Preamble

WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the 9th day of June, 1873 certain land in the City of Melbourne known as Princes Park was permanently reserved as a site for a public park and by Crown Grant Volume 600 Folio 119908 dated the 13th day of June, 1873^[1] that land was vested in the Board of Land and Works and the mayor aldermen councillors and citizens of the City of Melbourne as a site for a public park:

AND WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the 9th day of October, 1917^[2] the council of the City of Melbourne was appointed as committee of management of the said land:

AND WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule is part of the said land and is used for the purposes of sport and recreation:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to authorize the council of the City of Melbourne as committee of management of the said land to grant leases of the land described in the Schedule:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to empower the said council to make loans to lessees of the land described in the Schedule:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966.

2Definitions

S. 2 (Heading) inserted by No. 79/2013 s. 31(1).

In this Act unless inconsistent with the context or subject-matter—

S. 2 def. of Council substituted as corporation by No. 7583 s. 3.

corporation means corporation of the City of Melbourne;

S. 2 def. of leasable land inserted by No. 79/2013 s. 31(2), amended by No. 47/2025 s. 3.

leasable land means—

(a)

the land shown hatched on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office and numbered LEGL./11-042, being Crown Allotments 2030 and 2031, Parish of Jika Jika at Carlton; and

(ab)

the land shown hatched on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office and numbered LEGL./23-315, being Crown Allotments 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147 and 2148, Parish of Jika Jika at Carlton; and

(b)

the stratum specified in the Order in Council dated 5 December 1995, published in the Government Gazette dated 7 December 1995, pages 3448 to 3451, being Crown Allotment 1A of Section 118A at Carlton, Parish of Jika Jika.

3Corporation may grant leases of leasable land

S. 3 (Heading) inserted by No. 79/2013 s. 32(1).

S. 3(1) substituted by No. 7583 s. 4.

(1)

Any previous appointment of a committee of management of the land in the City of Melbourne known as Princes Park permanently reserved by the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the 9th day of June, 1873 as a site for a public park is hereby revoked and the corporation is hereby appointed committee of management of the said land.

S. 3(1A) inserted by No. 7583 s. 4, amended by Nos 88/1995 s. 4, 79/2013 s. 32(2).

(1A)

Notwithstanding anything in any Act the corporation as committee of management of the said land known as Princes Park may from time to time grant leases of the leasable land for the purposes of sport or recreation or social or cultural or educational activities or purposes connected therewith including the erection of buildings.

(2)

A lease under this section—

S. 3(2)(a) amended by No. 7583 s. 5.

(a)

shall be subject to such covenants conditions exceptions and reservations as the corporation thinks fit;

S. 3(2)(b) amended by No. 8703 s. 2.

(b)

shall be for a term not exceeding forty years; and

(c)

shall if the term exceeds three years be subject to approval by the Governor in Council.

S. 3(3) amended by Nos 7583 s. 5, 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 6.1).

(3)

The moneys received by way of rent under any lease granted under this section shall be applied by the corporation towards the maintenance and improvement of the whole or any part of the said land permanently reserved as aforesaid or for such other purpose as the Minister in any particular case approves.

(4)

No person or body of persons whosoever or whatsoever shall be entitled to receive or shall receive from the Crown any money or consideration by way of compensation in respect of any improvement whatsoever or of any act matter or thing under this section.

4Corporation may make advances out of municipal fund

S. 4(1) amended by Nos 7583 s. 5, 88/1995 s. 5, 79/2013 s. 33.

(1)

The corporation may apply out of the municipal fund a sum or sums not exceeding in the aggregate $200 000 for the purpose of making a loan or loans to any lessee of the leasable land for the purpose of erecting buildings on or making other improvements to the leasable land.

S. 4(2) amended by No. 7583 s. 5.

(2)

Any loan made by the corporation to a lessee shall be upon such terms and conditions as the corporation thinks fit.

S. 5 inserted by No. 88/1995 s. 6, repealed by No. 79/2013 s. 34.

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6Registrar-General and Registrar of Titles to make necessary amendments

S. 6 inserted by No. 88/1995 s. 6.

(1)

The Registrar-General must make all entries on the records of enrolment of any Crown grant and on any memorial relating to land that are necessary because of the operation of any provision of this Act.

(2)

The Registrar of Titles must make any amendments to the Register under the Transfer of Land Act 1958 that are necessary because of the operation of any provision of this Act.

Schedules

Sch. substituted by No. 7583 s. 6, renumbered as Sch. 1 by No. 88/1995 s. 7(a), amended by No. 88/1995 s. 7(b), repealed by No. 79/2013 s. 35.

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Sch. 2 inserted by No. 88/1995 s. 8, repealed by No. 79/2013 s. 35.

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Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966

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