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New South Wales act
This Act vests Onslow Park (about 10 acres) in fee simple in the Council of the Municipality of Camden, freed from prior trusts but subject to a lease dated 9 September 1924 (s 2; Schedule). It requires the council to hold, care for and manage the land as a public recreation park and applies relevant local government provisions to its governance (s 3). That makes the council the decision-maker and cost-bearer for maintenance, while private uses are limited except where the lease allows.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Onslow Park Act 1924.
2 Vesting of Onslow Park in the Council of the Municipality of Camden
The lands known as Onslow Park, particularly described in the Schedule to this Act, are hereby vested for an estate in fee-simple in the Council of the Municipality of Camden, freed and discharged from any trusts affecting the said lands but subject to a certain indenture of lease dated the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, made between Francis Arthur Macarthur Onslow of the one part and Thomas Charles Barker and George Macleay Macarthur Onslow on behalf of the Camden Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society of the other part, registered in the General Registry of Deeds, book 1364, number 535.
3 Lands to be held for public recreation
(1) The council shall, subject to the said lease, hold the lands as and for a park to be used for the purposes of public recreation; and shall have the care, control, and management thereof.
(2) The provisions of Part 13 of the Local Government Act 1919, or any Act amending or replacing the said provisions, shall be deemed to extend to the said lands.
Schedule
ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 10 acres 1 rood and 14 perches more or less situate lying and being at Camden in the district and county of Camden and colony of New South Wales, commencing on the north side of Argyle-street at the south-west corner of Charles Waters’ allotment, and bounded thence north-easterly by the west boundary of that allotment and a continuation of that line bearing north 36 degrees west 11 chains 75 links; then north-westerly by a line bearing south 54 degrees west 8 chains; thence south-westerly by a line bearing south 36 degrees east 14 chains 65 links to the Main Southern Road and south-easterly by that road bearing north 25 degrees east 2 chains 10 links and north 35 degrees east 6 chains 38 links, to the point of commencement.
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1 Name of Act
This Act may be cited as the Onslow Park Act 1924.
2 Vesting of Onslow Park in the Council of the Municipality of Camden
The lands known as Onslow Park, particularly described in the Schedule to this Act, are hereby vested for an estate in fee-simple in the Council of the Municipality of Camden, freed and discharged from any trusts affecting the said lands but subject to a certain indenture of lease dated the ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, made between Francis Arthur Macarthur Onslow of the one part and Thomas Charles Barker and George Macleay Macarthur Onslow on behalf of the Camden Agricultural, Horticultural, and Industrial Society of the other part, registered in the General Registry of Deeds, book 1364, number 535.
3 Lands to be held for public recreation
(1) The council shall, subject to the said lease, hold the lands as and for a park to be used for the purposes of public recreation; and shall have the care, control, and management thereof.
(2) The provisions of Part 13 of the Local Government Act 1919, or any Act amending or replacing the said provisions, shall be deemed to extend to the said lands.
Schedule
ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 10 acres 1 rood and 14 perches more or less situate lying and being at Camden in the district and county of Camden and colony of New South Wales, commencing on the north side of Argyle-street at the south-west corner of Charles Waters’ allotment, and bounded thence north-easterly by the west boundary of that allotment and a continuation of that line bearing north 36 degrees west 11 chains 75 links; then north-westerly by a line bearing south 54 degrees west 8 chains; thence south-westerly by a line bearing south 36 degrees east 14 chains 65 links to the Main Southern Road and south-easterly by that road bearing north 25 degrees east 2 chains 10 links and north 35 degrees east 6 chains 38 links, to the point of commencement.