New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GENERAL POST OFFICE (APPROACHES IMPROVEMENT) ACT 1889 - SECT 2

2 Resumption of certain blocks of land between George and Pitt Streets as described in Schedule

Upon the passing of this Act, the several portions of land described respectively in Schedules One, Two, Three, and Four of this Act shall be, and the same are hereby, resumed for the purposes of this Act; and a notification shall be published by the Governor with the advice of the Executive Council in the Gazette, and in one or more newspapers circulating in the Metropolitan Police District, declaring that the said portions have been resumed by Her Majesty for the purposes of this Act. Upon the publication of such notification in the Gazette the lands therein described (being those respectively specified in Schedules One, Two, Three, and Four to this Act) shall for the purposes, and subject to the provisions, of this Act, be vested in the Minister for Public Works and his successors as a corporation sole, on behalf of Her Majesty, for an absolute estate in fee simple in possession, freed and discharged from all trusts, obligations, estates, interests, contracts, charges, rates, rights of way, and easements whatsoever.