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Territory of cocos (keeling) Islands

  Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CKI) Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No. 1)1

  No. 1 of 20042

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Ordinance under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955.
Dated 27 May 2004

  P. M. JEFFERY
  Governor-General
  By His Excellency's Command

  IAN CAMPBELL
  Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads

An Ordinance to amend the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CKI) in its application to Commonwealth land in the Territory, and for related purposes

1 Name of Ordinance

  This Ordinance is the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CKI) Amendment Ordinance 2004 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Ordinance commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Amendment of Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CKI)

  Schedule 1 amends the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA) (CKI).
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)

[1] Subsection 3 (1), definition of alienated land

substitute
alienated land means land held in freehold.

Note   See subsection 83A (2) in relation to land held in freehold by the Commonwealth.

[2] Subsection 3 (1), definition of Crown land

substitute
Crown land, subject to subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5), means all land, except for alienated land.

Note   Alienated land includes land held in freehold by the Commonwealth.

[3] Subsection 3 (1), definition of land district

substitute
land district means the land district constituted under section 26A.

[4] Subsection 3 (1), definition of townsite

substitute
townsite means townsite constituted under section 26 or taken to be constituted under clause 37 of Schedule 9.3 to the Local Government Act 1995 (WA) (CKI).

[5] Section 26

substitute

26 Constitution, etc. of townsites

 (1) The Minister may, by order in writing, constitute a townsite.

 (2) The Minister may, by order in writing, do any of the following in relation to a townsite:
 (a) name or rename it;
 (b) define or redefine its boundaries;
 (c) abolish it.

 (3) The Minister may, by order in writing, name or rename a topographical feature, road or reserve.

 (4) An order made under subsection (1), (2) or (3) may deal with a matter that may be dealt with by order under another provision of this Act.

26A Territory a land district

  For this Act, the Territory is a land district under the name 'Location 1 of Cocos District'.

[6] Subsection 29 (1)

omit
and section 29A

[7] Section 29A

omit

[8] Subsection 31 (1)

substitute

 (1) Subject to subsection (2):
 (a) an employee of the Commonwealth Department administering the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955; or
 (b) an officer or employee of a Territory agency or instrumentality; or
 (c) a delegate of the Commonwealth Minister appointed for