Olympic Co-ordination Authority Dissolution Bill 2002

Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.


The Sporting Venues Management Bill 2002 is cognate with this Bill.

Overview of Bill


The object of this Bill is to dissolve the Olympic Co-ordination Authority (OCA) and enact provisions consequent on its dissolution. The Bill repeals the Olympic Co-ordination Authority Act 1995 and the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Act 1993 and makes consequential amendments to other Acts and instruments.


Outline of provisions


Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.

Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on 1 July 2002.

Clause 3 defines certain words and expressions used in the proposed Act.

Clause 4 dissolves OCA.

Clause 5 provides for the transfer of the remaining staff of OCA.

Clause 6 transfers the assets, rights and liabilities of OCA. Those relating to:

(a) the Sydney International Regatta Centre and Whitewater Stadium at Penrith Lakes are transferred to the corporation known as “Minister administering the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979”,
(b) the Olympic Media Village site at Lidcombe, intellectual property arising from the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and the records of certain Olympic entities are transferred to the Sydney Olympic Park Authority,
(c) the Dunc Gray Velodrome at Bankstown, the Sydney International Equestrian Centre at Horsley Park, the Ryde Aquatic Leisure Centre and the Blacktown Olympic Centre are transferred to the corporation known as “Minister administering the Sporting Venues Management Act 2002”,
(d) certain insurance arrangements, obligations and entitlements in respect of certain debtors, matters relating to the Olympic Roads and Transport Authority, and certain obligations and entitlements of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games are transferred to the Treasurer.

The residue are transferred to the Sydney Olympic Park Authority.

Clause 6 does not affect the transfer of the Sydney International Shooting Centre at Cecil Park. The transfer of that facility is dealt with in the proposed Sporting Venues Management Act 2002.

Clause 6 also provides for the making of claims by and against the Treasurer in respect of certain Olympic Games-related matters.

Clause 7 sets out the effect of a transfer under clause 6.

Clause 8 absolves a transferee from liability under the Duties Act 1997 for duty that would otherwise be chargeable on the transfer.

Clause 9 provides that references in instruments to OCA, in relation to an asset, right or liability transferred under the proposed Act, are taken to be references to the relevant transferee.

Clause 10 provides that the annual report of OCA for the year ending 30 June 2002 is to be included in the annual report for that year of the Premier’s Department.

Clause 11 contains savings and transitional arrangements relating to the Olympic Village site and other land at Newington.

Clause 12 repeals the Olympic Co-ordination Authority Act 1995.

Clause 13 repeals the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Act 1993.

Clause 14 is a formal provision giving effect to the Schedule of amendments to various Acts and instruments.

Clause 15 enables the making of regulations for the purposes of the proposed Act, including regulations of a savings or transitional nature.

Schedule 1 makes consequential amendments to a number of Acts and regulations, mainly for the purpose of removing references to OCA. In relation to the amendment to the Sydney 2000 Games Administration Act 2000, at present, Part 5 of that Act requires OCA to deposit copies of certain documents with the Library Council of New South Wales, and requires the Library Council to maintain the copy documents as an archive in the State Library of New South Wales under the name of “The Olympic Environmental Legacy Archive”. Item [2] of the proposed amendments provides that the copy documents are to be deposited with the State Records Authority rather than the Library Council. Item [3] of the proposed amendments requires the State Records Authority to maintain the archive (under its current name) as a discrete part of the State archives. It also invokes the provisions of the State Records Act 1998 in respect of the copy documents constituting the archive. Item [1] of the proposed amendments inserts a definition of State Records Authority in Part 5 for the purposes of that Part.

Note: If this Bill is not modified, these Explanatory Notes would reflect the Bill as passed in the House. If the Bill has been amended by Committee, these Explanatory Notes may not necessarily reflect the Bill as passed.

 

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