Geographical Names Act 1966 (NSW)

Geographical Names Act 1966 No 13

An Act to constitute a Geographical Names Board of New South Wales and to define its powers and functions; to confer on that board certain powers with respect to the naming of places in New South Wales; to amend the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913, as amended by subsequent Acts; and for purposes connected therewith.

1 Name of Act and commencement (1) This Act may be cited as the Geographical Names Act 1966. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall commence upon a day to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette. (3) For the purposes only of the appointment or nomination of members of the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales, the provisions of this Act relating to their appointment and nomination shall commence upon the day upon which Her Majesty's Assent to this Act is signified and those members shall assume office upon the day appointed and notified under subsection (2).

2 Definitions In this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires— Board means the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales constituted under this Act. Counsellor means a counsellor appointed under this Act. Department means the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation. Geographical name means the name of a place, which name has, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, been notified in the Gazette as a geographical name, but does not include a name which has ceased to be a geographical name under this Act. Lands Department map means— (a) in relation to any area within the Eastern and Central Division of New South Wales, as defined in the Crown Land Management Act 2016—a standard topographical map published before the commencement of this Act by or under the direction or control of the Department of Lands, for that area or, if there is no such standard topographical map for that area, a parish map, so published, which includes that area, (b) in relation to any area within the Western Division of New South Wales, as defined in the Crown Land Management Act 2016—a standard topographical map, published before the commencement of this Act by or under the direction or control of the Department of Lands, for that area or, if there is no such standard topographical map for that area, the county map, so published, which includes that area, and (c) in relation to Lord Howe Island—the map of Lord Howe Island published by the Department of Lands and dated 6 July 1962. Place means any geographical or topographical feature or any area, district, division, locality, region, city, town, village, settlement or railway station or any other place within the territories and waters of the State of New South Wales but does not include any road, any area (within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993), area of operations of a county council or a joint organisation area (within the meaning of that Act), any electoral district under the Electoral Act 2017, any school or any place or place within a class of places to which the provisions of this Act do not apply by virtue of the regulations. Recorded name means the name of a place as it appears on a Lands Department map or, where the name of a place appears differently on two or more such maps, the name of that place as it appears on whichever of those maps was published later than the other or others. Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.