LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - As at 6 June 2006 - Act 55 of 1946 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Act 2. Definitions 3. Application of this Act 4. Compulsory acquisition of land for purposes of an institution 5. (Repealed) LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - LONG TITLE An Act to make provision for authorising the appropriation or resumption of land for charitable, benevolent and philanthropic purposes in certain cases; to amend the Public Works Act 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts in certain respects; and for purposes connected therewith. LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - SECT 1 Name of Act 1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Land Acquisition (Charitable Institutions) Act 1946. LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - SECT 2 Definitions 2 Definitions (1) In this Act unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires: "Governing body" in relation to an institution means the committee of management or board of directors or other body in whom is vested the management, conduct or control of the institution. "Institution" means: (a) any public hospital within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997, or (b) any other hospital or health organisation (other than an area health service or statutory health corporation within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1997), or (c) any orphanage, school, kindergarten, day nursery, infant or child welfare centre, or (d) any pre-natal or post-natal centre, clinic or home, or (e) any institution or establishment of a charitable, benevolent or philanthropic nature. (2) A reference in this Act to an institution shall be construed as including a reference to an institution proposed to be established. LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - SECT 3 Application of this Act 3 Application of this Act (1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to and in respect of such institutions as the Governor may from time to time by notification published in the Gazette declare to be institutions for the purposes of this Act, and to and in respect of those institutions only. Note: For institutions declared under this subsection, see the Historical notes at the end of this Act. (2) The Governor may by notification published in the Gazette rescind any notification referred to in subsection (1), and upon such rescission the provisions of this Act shall cease to apply to or in respect of the institution mentioned in the notification so rescinded. LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - SECT 4 Compulsory acquisition of land for purposes of an institution 4 Compulsory acquisition of land for purposes of an institution (1) The Minister may acquire land, for the purposes of an institution, by agreement or by compulsory process in accordance with the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991. (2) The Minister may do so only if the governing body of the institution: (a) applies to the Minister for acquisition of the land, and (b) makes provision to the satisfaction of the Minister for the payment of the purchase price or of compensation for compulsory acquisition (together with all necessary charges and expenses incidental to the acquisition). (3) The Minister may transfer land acquired under this section to the institution that has applied for the acquisition or to a nominee of that institution. (4) For the purposes of the Public Works Act 1912, an acquisition of land under this section is taken to be for an authorised work and the Minister is, in relation to that authorised work, taken to be the Constructing Authority. LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - NOTES Reprint history (since 1972): Reprint No 1 20 November 1979 Reprint No 2 6 June 2006 LAND ACQUISITION (CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS) ACT 1946 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: ______________________________________________________________ |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| |______________________________________________________________| Institutions to which Act applies ____________________________________________________________________________ |____________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |Country Women’s Association of New South |65 |18 June, 1948 |1448| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |New South Wales Institution for the Deaf and|148 |15 September, 1950|2810| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |The Australian Boy Scouts Association, New |99 |10 July, 1981 |3729| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |The Queen Victoria Hospital for Women and |75 |1 August, 1958 |2270| |____________________________________________________________________________| |____________________________________________________________________________| |The Sydney Day Nursery and Nursery Schools |24 |5 March, 1948 |520 | |____________________________________________________________________________| |Trustees of the Sisters of Charity of |129 |29 October, 1948 |2890| |____________________________________________________________________________| Table of amending instrumentsLand Acquisition (Charitable Institutions) Act 1946 No 55. Assented to 27.12.1946. This Act has been amended as follows: _____________________________________________________________________________ | | |Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Land Titles) Amendment Act | | | |1980. Assented to 22.12.1980. | |1980|No 196| | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1 (except as provided in sec 2 (4)–| |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Miscellaneous Acts (Area Health Services) Amendment Act | | | |1986. Assented to 14.5.1986. | |1986|No 53 | | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 99 | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Land Acquisition (Just Terms | | | |Compensation) Act 1991. Assented to 30.8.1991. | |1991|No 22 | | | | |Date of commencement, 1.1.1992, sec 2 and GG No 163 of | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Health Services Act | | | |1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. | |1997|No 154| | | | |Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) | |1999|No 85 |Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. | | | | | |_____________________________________________________________________________| This Act has also been amended pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 12.11.1979, and published in GG No 153 of 16.11.1979, p 5743, declaring that the Land Acquisition (Charitable Institutions) Act 1946 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply. Table of amendmentsNo reference is made to certain amendments made by the Reprints Act 1972. _____________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________|