York Cemeteries Act 1933

This Act was repealed by the Statutes (Repeals) Act 2014 s. 3 (No. 32 of 2014) as at 4 Dec 2014 (see s. 2(b)).

 

 

York Cemeteries Act 1933

Contents

1.Short title1

2.Lands revested to His Majesty1

3.Lands revested to be added to reserve to be appointed a public cemetery and placed under the control of the Shire of York2

Schedule — Cemetery land

Notes

Compilation table4

 

York Cemeteries Act 1933

An Act to revest certain lands in His Majesty, and for other purposes relative thereto.

Preamble

Whereas the lands described in the first and second columns of the schedule hereto are vested in various religious bodies or trustees, as set out in the third column of the said schedule, for the purposes set out in the fourth column of the said schedule: And whereas it is desirable to revest the said lands in his Majesty, with intent that the same may be added to and form part of reserve Ó20628 and together therewith be proclaimed a public cemetery:

[Preamble amended by No. 19 of 2010 s. 50.]

Be it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: — 

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the York Cemeteries Act 1933.

2.Lands revested to His Majesty

From and after the commencement of this Act all rights of property which may have at any time been vested by statute or otherwise in the persons or corporations mentioned in the third column of the schedule to this Act, or in any other person or persons or corporation whatsoever in any part of the lands described in the first and second columns of the said schedule, shall absolutely cease and determine, and the whole of the said lands, and all the right and title in law or in equity thereto, shall be and the same are hereby vested in His Majesty, freed and released from all and every trusts or trust affecting the same.

3.Lands revested to be added to reserve to be appointed a public cemetery and placed under the control of the Shire of York

The said lands, when revested in His Majesty as aforesaid, shall forthwith be added to and become part of reserve Ó20628, and thereafter the said reserve shall be appointed a public cemetery under and for the purposes of the Cemeteries Act 1897, and shall be placed under the control of the Shire of York as the trustee thereof.

[Section 3 amended by No. 14 of 1996 s.4.]

 

Schedule — Cemetery land

[s. 2]

[Heading amended by No. 19 of 2010 s. 4.]

Land

Reference

Proprietors

Purpose of Grant

York town lot 13

Enrolment 4418

The Right Reverend Father in God Mathew Blagden Hale, Lord Bishop of Perth

Ecclesiastical purposes in connection with the Church of England

York town lot 15

Vol. 35, Fol. 188

James Young Simpson, Superintendent Wesleyan Minister; George Shenton, merchant; Richard Watson Hardey, gentleman, all of Perth; John Henry Monger, merchant, of York, and Charles Crowther, merchant, of Geraldton, as trustee for the Wesleyan Methodist Church

No purpose disclosed

York town lot 16

Vol. 34, Fol. 26

Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth

No purpose disclosed

 

Notes

1.This is a compilation of the York Cemeteries Act 1933 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

York Cemeteries Act 1933

2 of 1933

16 Sep 1933

16 Sep 1933

York Cemeteries Act Amendment Act 1938

36 of 1938

31 Jan 1939

31 Jan 1939

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 4 and 50

19 of 2010

28 Jun 2010

11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)

This Act was repealed by the Statutes (Repeals) Act 2014 s. 3 (No. 32 of 2014) as at 4 Dec 2014 (see s. 2(b))