COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Short title see Note 1] 2. Commencement [see Note 1] 4. Interpretation 5. Title to Cockatoo Island, etc. 6. Powers of Minister COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - LONG TITLE An Act to provide for the Control and Management of Cockatoo Island and Schnapper Island. COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - SECT 1 Short title see Note 1] This Act may be cited as the Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949. COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - SECT 2 Commencement [see Note 1] This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation. COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - SECT 4 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: "Cockatoo Island" means the island situated in the Harbour of Port Jackson in the State of New South Wales and known as Cockatoo Island. "Schnapper Island" means the island situated in the Harbour of Port Jackson in the State of New South Wales and known as Schnapper Island. "the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board" means the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board constituted under the Commonwealth Shipping Act 1923. COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - SECT 5 Title to Cockatoo Island, etc. (1) All right, title and interest of the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board in and to Cockatoo Island and Schnapper Island are, by force of this Act, transferred to and vested in the Commonwealth. (2) All rights, property, assets, obligations and liabilities of the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board (including all right, title and interest of that Board in and to all improvements, buildings, structures, erections, dockyards, machinery, tools, plant, craft, furniture and fittings on Cockatoo Island or Schnapper Island) shall, by force of this Act, be vested in or imposed on the Commonwealth, and, in any contract, agreement or other instrument to which the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board is a party, any reference to that Board shall be read as a reference to the Commonwealth. COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - SECT 6 Powers of Minister The Minister shall have power, subject to any lease of Cockatoo Island or Schnapper Island, to control and manage those Islands and the works and establishments on those Islands. COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - NOTES Compilation Information [GRAPHIC]Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949 Act No. 30 of 1949 as amended This compilation was prepared on 23 April 2004taking into account amendments up to Act No. 216 of 1973 The text of any of those amendments not in forceon that date is appended in the Notes section The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,Attorney-General's Department, Canberra COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - NOTES COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949Notes to the Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949 Note 1 The Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 30, 1949 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Acts Act Number and year Date of Assent Date of commencement Application, saving or transitional provisions Cockatoo and Schnapper Islands Act 1949 30, 1949 12 July 1949 4 Sept 1950 (see Gazette 1950, p. 2227) Statute Law Revision Act 1973 216, 1973 19 Dec 1973 31 Dec 1973 -- COCKATOO AND SCHNAPPER ISLANDS ACT 1949 - NOTES Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted Provision affected How affected Title am. No. 216, 1973 S. 3 rep. No. 216, 1973 S. 5 am. No. 216, 1973