Callan Park (Special Provisions) Act 2002 (NSW)

Callan Park (Special Provisions) Act 2002 No 139

An Act to preserve the public ownership of Callan Park; to protect its current features and restrict its future use; and for other purposes.

1 Name of Act This Act is the Callan Park (Special Provisions) Act 2002.

2 Commencement This Act commences on the date of assent.

3 Definitions In this Act— Callan Park means the land at Rozelle comprised in Lot 1, Deposited Plan 807747, including all structures that are fixtures on that land. community trustee board has the same meaning as in the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Act 2022. development has the same meaning as in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. environmental planning instrument has the same meaning as in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979. Trust means the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust constituted under the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Act 2022.

4 Objects of Act The objects of this Act are— (a) to ensure that the whole of Callan Park remains in public ownership and subject to public control, and (b) to ensure the preservation of the areas of open space at Callan Park that were in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act, and that extend to and include the foreshore of Iron Cove on the Parramatta River, and (c) to allow public access to that open space, including that foreshore, for public recreational purposes of both an active and a passive nature, and (d) to preserve the heritage significance of Callan Park, including its historic buildings, gardens and other landscape features, and (e) to impose appropriate controls on the future development of Callan Park.

5 Callan Park not to be sold or otherwise disposed of (1) The sale, transfer, lease or other alienation, and any mortgage or other encumbrance, of Callan Park, or any part of Callan Park, is prohibited, except as provided by this Act. (2) The Governor may, by proclamation, vest Callan Park for an estate in fee simple in a statutory body representing the Crown that is subject to the direction and control of the Minister.