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I present the explanatory memorandum for those three Bills - the Surveyors (Amendment) Bill 1991, the Districts (Amendment) Bill 1991 and the Real Property (Amendment) Bill 1991.
Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.
DISTRICTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (10.49): Mr Speaker, I present the Districts (Amendment) Bill 1991. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
Under self-government, the surveying and mapping of Canberra are administered by the ACT Government. To accommodate this change, the Surveyors (Amendment) Bill 1991 provides for the amendment of the Surveyors Act 1967 so that the ACT survey function will be administered under the Chief Surveyor in place of the Commonwealth Surveyor-General.
As a consequence of the amendment to the Surveyors Act 1967, it is necessary to amend the Districts Act 1966 to allow sections in that Act which are relevant to the survey function to be administered by an officer appointed by the Territory Minister. The Districts Act 1966 provides for the division of land in the Territory into districts, divisions, sections and blocks. The Act also provides for the description of land.
Section 7 of the Districts Act 1966 provides that the Registrar of Titles may not accept a plan for lodgment as a deposited plan unless the Commonwealth Surveyor-General has certified the plan in accordance with the section. The Districts (Amendment) Bill 1991 amends the reference to the Commonwealth Surveyor-General in section 7 to be a reference to the Chief Surveyor. The explanatory memorandum has been presented.
Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.
REAL PROPERTY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1991
MR WOOD (Minister for Education and the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (10.51): Mr Speaker, I present the Real Property (Amendment) Bill 1991. I move:
That this Bill be agreed to in principle.
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