University Colleges Lands Act 1960

An Act relating to the Lands occupied by Queen's College, Ormond College and Newman College respectively, being Colleges affiliated to the University of Melbourne.

WHEREAS in the purported exercise of the powers conferred by an Act of the Parliament of Victoria numbered 391-

a certificate of title entered in the register book of the Office of Titles volume 1157 folium 231227 dated the twenty-sixth day of January One thousand eight hundred and eighty was issued to certain persons therein named as the proprietors of a estate in fee simple in the land therein delineated, being the land now occupied by Queen's College, a college affiliated to the University of Melbourne (hereinafter called the "Queen's College land");

a certificate of title entered in the register book of the Office of Titles volume 1335 folium 266931 dated the twenty-third day of January One thousand eight hundred and eighty-two was issued to certain persons therein named as the proprietors of an estate in fee simple in the land therein delineated, being the land now occupied by Ormond College, a college affiliated to the University of Melbourne (hereinafter called the "Ormond College land"); and

a certificate of title entered in the register book of the Office of Titles volume 2796 folium 559157 dated the tenth day of September One thousand nine hundred was issued to certain persons therein named as the proprietors of an estate in fee simple in the land therein delineated, being the land now occupied by Newman College, a college affiliated to the University of Melbourne (hereinafter called the "Newman College land"):

AND WHEREAS immediately before the commencement of this Act-

Arthur Edward Albiston of Auburn-road Auburn, Herbert Garfield Secomb of Parlington-street Canterbury, Christopher Irving Benson of Hoddle-street Elsternwick, and Charles Kingston Daws of 348 Barkers-road Hawthorn, all Methodist Ministers, Harry Stuart Hutchison of Erica-avenue East Malvern, Solicitor, Harry Wason McCutcheon of Stanhope-grove Camberwell, Account, David Hugh Eakins of 90 Yarrbat-avenue Balwyn, Civil Engineer, and Harold Addison Woodruff of 55 Wills-street Kew, retired, are registered in the said certificate of title volume 1157 folium 231227 as joint proprietors of the said estate in fee simple in the Queen's College land under and by virtue of the Methodist Church Acts;

the Presbyterian Church of Victoria Trusts Corporation is registered in the said certificate of title volume 1335 folium 266931 as the proprietor of the said estate in fee simple in the Ormond College land; and

the Roman Catholic Trusts Corporation for the Diocese of Melbourne is registered in the said certificate of title volume 2796 folium 559157 as the proprietor of the said estate in fee simple in the Newman College land:

AND WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the validity of the certificates of title issued as aforesaid, as to the effect upon the titles thereto of earlier reservations or grants of the said lands and as to the powers of the proprietors for the time being of the said estates in the said lands:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to resolve those doubts and for that purpose to validate the issue of each of the said certificates of title, to revoke all earlier reservations and restrictions in respect of the said lands, and to make provision with respect to the powers of the respective proprietors thereof as hereinafter provided:

s. 1

This Act may be cited as the University Colleges Lands Act 1960.

S. 2

amended by No. 18/1989 s. 13(Sch. 2 item 96(a)) (as amended by No. 48/1991 s. 70(c)(xi)).

Notwithstanding anything in the Act of the Parliament of Victoria numbered 391 or in any other Act or enactment, each of the hereinbefore recited folios of the Register shall be deemed to have been validly issued and each such folio of the Register shall accordingly confer on the registered proprietors and be deemed always to have conferred on the registered proprietors for the time being a valid and effectual title to an estate in fee simple in the land therein delineated.

s. 3

Every reservation, whether permanent or temporary, of any of the said lands or of any part of any of the said lands made before the commencement of this Act shall be hereby revoked made void and annulled, and no trust or limitation or restriction which arose or was supposed to arise by virtue of any such reservation or by virtue of the provisions of any former grant of any of the said lands or any part thereof shall have any force or effect whatever after the commencement of this Act.

S. 4

amended by No. 18/1989 s. 13(Sch. 2 item 96(b)) (as amended by No. 48/1991 s. 70(c)(xi)).

Notwithstanding anything in any Act or enactment or in any trust deed, the present registered proprietors of each of the said lands and subject to any trust encumbrance limitation or restriction that may hereafter be validly created, their successors in title shall have full power to mortgage charge sell transfer convey lease exchange or dispose of the whole or any part of the land comprised in the relevant folio of the Register freed and discharged from all trusts encumbrances limitations restrictions and reservations affecting the land, but shall not exercise any such power without the consent of the Governor in Council thereunto having been first obtained.

The University Colleges Lands Act 1960 was assented to on 13 December 1960 and came into operation on 13 December 1960.

This Version incorporates amendments made to the University Colleges Lands Act 1960 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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Transfer of Land (Computer Register) Act 1989, No. 18/1989 (as amended by No. 48/1991)

Assent Date: 16.5.89

Commencement Date: 3.2.92: Government Gazette 18.12.91 p. 3488

Current State: All of Act in operation

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