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title: "Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949"
slug: "cockatoo-and-schnapper-islands-act-1949"
jurisdiction: "Commonwealth of Australia"
jurisdiction_code: "commonwealth"
collection: "act"
status: "repealed"
act_number: "30 of 1949"
version_date: "2026-03-30"
register_id: "commonwealth-C1949A00030-current"
canonical_url: "https://zoelaw.ai/legislation/cockatoo-and-schnapper-islands-act-1949"
date_modified: "2026-03-30"
source: Zoe (https://zoelaw.ai)
---

# Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949

## 1 Short title [see Note 1]

##### 1 Short title \[see Note 1\]

  This Act may be cited as the Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949.

## 2 Commencement [see Note 1]

##### 2 Commencement \[see Note 1\]

  This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.

## 4 Interpretation

##### 4 Interpretation

  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

> Cockatoo Island means the island situated in the Harbour of Port Jackson in the State of New South Wales and known as Cockatoo Island.

> Schnapper Island means the island situated in the Harbour of Port Jackson in the State of New South Wales and known as Schnapper Island.

> the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board means the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board constituted under the Commonwealth Shipping Act 1923.

## 5 Title to Cockatoo Island, etc.

##### 5 Title to Cockatoo Island, etc.

  (1) All right, title and interest of the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board in and to Cockatoo Island and Schnapper Island are, by force of this Act, transferred to and vested in the Commonwealth.
  (2) All rights, property, assets, obligations and liabilities of the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board (including all right, title and interest of that Board in and to all improvements, buildings, structures, erections, dockyards, machinery, tools, plant, craft, furniture and fittings on Cockatoo Island or Schnapper Island) shall, by force of this Act, be vested in or imposed on the Commonwealth, and, in any contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board is a party, any reference to that Board shall be read as a reference to the Commonwealth.

## 6 Powers of Minister

##### 6 Powers of Minister

  The Minister shall have power, subject to any lease of Cockatoo Island or Schnapper Island, to control and manage those Islands and the works and establishments on those Islands.