BALLINA TO BOOYONG RAILWAY (CESSATION OF OPERATION) ACT.

Act No. 13, 1953.

An Act to discontinue the operation of the Ballina to Booyong Railway Line, and to make certain provisions consequential upon such discontinuance; to amend [the Government Railways Act, 1912-1952; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 14th October, 1953.]
it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, B E byCouncilwith the advice and consent ofof New Legisand the lative and Legislative Assembly South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-- 1 . (1) This Act may be cited as the "Ballina to Booyong Railway (Cessation of Operation) Act, 1953". (2) This Act shall be deemed to have commenced on the eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight.

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2. The Commissioner for Railways shall cease to operate the railway constructed pursuant to the Ballina to Booyong Railway Act, 1919, and any duties or obligations imposed upon The Commissioner for Railways by the Government Railways Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, the Public Works Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts, or any other Act of Parliament, or by agreement, contract, deed, or by operation of law in relation to the said railway or any of the lands or works connected therewith or adjoining thereto, or the carriage of persons, animals and goods upon the said railway, are hereby extinguished. 3 . Any land resumed or taken for the purposes of the works described in the Schedule to the Ballina to Booyong Railway Act, 1919, may be dealt with as superfluous lands under the Public Works Act, 1912, as amended by subsequent Acts.