WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - As at 10 June 1997 - Act 54 of 1929 TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Name of Act 2. Repeal 3. Trusts of lands 4. Appointment of new trustees 5. Powers of trustees 6. Removal and appointment of trustees 6A. Power to sell land in the Second Schedule 7. Power to mortgage 8. Powers of mortgagee 8A. Minister may appoint person to execute conveyances 8B. Conveyance to vest lands free from trusts 9. By-laws SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2 WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - LONG TITLE An Act to empower the Trustees of the Show Ground at Wellington to purchase additional land; to declare the trusts of the land held or to be held by them; to provide for the appointment of new trustees; to empower the trustees for the time being to mortgage the land so held or purchased; to repeal the Wellington Show Ground Act 1895; and for purposes connected therewith. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 1 Name of Act 1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as Wellington Show Ground Act 1929. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 2 Repeal 2 Repeal The Wellington Show Ground Act 1895 is hereby repealed. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 3 Trusts of lands 3 Trusts of lands The land described in the First Schedule to this Act, being the area acquired by the trustees of the Wellington Show Ground in pursuance of section three of the Act hereby repealed, together with the strip of land of an area of one acre one rood twenty-four perches and comprised in Crown Grant, Volume 1784, Folio 103, shall be held by the trustees for the use and general purposes of the Wellington Pastoral, Agricultural, and Horticultural Society, and for the purpose of a sports ground, and for such other purposes in connection with public recreation as the said trustees or their successors appointed in pursuance of the provisions of this Act may, with the approval of the Minister, sanction. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 4 Appointment of new trustees 4 Appointment of new trustees The Minister shall as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act appoint new trustees in respect of the said lands in place of the trustees now in office. The appointment of such new trustees shall take effect from the date of notification thereof in the Gazette. The trustees in office at the commencement of this Act shall be eligible for reappointment. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 5 Powers of trustees 5 Powers of trustees (1) The trustees for the time being are empowered, subject to the consent of the Minister first being obtained, to apply their funds to the purchase of land in the vicinity of the said lands. (2) Any land purchased in pursuance of the provisions of this section shall be held by the trustees for the time being for the same uses and purposes as those referred to in section three of this Act. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 6 Removal and appointment of trustees 6 Removal and appointment of trustees As to the removal of trustees appointed under this Act and the appointment of new trustees in respect of the land held by the trustees under this Act the Minister shall have all the powers conferred upon him by section twenty-six of the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913, in respect of lands dedicated for the public purposes therein mentioned. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 6A Power to sell land in the Second Schedule 6A Power to sell land in the Second Schedule (1) It shall be lawful for the trustees for the time being to sell the land, or any part of the land, held by them and described in the Second Schedule to this Act by public auction, or, with the consent of the Minister, otherwise than by public auction, in one or more lots as the trustees may deem expedient, for such price as can be reasonably obtained. (2) The proceeds of any sale under subsection one of this section shall be held by the trustees, after payment of costs, expenses, and encumbrances, for the general purposes of the trust, including the fencing of the boundaries of the balance of the land held by them. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 7 Power to mortgage 7 Power to mortgage It shall be lawful for the trustees for the time being, with the consent of the Minister, from time to time to raise money on mortgage of the lands held by them or any part thereof, and any moneys received by the trustees arising from such mortgage may be applied towards the purchase of any land purchased in pursuance of section five of this Act towards the discharge of any mortgage existing at the commencement of this Act or executed under this section, and for the general improvement of the lands held by them. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 8 Powers of mortgagee 8 Powers of mortgagee Where a mortgage has been executed under the power in that behalf conferred by this Act the mortgagee may, subject to the Conveyancing Act 1919, exercise all or any of the powers conferred on a mortgagee by that Act, and where a sale or lease of the land is made to any person under any such power such person shall hold the land free from all trusts and conditions which affected it in the hands of the said trustees. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 8A Minister may appoint person to execute conveyances 8A Minister may appoint person to execute conveyances (1) Upon a decision by the trustees to exercise the powers conferred by this Act, the Minister may appoint some person who shall have power to execute all conveyances and instruments, and do all things necessary to the due exercise of such powers. (2) The receipt of the person so appointed shall be a sufficient discharge to any purchaser, or mortgagee, bona fide paying money in respect of any sale, or mortgage, under this Act. (3) Any transfer of lands held under the Real Property Act 1900, as amended by subsequent Acts, signed by the person so appointed, shall have the same effect as if signed by the registered proprietor of such lands. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 8B Conveyance to vest lands free from trusts 8B Conveyance to vest lands free from trusts Lands conveyed or transferred to any person under the provisions of this Act shall vest in him free from all trusts which affected them in the hands of the persons by whom or on whose behalf they were conveyed or transferred. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SECT 9 By-laws 9 By-laws (1) The trustees appointed under the provisions of this Act may make by-laws: (a) regulating their meetings and the conduct of business thereat, (b) for the protection of the lands held by them, (c) regulating the use and enjoyment of such land, and (d) for the removal of trespassers and other persons causing annoyance or inconvenience on such land. (2) The trustees may be such by-laws impose a penalty not exceeding $500 for any breach thereof. (3) Any such by-law shall be submitted to the Governor for approval. (4) The trustees shall cause a copy of any such by-law applicable to any of the lands held by the trustees to be posted in some conspicuous place on that land. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 1 The lands within the following boundaries: Part thereof (about 21 acres, situate in the parish of Gundy, county of Gordon), commencing at the north-west corner of suburban portion 14, and bounded thence on the west boundary of that portion and part of the west boundary of portion 13 bearing southerly 14 chains; thence by a line bearing easterly 15 chains; thence by part of the east boundary of portion 13 and by the east boundary of portion 14 bearing northerly 14 chains, and thence by the north boundary of portion 14 bearing westerly 15 chains to the point of commencement. Part thereof (about 7 acres, situate in the parish of Gundy, county of Gordon), commencing at the north-west corner of suburban portion 22 and bounded thence by the west boundary of that portion, and by part of the west boundary of portion 23 bearing southerly 14 chains; thence by a line bearing easterly 5 chains; thence by a line bearing northerly 14 chains, and thence by part of the north boundary of portion 22 bearing westerly 5 chains to the point of commencement. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 2 (Section 6A) ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 26 acres 2 roods 10 perches be the same more or less situate in the suburban lands of the Town of Wellington Parish of Gundy County of Gordon being part of the land comprised in Conveyance No 562 Book 2305 being also the whole of the land comprised within portions 11 and 12 and shewn on plan catalogued W. 15–1281 at the Department of Lands Sydney. And also all that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood be the same more or less situate as above being part of the land comprised in Certificate of Title Volume 5533 Folio 163 and being the closed road separating portions 11 and 12 from portion 158 extending from the left bank of Curra Creek in a northerly direction to a line connecting the north-eastern corner of portion 12 aforesaid with the north-western corner of portion 158 aforesaid. WELLINGTON SHOW GROUND ACT 1929 - NOTES Historical notes The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes: _____________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________| Table of ActsWellington Show Ground Act 1929 No 54. Assented to 23.12.1929. This Act has been amended as follows: _____________________________________________________________________________ |1960|No 38 |Wellington Show Ground (Amendment) Act | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Decimal Currency Act | | | |1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. | |1965|No 33 | | | | |Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act | |1985|No 231|1985. Assented to 18.12.1985. | | | | | |_____________________________________________________________________________| | | |Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) | | | |1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. | |1987|No 48 | | | | |Date of commencement of Sch 32 (except as provided by sec 2 (13),| |_____________________________________________________________________________| Table of amendmentsNo reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965. _____________________________________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________| |_____________________________________________________________________________|