Yarra Park Road Act 1897

An Act to enable portions of the Yarra Park in the City of Melbourne to be used for the purposes of a Road.

WHEREAS Yarra Park in the City of Melbourne was by the Governor in Council permanently reserved from sale and granted unto and vested in the Board of Land and Works and the Mayor Aldermen Councillors and Citizens of the City of Melbourne and their successors to be maintained and used as and for a Public Park and offices and conveniences connected therewith:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient that a roadway for vehicular traffic be constructed in the said park from the junction of Jolimont-terrace and Jolimont-street in the said city to the Melbourne Cricket Ground:

This Act may be cited as the Yarra Park Road Act 1897.

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Notwithstanding anything contained in the Crown grant of the said park the construction of the roadway hereinbefore referred to shall not be deemed to be a breach of the terms and conditions of the Crown grant vesting the said park in the said Board and the said Mayor Aldermen Councillors and Citizens; and the right and title of the said Board and the said Mayor Aldermen Councillors and Citizens to the said park shall not in any way be prejudiced or affected by reason of the construction of such roadway.

That such roadway shall at all times be kept open for such vehicular traffic except during such times and so long only as the said Board of Land and Works and the said Mayor Aldermen Councillors and Citizens shall jointly be of the opinion that the said roadway shall be closed.

The Yarra Park Road Act 1897 was assented to on 27 September 1897 and came into operation on 27 September 1897.

There are no amendments made to the Yarra Park Road Act 1897 by Acts and subordinate instruments.

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