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National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949

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This Act vests the care, control and management of a specified parcel of land (the site for the National Soldiers Memorial) in the Corporation of the City of Adelaide, preserves the land’s dedication as a memorial site despite earlier repeals, and relieves the Corporation of any obligation to maintain, light or cleanse buildings on the land. It also empowers the City to make by-laws regulating behaviour on the site, with summary penalties up to $40 and by-law procedures governed by the Local Government Act 1934.

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National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949

South Australia National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949 An Act to vest in the Corporation of the City of Adelaide the care, control, and management of the National Soldiers Memorial and for incidental purposes.

Contents 1 Short title 2 Control of National Soldiers Memorial 3 By-laws Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949. 2—Control of National Soldiers Memorial (1) The care, control, and management of the piece of land in the hundred of Adelaide, shown in the plan signed "J. H. McNamara, Surveyor-General", and deposited in the Land Office on the twenty-sixth day of August, 1934, and numbered No. 316, which said piece of land is therein marked "Site for Soldiers' Memorial" shall be vested in the Corporation of the City of Adelaide. (2) Despite the repeal of section 3 of the Government House Domain Dedication Act 1927, the land referred to in subsection (1) continues to be land dedicated for the purpose of being used as a site for a National Soldiers Memorial and for incidental purposes, and the land continues to be reserved for all time for those purposes and must not be used for any other purpose (and nothing in this Act is to be taken to affect or limit the dedication and reservation of that land). (3) Nothing in this Act shall impose upon the Corporation of the City of Adelaide any obligation in respect of the maintenance, lighting or cleansing of any building on the said land. 3—By-laws (1) The Municipal Council of the City of Adelaide may make by-laws for all or any of the following purposes: I for the protection and management of the said land and any buildings and other improvements thereon; II for securing orderly and decent behaviour on the part of persons upon the said land and otherwise for regulating the conduct of persons upon the said land; III prescribing penalties recoverable summarily and not exceeding forty dollars for breach of any by-law. (2) All by-laws made pursuant to this section shall be made in manner prescribed by the provisions of Division 1 of Part 39 of the Local Government Act 1934 and the said provisions shall apply in respect of every such by-law. (3) The power given by this section shall be in addition to any other power to make by-laws which may be exercised by the Municipal Council of the City of Adelaide. Legislative history Notes • For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au. Principal Act and amendments New entries appear in bold. Year No Title Assent Commencement 1949 38 National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949 24.11.1949 24.11.1949 2016 3 Government House Precinct Land Dedication Act 2016 3.3.2016 Sch 2 (cll 2 & 3)—24.3.2016 (Gazette 24.3.2016 p1026) Provisions amended since 3 February 1976 New entries appear in bold. Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics. Provision How varied Commencement Preamble deleted by 3/2016 Sch 2 cl 2 24.3.2016 s 2

s 2(2) substituted by 3/2016 Sch 2 cl 3 24.3.2016

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Sourced from South Australian Legislation (legislation.sa.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949

Contents 1 Short title 2 Control of National Soldiers Memorial 3 By-laws Legislative history