Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Eastern Freeway Lands Act 1971 - SECT 5

Power to Governor in Council to revoke in part certain Orders in Council and Crown grant

5. Power to Governor in Council to revoke in part certain Orders in Council
and Crown grant



(1) The Governor in Council may on receiving any such recommendation by
proclamation published in the Government Gazette revoke and make null and void
so far as they relate to any land referred to in the recommendation and
defined in the proclamation-

   (a)  the Order in Council dated 26th March, 1935 permanently reserving
        certain land in the parishes of Boroondara and Jika Jika as a site for
        a public park and recreation and the Crown grant dated the same day
        and entered in the register book of the Office of Titles volume 6443
        folium 407;

   (b)  the Order in Council dated 13th March, 1956 temporarily reserving
        certain land in the parish of Jika Jika as a site for penal purposes;
        and

   (c)  the Order in Council dated 16th August, 1960 temporarily reserving
        certain land in the parish of Boroondara as a site for a guide dog
        centre.

(2) On the day on which a proclamation as aforesaid is published in the
Government Gazette-

   (a)  in addition to any revocation of the Orders in Council specified in
        sub-section (1), every other Order in Council or proclamation so far
        as it reserves or affects or purports to reserve or affect the land
        defined in the proclamation shall also be revoked; and



   (b)  notwithstanding anything in any Act the land so defined shall be and
        be deemed to be unalienated land of the Crown freed and discharged
        from all trusts, encumbrances, reservations, limitations and
        restrictions whatsoever and from every estate or interest therein.