The Act revolves around a small set of statutory concepts and cross‑references that determine how ownership, control, use, and regulation of the specified parcel operate. These concepts appear in the following operative provisions.

• Vesting and dedication: s 3(1) vests the land in Her Majesty, freeing it from prior encumbrances. Section 3(2) then deems it Crown land dedicated under the Principal Act "for the preservation" of the historic buildings on the land. The Act therefore establishes both Crown title and a stated public purpose for the land; the phrase "dedicated under the Principal Act" imports the Principal Act's regime for dedicated Crown land to the parcel.

• Trustee appointment and status: s 4 appoints the National Trust as trustee and expressly deems that appointment to have been made under subsection (1) of section 26 of the Principal Act. The Act therefore combines a private statutory trustee (the National Trust) with Crown land dedicated under a Crown lands statute.

• Partial importation of the Principal Act: s 5 applies such provisions of the Principal Act as relate to Crown lands dedicated under section 24 of that Act and to trustees, but specifically excludes a set of subsections of section 26 ((1), (1A), (1B), (1D) and (1E)). The Act therefore grafts most of the Principal Act trustee and dedicated‑land framework onto the parcel while carving out particular text of section 26.

• Restriction of National Trust statutory powers: s 6 expressly prevents any provision of The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Act 1960 that permits land disposal or by-law making from applying to this land; it also excludes any by-laws made under the 1960 Act. This removes the usual statutory disposal and by-law toolkit the Trust would otherwise hold under that Act for this parcel.

• Access through adjoining public space: s 7 creates an access mechanism over Parramatta Park for Trust personnel, authorised persons and lawful visitors to go to and from the land. Access terms are to be agreed with whoever holds care, control and management of Parramatta Park, or failing agreement, determined by the Minister. Subsection (2) makes that access regime prevail over other Acts and local rules applied to Parramatta Park in relation to access.

• Ministerial control of use: s 8 conditions the Trust's use of the land upon the Minister's approval "from time to time." The Minister thus retains an ongoing gatekeeping role for permitted land uses.

• Continuation of pre-commencement liabilities: s 9 preserves debts, liabilities and actions that existed or might have been commenced before the Act's commencement.

• Definition cross-references: s 2 defines "National Trust" and "Principal Act" and defines "the land" by reference to the Schedule; the Schedule gives a precise cadastral description.

Taken together, these concepts combine Crown dedication for preservation, a private trustee with restricted statutory powers over the parcel, a predominating role for the Minister in approving uses and settling access where parties cannot agree, and the continuing application of much of the Principal Act's trustee framework except for the specified carve‑outs in s 5. The statutory design therefore mixes elements of Crown land administration, heritage preservation purpose, delegation to a private trustee, and ministerial supervisory control.

The Act identifies a narrow set of affected parties and assigns particular legal positions to them. Every assertion below is grounded in the Act's text.

• Her Majesty (the Crown): s 3(1) vests the land in Her Majesty; s 3(2) deems it Crown land dedicated under the Principal Act. The Crown is therefore the legal owner of the parcel following enactment.

• The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales): defined in s 2 and appointed trustee in s 4. The Trust becomes the statutory trustee of the land and is the principal actor responsible for administering the land under the trustee regime imported by s 5, subject to the limitations in s 6 and the Ministerial controls in s 7 and s 8.

• The Minister: the Act empowers the Minister to determine access conditions if the Trust and Parramatta Park management cannot agree (s 7(1)(b)), and to approve the use of the land from time to time (s 8). The Minister is therefore a decision-maker with final authority in two concrete respects: settling access (in default of agreement) and approving permitted uses.

• The trustees or persons/bodies managing Parramatta Park: s 7(1)(a) contemplates arrangements by agreement between the National Trust and "the trustees or any person or body of persons in which the care, control and management of Parramatta Park may be vested." Those managers are therefore negotiation counterparties with the Trust for rights of access.

• Members, officers, employees and servants of the National Trust, and persons lawfully authorised by them: s 7(1) expressly grants these classes the right to go to and from the land over Parramatta Park subject to the agreement or Minister determination procedure. That right is qualified and regulated rather than unconditional.

• Persons lawfully visiting the land: s 7(1) also applies to "persons lawfully visiting the land," giving them the same statutory right of passage over Parramatta Park under the agreed or ministerially determined terms.

• Holders of pre-existing debts, liabilities and causes of action: s 9 preserves any debts, liabilities and actions which were or might have been commenced before commencement in respect of the land or actions connected to it. Those claimants remain affected parties with preserved legal remedies.

• The broader public with an interest in preservation: the dedication in s 3(2) frames the land's purpose as preservation of the old Government House and other buildings as historical sites and buildings. While the Act does not create an express beneficiary class, the statutory purpose identifies preservation as the controlling objective, which will influence trustee conduct and Ministerial approval decisions.

• The Parliamentary repository of law: s 6 removes certain National Trust Act powers and by-laws from applying to the land; this affects administrative practice by limiting the statutory toolkit available to the Trust in administering the parcel.

In short, the statutory actors are the Crown as owner, the National Trust as trustee with limited statutory powers, the Minister as supervisory approver and access arbiter, the Parramatta Park managers as negotiation counterparties, and existing creditors/claimants with preserved claims. The Act confers rights of passage on defined classes of Trust personnel and visitors, but contingent on agreement or Ministerial determination. These are the discrete, named affected parties the instrument directly creates or addresses.

The Act creates and allocates a concise set of rights, duties and constraints. These follow directly from the text and the cross-references it imports.

Rights

• Crown ownership and dedication: By s 3(1)-(2), the Crown holds title to the land and the land is dedicated under the Principal Act "for the preservation" of the historic site. This dedication creates an operative rights framework under the Principal Act to be applied by virtue of s 5.

• Trustee status for the National Trust: s 4 confers on the National Trust the status of trustee of the land and deems its appointment to have been made under subsection (1) of s 26 of the Principal Act. That status brings with it the trustee rights and responsibilities that the Principal Act supplies for trustees, subject to the exclusions in s 5.

• Statutory access: s 7(1) grants members, officers, employees and servants of the Trust, persons lawfully authorised by the Trust, and persons lawfully visiting the land, the right to go to and from the land over Parramatta Park, subject to agreed or ministerially determined terms.

Duties and constraints

• Purpose duty: s 3(2) dedicates the land for the preservation of the land and its historic buildings. The dedication is purposive; it constrains the trustee's permitted uses towards preservation objectives. Section 8 further constrains use by requiring Ministerial approval ("Subject to this Act, the National Trust as trustee of the land may use the land for such purposes as the Minister may from time to time approve").

• Use approval: s 8 creates a continuing duty on the trustee to secure the Minister's approval for uses of the land; uses not so approved fall outside the Act's grant. This places procedural and substantive control over permissible activities with the Minister.

• Limited statutory disposition and by-law powers: s 6 withdraws from application to the land the National Trust Act provisions that permit selling, exchanging, leasing, mortgaging or other disposal of land, together with any by-laws made under the National Trust Act. The National Trust therefore lacks the statutory dispersal and local regulatory instruments under its own Act for this land; the trustee must act within other powers available under the Principal Act or otherwise.

• Application of the Principal Act trustee framework: s 5 applies the Principal Act provisions relating to Crown lands dedicated under section 24 and trustees, except for the specified subsections of s 26 that are excluded. The trustee thereby inherits duties, powers and administrative procedures under the Principal Act as it relates to dedicated Crown land, save for the carved‑out subsections.

• Access negotiation duty: s 7(1) requires that access over Parramatta Park be on terms "as may be arranged by agreement" between the Trust and the Parramatta Park managers, or failing agreement, as the Minister may determine. The Trust therefore has a duty to seek agreement; if agreement fails the Minister's determination binds the parties for the exercise of access rights.

• Preservation of prior liabilities: s 9 imposes a legal consequence rather than an affirmative duty , obligations and potential liabilities existing before commencement remain enforceable. The trustee, the Crown or other parties cannot rely on the Act to extinguish prior debts or causes of action.

Enforcement mechanisms and remedies are not created expressly within this Act; instead, enforcement will follow from the Principal Act provisions applied by s 5 and from the general law in relation to preserved debts and actions per s 9. The Act therefore sets a regulatory perimeter: the land is Crown land dedicated for preservation; the National Trust runs it as trustee but with constrained disposal powers; the Minister retains approval authority over uses and resolution authority over access where parties fail to agree; prior claims remain unaffected.

The Act itself contains no express offences, fines or penalty clauses. It does not create a schedule of sanctions, enforcement officers, or criminal or civil penalty mechanisms within its own text. The primary enforcement and sanction-related consequences arise indirectly through the cross‑references the Act imports and the legal preservation of pre-existing claims.

• Enforcement via the Principal Act: Section 5 applies "such provisions of the Principal Act (other than subsections (1), (1A), (1B), (1D) and (1E) of section 26) as relate to Crown lands dedicated under section 24 of the Principal Act and to trustees thereof." Those applied provisions of the Principal Act will bring whatever enforcement and compliance machinery, remedies and penalties the Principal Act contains for dedicated Crown land and trustees. The present Act does not reproduce those mechanisms; it simply imports them. To know the exact sanctions or compliance processes that will fall on the trustee or third parties, one must consult the provisions of the Principal Act that are imported by s 5. The Act's text therefore makes enforcement contingent on the Principal Act's content.

• No Trust Act enforcement for the land: Section 6 strips the National Trust Act powers concerning disposal and by-law making away from application to the land. Any enforcement regime tied specifically to by-laws or powers under the National Trust Act will not apply to this parcel, because the statute excludes those provisions "to or in respect of the land." Consequently, local enforcement mechanisms that flow only from by-laws under the 1960 Act are inapplicable.

• Access and Ministerial determination: Section 7 gives the Minister determination power over access terms where agreement fails. The Act does not, however, set out an enforcement process or penalty for contravening access conditions; enforcement would therefore have to be achieved under other applicable law, contractual remedies if an access agreement exists, or through the Principal Act's enforcement apparatus if relevant.

• Continuation of pre‑commencement actions: Section 9 preserves debts, liabilities and actions existing before commencement. Enforcement of those obligations will proceed under ordinary legal processes and remedies; the Act does not extinguish or alter them.

• Practical enforcement pathways: because the Act embeds duties into the trustee role and imports the Principal Act trustee framework, administrative enforcement (including orders, directions or removal of trustee rights) is likely to be exercised through the mechanisms the Principal Act supplies. The Act centralises Ministerial discretion in two ways , resolving access disputes (s 7) and approving uses of the land (s 8) , and the Minister's decisions in those respects will be enforceable in the same way as other executive decisions of that kind under the applicable statutes and common law, although this Act does not detail review or appeal processes.

In summary, there are no penalties or enforcement measures expressly created or defined within the text of this Act. Enforcement depends on the subsidiary application of the Principal Act's provisions (as imported by s 5) and on existing legal processes for preserved debts and actions per s 9. Any practical sanctioning of non-compliance with access arrangements or improper uses of the land will therefore rely on the Principal Act, on contractual remedies where agreements exist, or on general legal remedies external to this Act.

The Act is compact but heavily cross‑referential. The statutory interactions are explicit and must be read as part of the Act's mechanics. All interaction claims below are grounded in the Act's text.

• The Principal Act (Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913): Section 2 defines "Principal Act" as the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913, "as amended by subsequent Acts." Section 3(2) deems the land to be Crown land dedicated under the Principal Act for preservation. Section 4 deems the National Trust's appointment to be under subsection (1) of section 26 of the Principal Act. Section 5 then imports "such provisions of the Principal Act (other than subsections (1), (1A), (1B), (1D) and (1E) of section 26) as relate to Crown lands dedicated under section 24 of the Principal Act and to trustees thereof." The net effect is that most of the Principal Act's regime for dedicated Crown land and trustees applies to this parcel, while specific text of section 26 is excluded. The Act therefore operates by applying the Principal Act's administrative framework, obligations and any enforcement apparatus that attaches to dedicated Crown land and trustees, except in the narrow respects carved out.

• The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales) Act 1960: Section 6 expressly prevents application to the land of any provisions of the 1960 Act that permit land disposal (including selling, exchanging, leasing, mortgaging or other disposal) or the making of by-laws, and it also prevents any by-laws made under that Act from applying to the land. This negative interaction withdraws instruments normally available to the Trust under its own statute for the management and local regulation of land, so the Trust's statutory powers under the 1960 Act are curtailed vis‑à‑vis this parcel.

• Other Acts, rules, regulations, by‑laws or ordinances applying in respect of Parramatta Park: Section 7(2) provides that the access regime in s 7(1) applies "notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act, or of any rules, regulations, by-laws or ordinances, applying in respect of Parramatta Park." That is a clear parliamentary override for the specific matter of access to the land through Parramatta Park; the Act therefore suspends inconsistent statutory or local regulatory barriers to the statutory access right created in s 7(1), subject to agreement or Ministerial determination.

• Existing liabilities, debts and actions: Section 9 preserves pre-commencement claims. The Act therefore does not interact by extinguishing or altering existing legal rights or liabilities; it preserves them to be addressed under whatever substantive and procedural law governs them.

• Interplay between s 4 and s 5: Section 4 deems the National Trust to have been appointed under subsection (1) of section 26 of the Principal Act "notwithstanding the provisions of section 5." Section 5, however, excludes subsections (1), (1A), (1B), (1D) and (1E) of section 26 from the list of Principal Act provisions that apply. The statutory architecture therefore ensures that the Trust's appointment is treated as having been made under s 26(1) for purposes of status, while the application of certain procedural or substantive parts of s 26 is expressly excluded. The Act thus creates a tailored fit between appointment status and the specific trustee machinery that will govern.

• No direct creation of competing by-laws or local regulations: Because s 6 excludes the National Trust Act's by-law-making capacity in respect of the land, the Act prevents the Trust from regulating the parcel by by-law under its own statute. Consequently, regulatory control at the local rule level must arise either under the Principal Act's trustee framework (as applied) or under other general law, or through Ministerial approval per s 8.

Overall, the Act functions as a selective integrator of the Principal Act's trustee and dedicated‑land framework, while removing the Trust's own statutory disposal and by-law tools. It also creates a limited statutory override with respect to access through Parramatta Park. Each interaction is explicit in the text; any downstream regulatory or enforcement implications therefore depend on reading the Principal Act provisions that are imported by s 5 and the remaining legal landscape that governs access and preservation functions.

The supplied text of the Act does not include an internal chronology of amendments to this Act itself. The only express historical references within the instrument are the dates of the other statutes it cross‑references and the fact that the Principal Act is "as amended by subsequent Acts." Specifically:

• The Act's title, as printed in s 1, identifies it as the Parramatta Park (Old Government House) Act 1967. The body of the Act provided here contains no schedules of amendments, no amending clauses, and no notation of subsequent legislative changes within its text.

• Section 2 defines the Principal Act as the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 "as amended by subsequent Acts." That phrase acknowledges amendments to the Principal Act external to this instrument but does not specify or list them. The present Act therefore depends on a Principal Act that may itself have been amended, but the supplied text does not catalogue those amendments.

• Section 4 includes the phrase "notwithstanding the provisions of section 5," which is an internal cross‑reference indicating the legislative architecture as enacted, not later amendment.

Because the supplied text contains no express amendment history for the Parramatta Park (Old Government House) Act 1967 itself, an analyst relying solely on this document must treat the Act as enacted in the form presented. The Act does not contain sunset clauses, repeals of earlier Acts, or amending schedules. The instrument does, however, presuppose that the Principal Act may have been amended elsewhere and that those amendments form part of the legal environment in which this Act operates, because s 2 defines the Principal Act "as amended by subsequent Acts."

If a practitioner needs a chronological list of later amendments to this Act (post-1967) or to the Principal Act as it affects the application here, that information is not contained in the supplied text and would require consulting the official legislative history or statute consolidation records outside this document. The Act itself creates no subsequent amendment process or self‑modifying mechanism; all changes to its terms would require separate legislative action.

The text provided contains no references to judicial decisions, litigation, proceedings, or case citations. It contains neither a schedule of proceedings nor any recitation of disputes or controversies resolved by courts. The Act preserves pre-existing debts, liabilities and actions in s 9, but it does not record any litigation, nor does it identify particular claims.

Consequently, there is no litigation history to summarise within the four corners of this document. Any inquiry into cases that have interpreted, applied, or challenged the Act's provisions , for example, disputes over the scope of Ministerial powers under ss 7 and 8, the interpretation of the Principal Act provisions as imported by s 5, or the effect of s 6 in preventing disposals under the National Trust Act , cannot be answered from the text supplied here. The Act does not supply examples or citations of judicial treatment.

For practitioners, this absence means two things within the scope of the supplied Act text: (1) one must not rely on this document alone to assert how courts have interpreted the interplay between the Principal Act and this Act, the effect of the carve‑outs in s 5, or the limits of Ministerial determinations under s 7(1)(b); and (2) enforcement expectations and legal risks arising from the Act will depend on how other courts and tribunals have decided related issues, which are not disclosed in this document. Any authoritative statements about litigation outcomes, precedent or judicial trends require external case research beyond the Act itself.

Notwithstanding that absence, the Act does preserve existing legal claims (s 9), so there may have been litigation arisen from pre-commencement liabilities that continue; those would be matters external to this text. The Act does not instruct how to locate or resolve such cases and contains no statutory guidance on judicial review of Ministerial decisions under ss 7 or 8, nor on appeals in relation to Principal Act enforcement mechanisms , those matters remain to be resolved by reading the Principal Act and any applicable procedural statutes and case law.

The Act is short but contains several points that can create practical traps if overlooked. Each item below refers directly to the text and its mechanical consequences.

• Deemed appointment versus excluded subsections of section 26 (s 4 and s 5): Section 4 deems the National Trust to have been appointed under subsection (1) of section 26 of the Principal Act "notwithstanding the provisions of section 5." Section 5, however, excludes subsections (1), (1A), (1B), (1D) and (1E) of section 26 from the parts of the Principal Act that apply. This creates an internal tension that must be parsed carefully: the Trust is deemed appointed under s 26(1) for status, yet certain specified parts of s 26 are not to be applied to the land. Practically, that means practitioners must identify precisely which elements of s 26 and the wider Principal Act machinery apply and which do not. Do not assume full application of section 26 merely because s 4 invokes it; s 5 makes explicit carve-outs.

• Loss of disposal powers (s 6): Section 6 prevents the National Trust Act's disposal powers (selling, exchanging, leasing, mortgaging or other disposal of land) and by-law powers from applying to the land. A common operational misconception would be to treat the Trust's usual powers under its Act as available here; they are not. If the Trust expects to fund conservation via leasing, licensing, mortgaging or sale, those avenues are statutorily restricted for this parcel. Practitioners should not rely on the National Trust Act as a source of disposal or local regulation powers for the land; alternative legal bases must be identified, subject to the Principal Act's applicable provisions and the Minister's approvals.

• Ministerial approval required for use (s 8): Section 8 conditions permitted uses on the Minister's approval "from time to time." That implies ongoing ministerial control and the need for procedural engagement whenever use changes are contemplated. Operating the site without explicit Ministerial approval risks exceeding statutory authority. Do not treat initial trustee appointment as granting unfettered continuing discretion to alter uses absent further Ministerial sign-off.

• Access rights subject to agreement or Ministerial determination (s 7): Section 7 grants statutory access rights but makes them conditional on terms agreed with Parramatta Park managers, or failing agreement, on conditions the Minister determines. Access is therefore not absolute; the Trust must negotiate or trigger Ministerial determination. There can be practical friction if Parramatta Park managers resist terms or if the Minister's determination conflicts with local management plans. Also, s 7(2) makes this access right prevail over inconsistent laws applying to Parramatta Park, but only insofar as the access regime is concerned; it does not displace other legal obligations of users.

• Pre-existing liabilities continue (s 9): Section 9 preserves debts, liabilities and actions. Parties may assume that vesting in the Crown removes prior claims; it does not. Any due diligence or transfer analysis must account for surviving liabilities and potential litigation.

• Narrow exclusion of National Trust by-laws (s 6): The Act excludes "any by-laws made under" the National Trust Act from applying to the land. That can trip administrators who expect to use Trust by-laws to regulate visitor conduct or impose entry conditions. The absence of such by-law authority means the Trust must rely on other statutory powers or contractual arrangements, again subject to Ministerial approval for uses.

• The schedule's precise description: The Schedule provides a particular metes-and-bounds description (measurements, bearings, plan catalogue C9290-2030). Boundary disputes or differences between plan and physical markers may require recourse to surveyors and cadastral instruments, but the Act's schedule is definitive for legal description. Practitioners should not substitute colloquial descriptions for the schedule when assessing legal extents.

• No penalty or enforcement provisions in the Act: Because the Act contains no sanctioning clauses, enforcement issues may depend on provisions of the Principal Act or on general law. A practitioner should not expect to find procedural enforcement mechanisms in the Act itself.

Each of these points arises directly from the statutory language. They demonstrate that the Act constrains the Trust's operational toolkit, centralises Ministerial decisions over use and fallback access disputes, and leaves prior obligations intact. Failing to account for these features can produce misaligned expectations about what the Trust can lawfully do with the land.

Compliance under this Act requires attending to several discrete procedural and substantive steps rooted in the provisions themselves. Each step below points to the relevant section and describes concrete actions the trustee or counterparties should take.

1. Confirm title and schedule scope (s 2, Schedule)

   • Obtain and reconcile the cadastral plan catalogue number in the Schedule (C9290-2030) with contemporary land records.
   • Ensure all operational activities are confined to the metes-and-bounds described in the Schedule, unless a formal re‑description or legislative amendment occurs.

2. Accept trustee status and understand obligations (s 4, s 5)

   • The National Trust must acknowledge its appointment as trustee under s 4 and the deemed appointment under s 26(1) of the Principal Act.
   • Conduct a mapping exercise to identify which provisions of the Principal Act that relate to Crown lands dedicated under s 24 and to trustees apply to the land (s 5), and which do not (notably the excluded subsections of s 26). Because s 5 excludes specific subsections of s 26, the Trust should prepare a compliance matrix listing applicable Principal Act duties, powers and procedures and flagging excluded elements.

3. Avoid relying on National Trust Act disposal and by-law powers (s 6)

   • Do not attempt to exercise statutory disposal powers (sale, exchange, leasing, mortgaging, or other disposal) over this land under the National Trust Act 1960; s 6 removes those powers.
   • Do not seek to regulate the land by by-laws made under the National Trust Act for this parcel; s 6 excludes those by-laws.
   • If funding or regulatory control is required, identify alternative legal instruments consistent with the Principal Act or obtain explicit Ministerial approval under s 8.

4. Secure Ministerial approvals for planned use (s 8)

   • Before implementing any use of the land, seek written approval from the Minister specifying the proposed use and relevant conditions. Because s 8 provides that the Trust may use the land "for such purposes as the Minister may from time to time approve," written approvals should be obtained and archived.
   • For any proposed change of use, repeat the approval process rather than presuming prior approvals are fungible or ongoing without explicit re‑approval.

5. Negotiate access arrangements with Parramatta Park management (s 7)

   • Initiate negotiations with the trustees or the person/body vested with care, control and management of Parramatta Park to settle terms for passage to and from the land (s 7(1)(a)).
   • Draft and execute a formal access agreement covering times, manners, conditions, liability, indemnities, and dispute resolution.
   • If agreement cannot be reached, apply to the Minister for determination under s 7(1)(b); prepare a full administrative record supporting the Trust's position in case of challenge.

6. Manage existing debts, liabilities and actions (s 9)

   • Conduct comprehensive due diligence to identify any debts, liabilities or potential actions that pre-exist the Act's commencement.
   • Preserve documentation and ensure appropriate provision in financial statements for outstanding liabilities. Do not assume liabilities were extinguished by the vesting; s 9 preserves them.

7. Align operations with the preservation purpose (s 3(2))

   • Frame policies, works and public programming consistent with the statutory dedication "for the preservation of the land and the old Government House and other buildings on the land as a historical site and historical buildings."
   • Ensure conservation plans, maintenance programs, and public access policies are designed to advance preservation objectives, as those objectives will inform Ministerial approvals and the interpretation of trustee duties under the Principal Act.

8. Establish governance and decision-making records

   • Maintain minutes and decision logs for all Ministerial approvals sought/received, for access negotiations, and for any consultations with Parramatta Park managers.
   • Where the Minister has determined access terms under s 7(1)(b), keep the full determination file and the procedural record.

9. Consult relevant parts of the Principal Act for compliance and enforcement pathways (s 5)

   • Identify the enforcement, reporting, financial management, and trustee removal or oversight provisions within the Principal Act that have been imported by s 5, and design compliance routines accordingly.
   • Map reporting obligations, audit requirements, and financial restrictions to ensure conformity with the Principal Act's trustee regime as applied.

10. Keep a register of limitations and public communication

    • Publicly note that disposal powers under the National Trust Act do not apply to this parcel (s 6) in any fundraising or licensing documentation, to avoid misleading stakeholders.
    • Clearly disclose in public materials that the Minister must approve uses (s 8), and that access across Parramatta Park requires agreement or Ministerial determination (s 7).

Following these concrete steps,grounded in the Act's sections,will identify legal boundaries, create a defensible administrative record, and align the Trust's operations with the statutory regime enacted by Parliament. Because enforcement and many operational permissions flow from the Principal Act as imported by s 5, the Trust should undertake parallel compliance work with that statute alongside the measures above.