Land Act 1958

Subject to this section—

the registered proprietor of or the person seized of an estate in fee-simple in any land—

referred to in Schedule Two A; or

declared by the Governor in Council pursuant to subsection (2) to be land to which this section applies; and

the municipal council of the municipal district in which any land referred to in Schedule Two B is situated—

Any land (other than land permanently reserved pursuant to section 4 of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978) which the clerk of the municipal council concerned has certified to be land which is or has been used for any cultural sporting or recreational purpose or for any purpose referred to in section 4 of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 may be declared by the Governor in Council, by proclamation published in the Government Gazette, to be land to which this section applies.

Not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days before an application is made to the Attorney-General for authority under this section to surrender any land, a notice of intention to so apply, in or to the effect of the form prescribed, shall be published in a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria and in a newspaper circulating generally in the district in which the land is situated.

Upon receipt of an application under this section and after consultation with the Minister, the Attorney-General—

if satisfied that notice has been published in accordance with subsection (3); and

after consideration—

of any objections lodged pursuant to the notice; and

of the effect of the proposed surrender on any interest in the land concerned appearing from the Register kept pursuant to the Transfer of Land Act 1958 or registered in the office of the Registrar-General (as the case requires)—