Lawrence Vale Landslip Act 1961 (Tas)

Lawrence Vale Landslip Act 1961

An Act to make provision for the acquisition and clearance of certain lands in the City of Launceston in which earth movements have occurred, for the transfer of the land so acquired to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of the City of Launceston, and for purposes incidental thereto [Royal Assent 15 December 1961]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lawrence Vale Landslip Act 1961 .

2. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – additional sum means such an additional sum as is referred to in section nine ; committee means the Lawrence Vale Advisory Committee established under this Act; corporation means the Launceston City Council; earth movement includes a landslip, a subsidence, and any movement of the subsoil of the ground; prescribed lands means the lands to which this Act applies; spouse, in relation to a person, includes the person who is in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with that person.

3. Application of Act (1) This Act applies to the lands described in the schedule and such other lands in the city of Launceston as the Governor may by a proclamation, made on the recommendation of the committee, declare to be lands to which this Act applies. (2) Before making a recommendation for the purposes of this section in respect of any land the committee shall consult with the Launceston City Council, and the committee shall not make such a recommendation unless it is satisfied either – (a) that, as a consequence of earth movement, the improvements on the land, or the main portion of them, have been demolished or removed; or (b) that, by reason of damage or injury to any of the improvements on the land as a consequence of earth movement, they are not reasonably capable of being used for the purpose for which they were intended to be used.