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DISTRICTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992

MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (10.40): Madam Speaker, I present theDistricts (Amendment) Bill 1992.

Title read by Clerk.

MR WOOD: 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 1992 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 1992 amends the reference to the Commonwealth Surveyor-General in section 7 to be a reference to the Chief Surveyor.

Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.

REAL PROPERTY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992

MR WOOD (Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts and Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning) (10.42): Madam Speaker, I present the Real Property (Amendment) Bill 1992.

Title read by Clerk.

MR WOOD: I move:

That this Bill be agreed to in principle.

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