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A Bill for an Act concerning Commonwealth owned land at Point Nepean, Victoria
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Introduced HR 03 Nov 2003

Commonwealth Land at Point Nepean, Victoria Bill 2003
First Reading

Commonwealth Land at Point Nepean, Victoria Bill 2003
First Reading

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2002

The Parliament of the

Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Commonwealth Land at Point Nepean, Victoria Bill 2003

(Mr K J Thomson)

A Bill for an Act concerning Commonwealth owned land at Point Nepean, Victoria

Contents

1 Commonwealth Land at Point Nepean, Victoria Bill 2003       1

2 Commencement       1

Schedule 1--Amendment of the Defence Act 1903       3

A Bill for an Act concerning Commonwealth owned land at Point Nepean, Victoria

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

        This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Land at Point Nepean, Victoria Act 2003.

2 Commencement

        This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Schedule 1--Amendment of the Defence Act 1903
1 After section 123G

Insert:

123H Defence land at Point Nepean, Victoria

       (1) The defence land owned by the Commonwealth at Point Nepean, Victoria must not be sold by the Commonwealth but, subject to subsection (2), must be transferred to the Government of Victoria for the conservation of environmental, heritage, recreational and aesthetic values.

       (2) It is a condition of the transfer of the land to the Government of Victoria that the Government of Victoria undertakes that

       (a) the land will be preserved in public ownership and made available for preservation of environmental values, public appreciation and enjoyment, and

       (b) plans of management will be prepared and public consultation undertaken within two years of transfer to identify, conserve and manage environmental, heritage, recreational and aesthetic values.

       (3) The regulations may identify and describe the area of land referred to in subsection (1).

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