Provision
Preamble
WHEREAS certain Crown land, designated Yarra Bend Park, in the parishes of Boroondara and Jika Jika by Order in Council dated 26th March, 1935 was permanently reserved as a site for a public park and recreation and by Crown grant dated the same day and entered in the register book of the Office of Titles volume 6443 folium 407 was granted to trustees on trust for that purpose:
AND WHEREAS by Order in Council dated 13th March, 1956 certain Crown land in the parish of Jika Jika was temporarily reserved as a site for penal purposes:
AND WHEREAS by Order in Council dated 16th August, 1960 certain Crown land in the parish of Boroondara was temporarily reserved as a site for a guide dog centre:
AND WHEREAS the lands referred to in the Schedule are recreational lands within the meaning of the Cultural and Recreational Lands Act 1963 and it is necessary to provide expressly for the compulsory acquisition of such lands:
AND WHEREAS the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works proposes to construct a metropolitan main highway to be known as the Eastern Freeway between Alexandra-parade in the City of Collingwood and Thompsons-road in the City of Camberwell and in connexion with the proposed construction to divert parts of the Yarra River:
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the Eastern Railway Construction Act 1971 the Railway Construction Board proposes to construct a railway a part of which will be constructed in association with the highway:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient-
to authorize the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works to enter upon and use portions of the said reserved Crown lands and of the land referred to in the Schedule for the purpose of constructing the highway and diverting the river; and
to authorize the Railway Construction Board to enter upon and use portions of the said reserved Crown lands and of the land referred to in the Schedule for the purpose of constructing the railway:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient-
to make provision for the revocation of the said Orders in Council and Crown grant so far as they respectively relate to the portions of the reserved Crown lands required for the highway the railway and the diversion of the river; and
to authorize the acquisition of so much of the lands referred to in the Schedule as are required for the highway the railway and the diversion of the river:
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