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Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.
Currently, part of that land is dedicated and the rest is reserved under the
Crown Lands Act 1989 for the purposes of a showground. The proposed Act
will revest the land in the Crown and dedicate the whole of the land for use
as a public showground, for public recreational use and for use for
community purposes.
The proposed Act will also establish a reserve trust for the land and appoint
Queanbeyan City Council to manage the affairs of the trust.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act.
Clause 3 defines some of the terms used in the proposed Act (the Reserve
means all of the land known as the Queanbeyan Showground).
Clause 4 revests the Reserve in the Crown free from any previously
applicable trusts and estates or other interests which existed before the
commencement of the proposed Act. The Reserve is declared to have been
dedicated under the Crown Lands Act 1989 for use as described above. Any
licence that applied to the Reserve immediately before it is vested in the
Crown will continue in force.
Clause 5 establishes a reserve trust called "Queanbeyan Showground
Reserve Trust" for the Reserve. Queanbeyan City Council is declared to
have been appointed to manage the affairs of the new trust.
Clause 6 requires a draft plan of management to be prepared for the
Reserve within 3 months of the commencement of the proposed Act. A plan
of management is not to allow use of the Reserve in any way which
interferes with its use as a showground, unless The Queanbeyan Show
Society Inc. consents.
Clause 7 dissolves the former reserve trust.
Clause 8 applies the savings and transitional provisions in section 53 of the
Interpretation Act 1987 which provide for the new trust to be a continuation
of, and the same legal entity as, the former reserve trust and which have the
effect of making all assets, liabilities, claims and demands of or against the
former reserve trust those of or against the new trust.
Schedule 1 describes the former dedicated land and the former reserved land
which together comprise the Reserve.
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