Version incorporating amendments as at
26 November 2025
table of provisions
Section Page
1 Short title 2
2 Definitions 2
3 Corporation may grant leases of leasable land 3
4 Corporation may make advances out of municipal fund 4
6 Registrar-General and Registrar of Titles to make necessary amendments 4
Schedules 5
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Endnotes 6
1 General information 6
2 Table of Amendments 8
3 Explanatory details 9
Version No.004
Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966
No. 7412 of 1966
Version incorporating amendments as at
26 November 2025
An Act to authorize the Granting of Leases of certain Land at Carlton in the City of Melbourne permanently reserved as a Site for a Public Park, and for other purposes.
Preamble
WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the 9th day of June, 1873 certain land in the City of Melbourne known as Princes Park was permanently reserved as a site for a public park and by Crown Grant Volume 600 Folio 119908 dated the 13th day of June, 1873[1] that land was vested in the Board of Land and Works and the mayor aldermen councillors and citizens of the City of Melbourne as a site for a public park:
AND WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the 9th day of October, 1917[2] the council of the City of Melbourne was appointed as committee of management of the said land:
AND WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule is part of the said land and is used for the purposes of sport and recreation:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to authorize the council of the City of Melbourne as committee of management of the said land to grant leases of the land described in the Schedule:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to empower the said council to make loans to lessees of the land described in the Schedule:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966.
S. 2 (Heading) inserted by No. 79/2013 s. 31(1).
2 Definitions
In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—
S. 2 def. of Council substituted as corporation by No. 7583 s. 3.
corporation means corporation of the City of Melbourne;
S. 2 def. of leasable land inserted by No. 79/2013 s. 31(2), amended by No. 47/2025 s. 3.
leasable land means—
(a) the land shown hatched on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office and numbered LEGL./11-042, being Crown Allotments 2030 and 2031, Parish of Jika Jika at Carlton; and
(ab) the land shown hatched on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office and numbered LEGL./23-315, being Crown Allotments 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147 and 2148, Parish of Jika Jika at Carlton; and
(b) the stratum specified in the Order in Council dated 5 December 1995, published in the Government Gazette dated 7 December 1995, pages 3448 to 3451, being Crown Allotment 1A of Section 118A at Carlton, Parish of Jika Jika.
S. 3 (Heading) inserted by No. 79/2013 s. 32(1).
3 Corporation may grant leases of leasable land
S. 3(1) substituted by No. 7583 s. 4.
(1) Any previous appointment of a committee of management of the land in the City of Melbourne known as Princes Park permanently reserved by the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the 9th day of June, 1873 as a site for a public park is hereby revoked and the corporation is hereby appointed committee of management of the said land.
S. 3(1A) inserted by No. 7583 s. 4, amended by Nos 88/1995 s. 4, 79/2013 s. 32(2).
(1A) Notwithstanding anything in any Act the corporation as committee of management of the said land known as Princes Park may from time to time grant leases of the leasable land for the purposes of sport or recreation or social or cultural or educational activities or purposes connected therewith including the erection of buildings.
(2) A lease under this section—
S. 3(2)(a) amended by No. 7583 s. 5.
(a) shall be subject to such covenants conditions exceptions and reservations as the corporation thinks fit;
S. 3(2)(b) amended by No. 8703 s. 2.
(b) shall be for a term not exceeding forty years; and
(c) shall if the term exceeds three years be subject to approval by the Governor in Council.
S. 3(3) amended by Nos 7583 s. 5, 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 6.1).
(3) The moneys received by way of rent under any lease granted under this section shall be applied by the corporation towards the maintenance and improvement of the whole or any part of the said land permanently reserved as aforesaid or for such other purpose as the Minister in any particular case approves.
(4) No person or body of persons whosoever or whatsoever shall be entitled to receive or shall receive from the Crown any money or consideration by way of compensation in respect of any improvement whatsoever or of any act matter or thing under this section.
4 Corporation may make advances out of municipal fund
S. 4(1) amended by Nos 7583 s. 5, 88/1995 s. 5, 79/2013 s. 33.
(1) The corporation may apply out of the municipal fund a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate $200 000 for the purpose of making a loan or loans to any lessee of the leasable land for the purpose of erecting buildings on or making other improvements to the leasable land.
S. 4(2) amended by No. 7583 s. 5.
(2) Any loan made by the corporation to a lessee shall be upon such terms and conditions as the corporation thinks fit.
S. 5
inserted by No. 88/1995 s. 6, repealed by No. 79/2013 s. 34.
S. 6
inserted by No. 88/1995 s. 6.
6 Registrar-General and Registrar of Titles to make necessary amendments
(1) The Registrar-General must make all entries on the records of enrolment of any Crown grant and on any memorial relating to land that are necessary because of the operation of any provision of this Act.
(2) The Registrar of Titles must make any amendments to the Register under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 that are necessary because of the operation of any provision of this Act.
Schedules
Sch. substituted by No. 7583 s. 6, renumbered as Sch. 1 by No. 88/1995 s. 7(a), amended by No. 88/1995 s. 7(b), repealed by No. 79/2013 s. 35.
Sch. 2 inserted by No. 88/1995 s. 8, repealed by No. 79/2013 s. 35.
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966 was assented to on 17 May 1966 and came into operation on 17 May 1966.
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act.
See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
This publication incorporates amendments made to the Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966 by Acts and subordinate instruments.