1Real Property (Foreign Governments) Act 1951

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Real Property (Foreign Governments) Act 1951

Western Australia

Real Property (Foreign Governments) Act 1951

Contents

1. Short title 1

2. Interpretation 1

3. Power of foreign Governments to hold land 1

4. Consent to conveyance of lands to foreign Governments 2

5. Execution of instruments 2

6. Foreign States deemed to be bodies corporate 3

Notes

Compilation table 4

Defined terms

Western Australia

Real Property (Foreign Governments) Act 1951

An Act to enable the Governments of foreign States to own and dispose of land in Western Australia, and for purposes incidental thereto.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Real Property (Foreign Governments) Act 1951 1.

2. Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

foreign State means any State other than Western Australia, including any sovereign State, any State of the Commonwealth, any State forming part of any other federal State, and any State under the dominion or protection of His Majesty, or of any other State;

land means any estate or interest in land;

representative means diplomatic representative, consul, or consular officer.

3. Power of foreign Governments to hold land

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Government of a foreign State or a minister or member of any such Government shall be capable of owning and being registered as the owner of land in Western Australia, such land not to exceed an area of 2 hectares in the aggregate, without the approval of Parliament, and of conveying, transferring, mortgaging, demising, and being a party to any other disposition of such land.

(2) In any instrument which relates to land in Western Australia —

(a) the Government of a foreign State shall be described by the words “The Government of ”, the blank space being filled by the name of that State;

(b) a minister or member of the Government of a foreign State shall be described by his official title, including or followed by the name of that State.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the Government of the United States of America or a minister or member of that Government shall be capable of owning and being registered as the owner of an estate of leasehold in land in Western Australia being portion of the land that is constituted the townsite of Exmouth under the provisions of the , such portion of the land not to exceed an area of 40.5 hectares in the aggregate.