Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CI) Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No 1) (Cth)

Territory of Christmas Island

Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CI) Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No. 1)1

No.1 of 20042

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Christmas Island Act 1958. Dated 27 May 2004

P.M. JEFFERY Governor-General By His Excellency's Command

IAN CAMPBELL Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

An Ordinance to amend the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CI) in its application to Commonwealth land in the Territory, and for related purposes

1 Name of Ordinance

This Ordinance is the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CI) Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

This Ordinance commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Amendment of Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CI)

Schedule 1 amends the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CI). Schedule 1 Amendments (section 3)

[1] Subsection 3 (1), definition of alienated land

substitute alienated land means land held in freehold.

Note See subsection 83A (2) in relation to land held in freehold by the Commonwealth.

[2] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Crown land

substitute Crown land, subject to subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), means all land, except for alienated land.

Note Alienated land includes land held in freehold by the Commonwealth.

[3] Subsection 3 (1), definition of land district

substitute land district means the land district constituted under section 26A.

[4] Subsection 3 (1), definition of townsite

substitute townsite means townsite constituted under section 26 or taken to be constituted under clause 37 of Schedule 9.3 to the Local Government Act 1995 (WA) (CI).

[5] Section 26

substitute

26 Constitution, etc. of townsites

(1) The Minister may, by order in writing, constitute a townsite.