Western Australia
York Cemeteries Act 1933
Western Australia
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
Notes
Compilation table4
Western Australia
York Cemeteries Act 1933
An Act to revest certain lands in His Majesty, and for other purposes relative thereto.
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:
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: —
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.]
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 |
1.This is a compilation of the York Cemeteries Act 1933 and includes all amendments effected by the other Acts referred to in the following Table.
Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
York Cemeteries |
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) |
14 of 1996 |
28 Jun 1996 |
1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2) |