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Version No. 001
Fitzroy (Edinburgh Gardens) Lands Act
1967
Act No. 7627/1967
Version incorporating amendments as at 8 August 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
Short title 3
Definitions 4
Redefinition of land reserved as public park and garden 4
Closure of part of Freeman-street 4
Appointment of corporation in lieu of Fitzroy council as
committee of management 5
Power to corporation to grant leases of lands in First Schedule 5
Authority and direction to Registrar of Titles to make
necessary cancellations and entries 6
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1
Version No. 001
Fitzroy (Edinburgh Gardens) Lands Act
1967
Act No. 7627/1967
Version incorporating amendments as at 8 August 2000
An Act relating to certain Lands at Fitzroy.
Preamble
WHEREAS certain land at Fitzroy having an area
of 33 acres 3 roods and 23 perches was
permanently reserved by Order in Council of the
24th day of October, 18811, as a site for public
park and garden and by Crown grant dated
12th day of April, 18822, granted to the Board of
Land and Works and the Mayor Councillors and
Citizens of the City of Fitzroy and is known as
Edinburgh Gardens:
AND WHEREAS—
(a) certain other land at Fitzroy was by Order in
Council of the 19th day of June, 18833,
permanently reserved as a site for public
park and garden in addition to and adjoining
the site permanently reserved for the same
purpose by the said Order in Council of the
24th day of October, 1881, and was by
Crown grant4 dated the same day granted to
the Board of Land and Works and the Mayor
Councillors and Citizens of the City of
Fitzroy;
(b) the area of the land reserved by the said
Order in Council of the 19th day of June,
1883, was 7 acres 3 roods and 37 perches
but the area thereof specified in the said
Crown grant is 8 acres and 17 perches:
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AND WHEREAS each of the said Crown grants—
(a) provides that the land thereby granted and
the buildings for the time being thereon
should be at all times thereafter maintained
and used as and for a site for a public park
and garden and offices and conveniences
connected therewith and for no other
purpose whatsoever; and
(b) contains a reservation of the use of all such
parts of the land granted as should be
required for making railways:
AND WHEREAS by a transfer registered in the
Office of Titles on the 22nd day of June, 1888, an
area of 7 acres 3 roods and 1444/10 perches being
part of the lands comprised in the said Crown
grants was transferred to the Victorian Railways
Commissioners:
AND WHEREAS by Order in Council of the 2nd
day of October, 19175, the council of the City of
Fitzroy was appointed a committee of management
of the Edinburgh Gardens:
AND WHEREAS—
(a) the several pieces of land delineated on the
plan in the First Schedule and having the
areas indicated on the said plan are
respectively used for the purposes of cricket
and football bowls and tennis as indicated on
the said plan and for purposes connected
therewith;
(b) the land delineated and shown hatched on
the plan in the Second Schedule is part of a
Government road known as Freeman-street;
(c) the said land delineated and shown hatched
on the plan in the Second Schedule is part of
the piece of land delineated on the plan in
the First Schedule used for the purposes of
cricket and football but otherwise the several
pieces of land delineated on the plan in the
First Schedule are parts of the lands reserved
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as aforesaid which remain untransferred in
the said Crown grants:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient—
(a) that the land delineated and shown hatched
on the plan in the Second Schedule be
closed as a road and be included in the
reservation made by the said Order in
Council of the 24th day of October, 1881,
and in the Crown grant dated the 12th day of
April, 1882;
(b) that the appointment of the council of the
City of Fitzroy as a committee of
management of the Edinburgh Gardens be
revoked and that the corporation of the
municipality of Fitzroy be appointed a
committee of management of the lands now
comprised in the said Crown grants and the
land described in the Second Schedule;
(c) that the said corporation be empowered to
grant leases of the said pieces of land
delineated on the plan in the First Schedule;
and
(d) to make other provision as hereinafter
enacted:
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):
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Fitzroy (Edinburgh
Gardens) Lands Act 1967.
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2. Definitions
In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or
subject-matter—
"corporation" means the Mayor Councillors and
Citizens of the City of Fitzroy;
"council" means the council of the City of
Fitzroy.
3. Redefinition of land reserved as public park and
garden
The hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the
19th day of June, 1883, shall be deemed to have
been made in respect of the land having an area of
8 acres and 17 perches described in the
hereinbefore recited Crown grant of the same
date.
4. Closure of part of Freeman-street
(1) The land delineated and shown hatched on the
plan in the Second Schedule being part of the
Government road known as Freeman-street shall
cease to be part of a road and all rights easements
or privileges existing or claimed either in the
public or by any body or person whatsoever or
whomsoever as incident to any past dedication or
supposed dedication thereof or by any past user
thereof or by any fiction of law shall cease and
determine and the said land shall be deemed to be
unalienated land of the Crown.
(2) The hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the
24th day of October, 1881, and the hereinbefore
recited Crown grant dated the 12th day of April,
1882, shall be deemed and taken for all purposes
to relate also to the land referred to in sub-
section (1).
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5. Appointment of corporation in lieu of Fitzroy
council as committee of management
The hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the
2nd day of October, 1917, appointing the council
a committee of management of the Edinburgh
Gardens shall be revoked and the corporation shall
be a committee of management of the lands
remaining untransferred in or to be deemed by
virtue of sub-section (2) of section 4 to be
comprised in the said Crown grants dated the
12th day of April, 1882, and the 19th day of June,
1883.
6. Power to corporation to grant leases of lands in
First Schedule
(1) The corporation as the committee of management
of the lands remaining untransferred in or to be
deemed as aforesaid to be included in the said
Crown grants may notwithstanding anything in
the said Crown grants or in any Act from time to
time grant leases of the whole or any part of each
of the pieces of land delineated on the plan in the
First Schedule for the purposes of the sport or
recreation respectively indicated on the said plan
or social activities or purposes connected
therewith including the erection of buildings.
(2) A lease under this section—
(a) shall be subject to such covenants conditions
exceptions and reservations as the
corporation thinks fit;
(b) shall be for a term not exceeding 21 years;
and
(c) shall if the term exceeds three years be
subject to approval by the Governor in
Council.
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(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 lands
of which it is committee of management under
this Act except the parts leased or for such other
purposes as the Minister in any particular case
approves.
7. Authority and direction to Registrar of Titles to
make necessary cancellations and entries
The Registrar of Titles is hereby authorized and
directed to make all such cancellations of or
entries upon any Crown grant or duplicate Crown
grant or other document as may be necessary or
expedient in consequence of this Act and the
holder of any relevant duplicate Crown grant or
other document shall produce it to the Registrar of
Titles for that purpose.
8. Application of Local Government Act 1958
The provisions of section 802A of the Local
Government Act 1958 shall apply in relation to
the lands remaining untransferred or to be deemed
by virtue of section 4 to be included in the said
Crown grants dated the 12th day of April, 1882,
and the 19th day of June, 1883.
9. No compensation payable by Crown
No person or body of persons whosoever or
whatsoever shall be entitled to receive or shall
receive from Her Majesty any money or
consideration or compensation in respect of or in
any manner whatsoever arising out of any act
matter or thing under this Act.
S. 6(3)
amended by
No. 41/1987
s. 103(Sch. 4
item 22.1).
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SCHEDULES
FIRST SCHEDULE
Lands, being parts of the land permanently reserved by Order in Council of
24th October, 1881, as a site for public park and garden together with
part of a Government road known as Freeman-street and now comprised
in or by virtue of this Act to be deemed to be comprised in Crown grant
volume 1368 folium 273446, in respect of which the corporation as
committee of management thereof may grant leases pursuant to section 6
of this Act.
Preamble,
section 6.
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SECOND SCHEDULE
Land being part of a Government road known as Freeman-street which is to
be closed as a road and to be deemed to be included in the reservation of
land as a site for public park and garden made by Order in Council of
24th October, 1881, and in Crown grant volume 1368 folium 273446.
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Preamble,
section 4.
General Information
The Fitzroy (Edinburgh Gardens) Lands Act 1967 was assented to on
12 December 1967 and came into operation on 12 December 1967.
Endnotes
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2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Fitzroy (Edinburgh
Gardens) Lands Act 1967 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987, No. 41/1987
Assent Date: 19.5.87
Commencement Date: S. 103(Sch. 4 item 22.1) on 1.7.87: Government
Gazette 24.6.87 p. 1694
Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s
amending the Fitzroy (Edinburgh Gardens) Lands
Act 1967
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3. Explanatory Details
1 Preamble: Government Gazettes 23 September 1881 page 2669 and
28 October 1881 page 2944.
2 Preamble: Crown grant volume 1368 folio 273446.
3 Preamble: Government Gazettes 11 May 1883 page 985 and 22 June 1883
page 1492.
4 Preamble: Crown grant volume 1480 folio 295996.
5 Preamble: Government Gazette 10 October 1917 page 3208.
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