1Lands (Charitable Trusts) Act 1951

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documentsi Version No. 001 Lands (Charitable Trusts) Act 1951 Act No. 5613/1951 Version as at 7 August 2000 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page

1. Short title 1
2. Power of trustees of land to lease the land in certain cases 1
3. Power of trustees of land where trusts have failed to convey to trustees 2
4. Statement of terms of proposed consent to be laid before Parliament 3
5. Saving of other rights of trustees 3

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SCHEDULE 4 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 5

1. General Information 5
2. Table of Amendments 6
3. Explanatory Details 7

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1 Version No. 001 Lands (Charitable Trusts) Act 1951 Act No. 5613/1951 Version as at 7 August 2000 An Act relating to certain Lands held on Trust for Charitable Purposes. Preamble WHEREAS the lands referred to in the Schedule to this Act are respectively held by trustees on trust for certain charitable purposes: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to make further provision as hereinafter provided in relation to such lands and the trusts on which they are held: BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the King'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 Lands (Charitable Trusts) Act 1951.
2. Power of trustees of land to lease the land in certain cases (1) Unless expressly prohibited by the trust instrument, the trustees of any land referred to in the Schedule to this Act may, with the consent in writing of the Attorney-General and subject to this Act, from time to time lease such land or any portion thereof for a term of not more than ninety- nine years to any municipality or to the Returned

Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary DocumentsAct No. 5613/1951 Lands (Charitable Trusts) Act 1951 2 Sailors' Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia or any branch or sub-branch thereof or to any body approved for the purpose by the Attorney-General. (2) The Attorney-General shall not so consent to any such lease unless he is satisfied that there will be satisfactory facilities available for the continued use of the land for the charitable purposes for which it is used. (3) Every such lease— (a) shall contain such provisions— (i) requiring the lessee to effect improvements on the land; and (ii) to ensure the continued use of the land for the charitable purposes for which it is used— as the Attorney-General in the circumstances of the case considers expedient; (b) may provide that the rent shall be such rent (whether the full economic rent or a nominal rent or otherwise) as with the approval of the Attorney-General is specified in the lease; and (c) shall contain such other provisions as the Attorney-General in the circumstances of the case considers expedient. 3. Power of trustees of land where trusts have failed to convey to trustees (1) Unless expressly prohibited by the trust instrument, the trustees of any land referred to in the Schedule to this Act may, with the consent in writing of the Attorney-General and subject to this Act, transfer or convey such land to the trustees of any patriotic fund within the meaning of the s. 3