New South Wales Consolidated Acts

OLD WALLSEND CEMETERY ACT 1953 - SECT 2

2 Dedication

(1) The land described in the Schedule to this Act is hereby dedicated as a public park and the said land shall be deemed to be a public park within the meaning of the Public Parks Act 1912 , as amended by subsequent Acts, and the Council of the City of Newcastle (hereinafter referred to as the Council) shall be trustees of the said land for all purposes of that Act, as so amended, and shall be deemed to have been appointed pursuant to that Act to be the trustees of the said land.

(2) The said park shall be maintained by the Council as a rest park and garden area and, notwithstanding anything in any other Act, the Council shall not use the said park or permit the same to be used for any other purpose.

(4) The Council shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act:

(a) compile an index plan and register of the names of and other relevant information in respect of persons buried in the said land, so far as such names and information can be obtained, and deposit and maintain such plan and register at the Newcastle Town Hall so as to be available for inspection by any interested person from time to time.