Wagga Wagga Racecourse Act 1993 (NSW)

Wagga Wagga Racecourse Act 1993 No 109

An Act to provide for Wagga Wagga Racecourse to be continued as a public reserve for horse racing and for other purposes; to provide for the assets, rights and liabilities of the Murrumbidgee Turf Club to be vested in a body corporate to be formed by the members of that Club; and to repeal the Murrumbidgee Turf Club Act 1876.

1 Name of Act This Act may be cited as the Wagga Wagga Racecourse Act 1993.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions In this Act: assets means any legal or equitable estate or interest (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent) in real or personal property of any description (including money), and includes securities, choses in action and documents. liabilities means all liabilities, debts and obligations (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent). rights means all rights, powers, privileges and immunities (whether present or future and whether vested or contingent). the former Club means the members of the unincorporated body known as the Murrumbidgee Turf Club. the former trustee, in relation to Wagga Wagga Racecourse, means the trustee for the Racecourse holding office under Division 4 of Part 5 of the Crown Lands Act 1989 immediately before the commencement of this Act. the incorporated Club means the body corporate declared by the Minister under this Act to be the incorporated Murrumbidgee Turf Club. Wagga Wagga Racecourse means the land described in Schedule 1.

4 Status of racecourse (1) The Wagga Wagga Racecourse continues, on and from the repeal day, to be Crown land that is dedicated for the following purposes under the Crown Land Management Act 2016: (a) for use as a racecourse, (b) for use as a training ground, (c) for use as a sports ground, (d) for any other form of public amusement or public purpose (whether or not related to sports) that the Governor has, by order published in the Gazette (whether before or after the repeal day), declared to be a form of public amusement or public purpose for which the Racecourse or a specified part of the Racecourse is permitted to be used.