Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Land Act 1958 - SECT 22A

Power to public authorities to surrender lands

22A. Power to public authorities to surrender lands



(1) Where any land is vested in an authority the authority may notwithstanding
anything in any Act with the consent of the Governor in Council-

   (a)  surrender the land or any part thereof to the Crown;

   (b)  agree with any other authority to transfer the land or any part
        thereof to that other authority;

   (c)  agree with any other authority to exchange the land for land vested in
        that other authority.

(2) Where pursuant to this section an authority has agreed to transfer land to
another authority it shall surrender the land to the Crown and the Governor in
Council may by order published in the Government Gazette vest the land subject
to and in accordance with the agreement in the other authority for the
appropriate purposes of that other authority.

(3) Where pursuant to this section an authority has agreed with another
authority to exchange land each authority shall surrender the land agreed to
be exchanged to the Crown and the Governor in Council may by order published
in the Government Gazette vest the land so surrendered subject to and in
accordance with the agreement in the respective authorities for the
appropriate purposes of those authorities respectively.

			(4)     (a)	Where pursuant to subsection (1) of this section an authority surrenders land the Governor in Council by order published in the Government Gazette may make any amendment necessary in consequence of such surrender to any provision in any Act in which any land of the authority is described.


   (b)  Where pursuant to subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section any
        land is surrendered by an authority and by Order in Council vested in
        another authority the Governor in Council by the same order may make
        any amendment necessary in consequence of such surrender or vesting to
        any provision in any Act in which any land of the respective
        authorities is described.

(5) In this section authority means any body corporate constituted by an Act
of Parliament for a public purpose.

(6) Nothing in this section shall limit the operation of the
Transport Act 1983 or the Road Management Act 2004.



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