implementing documents as replacing prior negotiations and as binding and enforceable agreements between the Council and the Club, and it deems the Council to have complied with the usual Local Government procedural requirements so those transactions can proceed. (Section 6(1)–(3).)\n\n- If the Council or the Club fails to comply with their obligations (including failure to make decisions or deliberate refusal to act), the Minister may appoint an agent to act for the Council or the Club and to do anything the Council or Club could do to give effect to the documents, subject to any terms the Minister sets. The agent’s certificate is conclusive evidence of appointment. (Sections 9–11.)\n\n- The Council and the Club must not act to prevent the documents or the agent from being given effect; anything done to frustrate that is void. (Section 12.)\n\n- The Registrar of Titles is given extra powers to make title and register changes needed to give effect to the arrangements (for example, creating or deleting folios, carrying out registrations by recording only). (Section 13.)\n\n- The Minister can change who administers and enforces the Building Act on Victoria Park, and can take over (or return) Council powers under the Subdivision Act for Victoria Park, to facilitate subdivision, use or development in line with the deposited/implementing documents. (Sections 14–15.)\n\n- The Act restricts compensation and damages arising from actions taken under the Act: the Crown, the Council and the Club are not liable except as provided by the deposited/implementing documents or for breaches of those documents. An agent acting in good faith has statutory immunity from personal liability. The Act also makes clear that the Supreme Court should not award compensation beyond the limited circumstances set out. (Sections 16–18.)\n\n- The Act repeals an earlier Collingwood Land (Victoria Park) Act and treats any rights or obligations that may have arisen under that earlier Act as never having existed. (Section 19.)\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- The Council of the City of Collingwood and the Collingwood Football Club Limited: the Act converts the negotiated package of sale/lease/loan/options into enforceable legal instruments and can strip decision‑making back to the Minister or an appointed agent if parties do not comply (sections 4–11, 12).\n\n- The Registrar of Titles and planning/building administrators: the Act gives the Registrar and the Minister targeted powers to change how titles, building regulation enforcement and subdivision powers are exercised on Victoria Park (sections 13–15).\n\n- Members of the public and third parties: inspection rights are provided for deposited documents (section 4(6)–(7)), but avenues for compensation arising from the Act are tightly limited (sections 16–18).\n\n**Why it matters (stated purpose, and practical effect)**\n\n- The Act’s stated purpose is to implement and give legal effect to arrangements between the Council and the Club about the sale, leasing, improvement and use of Victoria Park; to provide alternative implementation mechanisms if the parties fail to implement the arrangements; and to apply building and subdivision laws for the Park. (Section 1.)\n\n- Mechanically, the Act achieves that purpose by:\n  - Deeming particular documents to be binding and replacing earlier arrangements (s. 6);\n  - Requiring parties to perform implementing steps on a trigger (the settlement date) (s. 7);\n  - Allowing the Minister to appoint an agent with broad powers to act on behalf of Council or Club if they do not comply (s. 9–11);\n  - Giving the Registrar, and the Minister with Orders, the power to change administrative and title practices to enable the transactions (s. 13–15);\n  - Restricting liability and limiting remedies for those adversely affected by acts done under the Act (s. 16–18).\n\n**How this changes incentives and who bears costs**\n\n- Who decides: the Minister gains strong intervention tools (appointing an agent, issuing Orders about Building Act administration and Subdivision Act powers) that can displace local decision‑making (s. 9, 14–15).\n\n- Who pays/benefits: the immediate and concentrated beneficiaries of the binding package are the Club (ownership/leases and use rights) and the Council insofar as it receives the purchase price and rents set out in the documents (s. 4–7). Costs or limits on compensation are shifted away from the Crown/Council/Club by the Act’s liability limits (s. 16–18); parties or third parties who lose out may have reduced access to damages except where the deposited documents provide for them (s. 16).\n\n- Behavioural effects: the Council and Club are legally compelled to perform the steps in the documents and are prevented from taking steps that would frustrate implementation (s. 6, 7, 12). The threat of a Minister‑appointed agent with conclusive authority is an enforcement backstop intended to deter non‑compliance (s. 9–11).\n\n**Costs, trade‑offs and implementation risks**\n\n- Concentrated benefits versus diffuse limits: the Act formalises a deal that provides clear, concentrated benefits to the Club (ownership/leases and financing arrangements) and procedural certainty for that deal (s. 4–7). At the same time it narrows legal remedies for third parties and limits judicial relief in many circumstances (s. 16–18).\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and compliance burden: the Act vests substantial discretionary power in the Minister (appointment of agents, terms and conditions of appointment, Orders under the Building and Subdivision Acts) and creates duties on the Council and Club to cooperate with agents (s. 9–11, 14–15, 10(6)). That centralises decision authority and places compliance obligations on local actors.\n\n- Legal and title complexity: the Registrar may alter folios and register instruments in non‑standard ways to implement the arrangements (s. 13), which can complicate title history and future dealings in the short term.\n\n- Reduced judicial remedies: by limiting compensation and aiming to restrict the Supreme Court’s ability to award damages outside the Act’s permitted circumstances, the Act reduces the availability of ordinary judicial relief for actions taken under it (s. 16–18). That lowers litigation risk for those acting under the Act but increases risk for persons who may be harmed by implementation.\n\n**Key sections to read for detail**\n- Deposited/implementing documents and their effect: sections 4–7\n- Ministerial appointment of agents and their powers: sections 9–11\n- Registrar of Titles powers: section 13\n- Orders about Building Act/Subdivision Act administration: sections 14–15\n- Limits on compensation and agent immunity: sections 16–18\n- Repeal of previous Act and nullification of prior agreements: section 19"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: implementing the specific Victoria Park land deal between Collingwood Council and the Collingwood Football Club. While it includes enforcement mechanisms (agent appointment, court jurisdiction limits) and interacts with other statutes, these are all ancillary to the core commercial transaction. The 1999 amendments shown in the version information appear to be minor technical updates (updating Building Act references), not an expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple defined terms (5 definitions in s.3) with recursive references (e.g., 'deposited document' excludes 'implementing document' which is defined by reference back to s.4)","Complex document hierarchy: distinguishes between 'deposited documents' (the main contracts) and 'implementing documents' (ancillary documents like mortgages and leases) with different legal effects","Extensive cross-referencing between sections (e.g., s.5 documents defined by reference to s.4(2) sub-paragraphs)","Conditional triggers based on 'settlement date' and commencement dates (s.7)","Nested powers and safeguards for appointed agents with conclusive proof certificates (ss.9-11)","Override clauses stating 'despite anything to the contrary in any Act' (ss.6(3), 7(4), 14(2))","Constitutional override in s.18 explicitly varying s.85 of the Constitution Act 1975 to limit Supreme Court jurisdiction","Interaction with multiple other statutes: Local Government Act 1989/1958, Property Law Act 1958, Building Act 1993, Subdivision Act 1988, Constitution Act 1975"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act forces through a property deal between the Collingwood City Council and the Collingwood Football Club regarding Victoria Park, the Club's historic home ground. When negotiations stalled, the Victorian Parliament stepped in to make the deal happen by legislative fiat (meaning \"by force of law\" regardless of normal legal obstacles).\n\n**Key points:**\n\n- **The deal:** The Council sells part of the land (the \"social club land\") to the Club for $2 million, which the Council actually lends to the Club. The Club mortgages the land back to the Council as security. The Council also leases most of the remaining land to the Club for 25 years with renewal options.\n\n- **Why Parliament intervened:** The Preamble explains that a previous Act had removed a legal restriction (a \"covenant\") on the land to help negotiations, but the Council then didn't follow through with the sale. This blocked the leasing arrangements too. The Act essentially says \"too bad, the deal is happening anyway.\"\n\n- **Legal magic:** The Act deems the documents to be binding contracts \"by force of this Act\" even though they weren't fully executed. It also deems the Council to have complied with all the usual Local Government Act requirements for selling/leasing public land.\n\n- **Enforcement mechanism:** If either party doesn't cooperate, the Minister can appoint an \"agent\" to act on their behalf—essentially taking over their decision-making power to force the deal through.\n\n- **Protections:** The Act shields everyone (Council, Club, agents, the Crown) from most lawsuits, and specifically blocks the Supreme Court from awarding damages except for actual breaches of the forced contracts.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Collingwood Football Club Limited (gets to buy and lease the land)\n- City of Collingwood Council (must sell and lease the land)\n- Victorian Government (oversees the forced implementation)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a classic example of \"private legislation\"—Parliament intervening in a specific commercial dispute between two parties. It shows how far a state government can go to override local government autonomy and normal property law procedures when it decides a deal is \"in the public interest.\" It also demonstrates the extraordinary step of stripping courts of their usual powers to review or compensate for government action."},"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":"Insufficient substantive text was provided to assess whether the scope of the Act changed from its original intent. The Act appears to have remained in force since 1992 in its original form, suggesting no significant scope changes occurred, but this cannot be confirmed without the full legislative text."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely limited substantive legislative text was provided — only metadata and version history are visible","Single-purpose, location-specific legislation typically involves straightforward provisions","No cross-references to other legislation are visible in the provided text","No complex definitions, offence provisions, or regulatory frameworks are apparent","Short Acts dealing with specific parcels of land are generally among the simplest forms of legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"A short Victorian law concerning the management and legal status of land in or around Victoria Park. It affects park users, local councils and any parties with interests in the land.\n\nIt matters because it formalises how that specific parcel is classified, reserved or transferred—impacting public use, ownership and local planning—though full effects need the complete Act text."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/victoria-park-land-act-1992","history":"/api/acts/victoria-park-land-act-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/victoria-park-land-act-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/victoria-park-land-act-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/victoria-park-land-act-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/victoria-park-land-act-1992/documents"}}