Governor General’s Residence (Grant) Act 1945 (NSW)

Governor General's Residence (Grant) Act 1945 No 32

An Act to enable the Crown to grant certain land at Kirribilli Point, North Sydney, to the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of the official residence in Sydney of the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia; to vest certain adjoining lands in His Majesty; and for purposes connected therewith.

Preamble WHEREAS by virtue of Certificate of Title registered under the Real Property Act 1900, Volume 249, Folio 14, dated the 29th February, 1876, His Majesty is registered as the proprietor for an estate in fee simple in the land comprised therein which is wholly included in the land described in the Schedule to this Act AND WHEREAS on the said Certificate of Title there appears a Caveat by the Registrar-General No A.325635 forbidding registration of dealings not in accordance with a certain agreement dated the 26th August, 1914, made between His Majesty of the one part and the Pastoral Finance Association Ltd. of the other part filed in the Land Titles Office No 10674 AND WHEREAS by virtue of Crown Grant registered under the said Act, Volume 199, Folio 242, dated 16th January, 1875, His Majesty is also registered as the proprietor for an estate in fee simple in the land comprised therein which is partly included in the land described in the said Schedule AND WHEREAS the Maritime Services Board of New South Wales is entitled to be registered under the said Act by virtue of Certificate of Title Volume 2050, Folio 103, dated 18th April, 1910, as the proprietor for an estate in fee simple in inter alia three parcels of land containing respectively about one perch, about one-fifth of a perch and about nine square feet which are included in the land described in the said Schedule AND WHEREAS by Notification of Resumption published in the Government Gazette of the 4th January, 1856, Folio 31, under Act 18 Vic No 10, the land described in the said Notification became vested in Her Majesty in fee simple and is included in the land described in the said Schedule AND WHEREAS other small parts of the land described in the said Schedule comprise reclaimed lands which have never been the subject of a Crown Grant: BE it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: