South Australian Consolidated Acts

LANDS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES ACQUISITION ACT 1914 - SECT 17

17—Power to dispose of surplus land

        (1)         When it appears to the Governor that any land taken or acquired for any public purpose is no longer required for such purpose, such land may, with the consent of the Governor—

            (a)         be used for any other public purpose; or

            (b)         be sold, exchanged for other land, or otherwise disposed of.

        (2)         For the purpose of carrying out any sale, exchange, or disposition of such land, the person in whom the same is vested, or, if vested in His Majesty the King, the Governor, may execute any and every assurance, deed, instrument, and writing, and do all such other things as may be necessary or expedient; and it shall not be necessary for the person paying any moneys in respect of any such transaction to prove the consent of the Governor to such transaction, nor to inquire whether a proper case has arisen for the exercise of any power under this section.

        (3)         Moneys received in consideration of the sale, exchange, or disposition of any such land shall be paid into the General Revenue of the said State, unless such land was paid for out of moneys voted by Parliament for some particular public purpose, in which case such moneys shall be paid to the Treasurer to the credit of the said public purpose.

        (4)         Nothing in this section shall be deemed to interfere with any power of leasing any such lands by virtue of any enactment relating to Crown lands.

        (5)         The Governor shall in the month of July in every year cause a report to be prepared stating—

            (a)         particulars of all lands (if any) with regard to which, during the period ending on the preceding thirtieth day of June, any of the powers conferred by this section have been exercised; and

            (b)         how such lands have respectively been dealt with under this section; and

            (c)         the price or other consideration, and the other terms and conditions (if any), in each case.

Every such report shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after it has been prepared if Parliament is in session, and if not, then within fourteen days after the commencement of the next session.