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New South Wales act
This Act treats an 1846 Crown Grant of land to the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of Sydney as if the original words that set the land aside as a general market, imposed conditions on its use, or created a right of re-entry had never been included. It affects the City of Sydney and its successors by removing those historic restrictions and any associated reversion risk, thereby changing who can decide how the land may be used.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Queen Victoria Building Site Act 1952.
2 Exclusion of certain provisions from Crown Grant
The Crown Grant dated the fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and enrolled in the Registrar-General’s Office in the Register of Grants Serial Number 197, pages 327, 328 and 329, on the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, whereby certain land was granted by the Crown to the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of Sydney and their Successors for ever for the following purpose, namely, as a site and place for a general market for the use and convenience of the inhabitants of that City, shall have and be deemed always to have had effect as if the purpose for which the land was intended and granted, the conditions relating to the setting apart, maintenance and user of the land, and the right of re-entry exercisable upon the happening of certain events had not been inserted in the Crown Grant.
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1 Name of Act
This Act may be cited as the Queen Victoria Building Site Act 1952.
2 Exclusion of certain provisions from Crown Grant
The Crown Grant dated the fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, and enrolled in the Registrar-General’s Office in the Register of Grants Serial Number 197, pages 327, 328 and 329, on the thirteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, whereby certain land was granted by the Crown to the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of Sydney and their Successors for ever for the following purpose, namely, as a site and place for a general market for the use and convenience of the inhabitants of that City, shall have and be deemed always to have had effect as if the purpose for which the land was intended and granted, the conditions relating to the setting apart, maintenance and user of the land, and the right of re-entry exercisable upon the happening of certain events had not been inserted in the Crown Grant.