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1911
Act No. 2316/1911
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
Short title 4
Transfer to the Crown of land at Macedon 4
Conveyances and transfers how made 5
Power to Governor in Council to dissolve the Corporation 5
Indemnity to the governors and committee of management etc. of
the Sanatoria 5
Vesting of land and other property transferred to the Crown 6
Application of proceeds from sale etc. of property and from
certain gifts legacies and bequests 6
Constructions of certain wills and codicils under which gifts etc.
have been given to or in favour of Sanatoria 7
Save as expressly provided no liability to attach to the Crown 7
SCHEDULE—Land at Macedon Vested in the Victorian Sanatoria
for Consumptives Proposed to be Transferred to the
Crown 8
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ENDNOTES 9
General Information 9
Table of Amendments 10
Explanatory Details 11
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents1
Version No. 002
Victorian Sanatoria for Consumptives Act
1911
Act No. 2316/1911
Version incorporating amendments as at 23 April 2002
An Act relating to the Philanthropic Institution known as the
Victorian Sanatoria for Consumptives.
Preamble
WHEREAS in or about the year One thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine a certain
philanthropic institution known as the Victorian
Sanatorium for Consumptives was formed in
Victoria having for its object the prevention and
cure of tuberculosis:
AND WHEREAS for the purposes of the said
institution certain land at Echuca was acquired and
vested in trustees for the said institution and certain
sums of money were received on behalf of the said
institution from grants made by Parliament and
from other sources:
AND WHEREAS the said institution was by Order
in Council dated the thirteenth day of January One
thousand nine hundred and four1 declared
incorporated under the provisions of section four
of the Hospitals and Charities Act 1890 with the
style and title of the "Victorian Sanatoria for
Consumptives" (hereinafter referred to as "the said
Corporation"):
AND WHEREAS upon such incorporation all real
and personal estate held in trust for the institution
aforesaid was pursuant to section thirteen of the
said Act transferred to and vested in the said
Corporation:
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AND WHEREAS the said Corporation for the
purposes thereof acquired certain other land at
Echuca and also certain land at Macedon in the
State of Victoria described in this Schedule to this
Act:
AND WHEREAS the said Corporation received
certain sums of money from grants made from time
to time by Parliament and from other sources:
AND WHEREAS the said Corporation pursuant to
the powers conferred by section ten of the said Act
made by-laws published in the Government
Gazette on the ninth day of March One thousand
nine hundred and four2 providing inter alia for
certain matters affecting the management of the
said Corporation by a committee of governors, and
for the election of such committee by the
governors at the annual general meeting of the
governors and for the continuance in office of the
committee so elected until the next annual
meeting:
AND WHEREAS the said Corporation carried on
for several years the purposes for which it was
incorporated:
AND WHEREAS at an annual general meeting of
the governors thereof held on the thirtieth day of
July One thousand nine hundred and eight a
resolution was carried that "in view of the
conditions laid down by the Government for the
continuance of its financial assistance and the lack
of further support by the public, it is expedient to
close the institution at a date not later than August
thirty-first, and that the retiring committee be re-
appointed and empowered to take the necessary
steps to carry this resolution into effect":
AND WHEREAS the institution has been closed:
AND WHEREAS all the land at Echuca vested in
or acquired by the said Corporation has been sold
by the said Corporation and the moneys arising
from such sale have been applied in part
satisfaction of the debts thereof:
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AND WHEREAS the land at Macedon described
in the Schedule to this Act is still vested in the said
Corporation:
AND WHEREAS under the wills and codicils of
certain persons deceased (probate whereof was
granted before the commencement of this Act)
certain sums of money are directed to be paid to
the institution or to the said Corporation (however
styled in the said wills or codicils thereto) which
have not yet been so paid in full:
AND WHEREAS on the fourteenth day of March
One thousand nine hundred and ten the Treasurer
of Victoria paid to the London Bank of Australia
Limited Three hundred and ninety-four pounds
twelve shillings and four-pence in payment of
overdraft and interest to date of the said Victorian
Sanatoria for Consumptives:
AND WHEREAS the said Corporation cannot
further continue to carry out the purposes for
which it was incorporated:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the
conveyance and transfer to His Majesty of the land
described in the Schedule to this Act and for the
conveyance and transfer to His Majesty of all other
real and personal property of the said Corporation
including any sums directed to be paid as aforesaid
under the said wills or codicils thereto to the extent
to which the same have not been so paid:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient further to provide
for the disposal of any surplus moneys arising from
the sums to be so received on behalf of His
Majesty and from the sale or other disposition of
any property to be so transferred to His Majesty
after deducting therefrom the said amount of Three
hundred and ninety-four pounds twelve shillings
and fourpence paid by the Treasurer of Victoria to
the London Bank of Australia Limited and after
deducting also any costs charges or expenses
arising under this Act:
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AND WHEREAS it is expedient further to provide
for relieving the governors the committee the
members and officers of the said Corporation from
any further liability or responsibility in connexion
therewith and for the dissolution of the said
Corporation and for authorizing any executor or
executors trustee or trustees to give effect to any
such will or codicil in manner hereinafter provided
with respect to any sums of money directed by any
such will or codicil to be paid as aforesaid which
have not yet been so paid:
AND WHEREAS the committee of governors of
the said Corporation last elected desire that
provision be made for the transfer of such property
and the disposal of such surplus and the dissolution
of the said Corporation as aforesaid:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the King's Most
Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria
in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of
the same as follows (that is to say):
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Victorian Sanatoria
for Consumptives Act 1911.
Transfer to the Crown of land at Macedon
As soon as practicable after the commencement of
this Act the Victorian Sanatoria for Consumptives
shall without any consideration other than that
referred to in this Act convey and transfer to His
Majesty—
(a) the land at Macedon described in the
Schedule to this Act; and
(b) all other property of the said Corporation
including all property real and personal and
all things in action and all privileges and
rights which have any pecuniary value and
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all records books deeds and documents and
any estate or interest legal or equitable in any
such property.
3. Conveyances and transfers how made
Any such conveyance or transfer shall be valid
and sufficient for all purposes if made in writing
under the seal of the said Corporation attested by
any two or more of the persons elected to be
members of the committee of management of the
said Corporation at the last election of any such
committee made by the governors of the said
Corporation.
4. Power to Governor in Council to dissolve the
Corporation
When all the said conveyances and transfers have
been duly made and completed the Governor in
Council may by Order published in the
Government Gazette declare that as from the date
of such Order or from a date specified therein the
Corporation of the said Victorian Sanatoria for
Consumptives shall be dissolved, and upon such
date the said Corporation shall by virtue of this
Act be dissolved and cease to exist.
5. Indemnity to the governors and committee of
management etc. of the Sanatoria
From the date on which the said Corporation is
dissolved the said Corporation and the governors
and the committee of management thereof and all
officers and members thereof shall jointly and
severally be and are hereby indemnified freed and
discharged from any liability arising (whether
before or after the commencement of this Act) in
any manner in respect of the said Corporation or
any act matter or thing in connexion therewith or
any act matter or thing under this Act.
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6. Vesting of land and other property transferred to
the Crown
(1) All land conveyed or transferred to His Majesty
pursuant to this Act shall by virtue of this Act re-
vest in His Majesty freed and discharged from all
trusts limitations and restrictions whatsoever and
shall be deemed to be and may be dealt with as
unalienated land of the Crown and may in whole
or in part be reserved or sold by auction or
otherwise disposed of under the Land Acts as the
Governor in Council may direct.
(2) All other property conveyed or transferred to His
Majesty pursuant to this Act shall vest in and
become the property of the Crown.
7. Application of proceeds from sale etc. of property
and from certain gifts legacies and bequests3
(1) Any proceedings arising from any sale or other
disposition of any such land or other property
together will all sums which under any will or
codicil thereto are directed to be paid to the said
Corporation, but which have not been so paid and
are pursuant to this Act received by the Treasurer
of Victoria shall be applied—
(a) in repayment to the consolidated revenue of
the sum of Three hundred and ninety-four
pounds twelve shillings and fourpence being
the amount paid by the Treasurer of Victoria
on the fourteenth day of March One
thousand nine hundred and ten to the London
Bank of Australia Limited for overdraft and
interest to that date of the Victorian
Sanatoria for Consumptives; and
(b) in payment of any costs charges or expenses
arising under this Act; and
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(c) any surplus shall be paid into the
Consolidated Fund.
Constructions of certain wills and codicils under
which gifts etc. have been given to or in favour of
Sanatoria
Where under any will or codicil thereto of which
probate was granted before the commencement of
this Act any sums are directed to be paid to the
philanthropic institution known as the Victorian
Sanatorium for Consumptives or the said
Victorian Sanatoria for Consumptives (however
styled in the said will or any codicil thereto) such
sums so far as the same have not been so paid at
the commencement of this Act shall be paid to the
Treasurer of Victoria for the time being as if they
had been directed to be paid to him in lieu of the
said philanthropic institution or the said
Corporation, and every such will or codicil thereto
shall for the purpose of making such payment be
read and construed accordingly; and the receipt of
the said Treasurer for any such sum shall be a
sufficient discharge to the executor or executors
trustee or trustees paying the same to the said
Treasurer.
Save as expressly provided no liability to attach to
the Crown
Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Act
no person and no body of persons (whether
incorporated or not) shall be entitled to or shall
receive from or on behalf of His Majesty any
money or consideration or compensation in
respect of or in any manner whatsoever arising out
of any act matter or thing under this Act.
S. 7(1)(c)
substituted by
No. 9861
s. 3(1)(Sch. 2).
S. 7(2)
repealed by
No. 11/2002
s. 3(Sch. 1
item 64).
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Section 2.
SCHEDULE
LAND AT MACEDON VESTED IN THE VICTORIAN SANATORIA
FOR CONSUMPTIVES PROPOSED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO
THE CROWN
(1) All those pieces of land containing two hundred and six acres or
thereabouts, being Crown allotments 240, 242, 243, 247, 248, 248A,
250, parish of Kerrie, county of Bourke, and being the land more
particularly described in the certificate of title registered in the register
book in the Office of Titles, volume 3081, folio 616107.
(2) All that piece of land containing nineteen acres three roods and one
perch, more or less, and being allotment 244, in the parish of Kerrie,
county of Bourke, and being the land more particularly described in the
Crown grant registered in the register book in the Office of Titles,
volume 1936, folio 387012.
(3) All that piece of land containing twenty acres, more or less, being
allotment 244A, in the parish of Kerrie, county of Bourke, and being the
land more particularly described in the Crown grant registered in the
register book in the Office of Titles, volume 2327, folio 465230.
(4) All that piece of land containing nineteen acres two roods and thirty-
three perches, more or less, being allotment 241, in the parish of Kerrie,
county of Bourke, and being the land more particularly described in the
Crown grant registered in the register book in the Office of Titles,
volume 1807, folio 361387.
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ENDNOTES
General Information
The Victorian Sanatoria for Consumptives Act 1911 was assented to on
4 September 1911 and came into operation on 4 September 1911.
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2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Victorian Sanatoria for
Consumptives Act 1911 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Public Account (Trust Funds) Act 1982, No. 9861/1982
Assent Date: 5.1.82
Commencement Date: Sch. 2 on 1.7.82: s. 3(2); rest of Act on 12.1.83:
Government Gazette 12.1.83 p. 81
Current State: All of Act in operation
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 2002, No. 11/2002
Assent Date: 23.4.02
Commencement Date: S. 3(Sch. 1 item 64) on 1.7.82: s. 2(2)(g)
Current State: This information relates only to the provision/s
amending the Victorian Sanatoria for
Consumptives Act 1911
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3. Explanatory Details
1 Preamble: Government Gazette 20 January 1904 page 162.
2 Preamble: Government Gazette 9 March 1904 page 862.
3 S. 7: The amendment proposed to section 7 of this Act by
section 3(1)(Sch. 2) of the Public Account (Trust Funds) Act 1982,
No. 9861/1982 is not included in this publication due to an incorrect
reference to section 7(3).
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