Western Australia

                          York Cemeteries Act 1933


                              Western Australia

                          York Cemeteries Act 1933

                                  CONTENTS

    1.     Short title 1
    2.     Lands revested to His Majesty     1
    3.     Lands revested to be added to reserve to be appointed a public
           cemetery and placed under the control of the Shire of York     2

           Schedule - Cemetery land

           Notes
      Compilation table     4


                              Western Australia


                          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 (20628 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 (20628, 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|Enrolment |The Right Reverend |Ecclesiastical  |
|lot 13   |4418      |Father in God      |purposes in     |
|         |          |Mathew Blagden     |connection with |
|         |          |Hale, Lord Bishop  |the Church of   |
|         |          |of Perth           |England         |
|York town|Vol. 35,  |James Young        |No purpose      |
|lot 15   |Fol. 188  |Simpson,           |disclosed       |
|         |          |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             |                |
|York town|Vol. 34,  |Roman Catholic     |No purpose      |
|lot 16   |Fol. 26   |Bishop of Perth    |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  |Assent  |Commencement       |
|                 |and year|        |                   |
|York Cemeteries  |2 of    |16 Sep  |16 Sep 1933        |
|Act 1933         |1933    |1933    |                   |
|York Cemeteries  |36 of   |31 Jan  |31 Jan 1939        |
|Act Amendment Act|1938    |1939    |                   |
|1938             |        |        |                   |
|Local Government |14 of   |28 Jun  |1 Jul 1996         |
|(Consequential   |1996    |1996    |(see s. 2)         |
|Amendments) Act  |        |        |                   |
|1996 s. 4        |        |        |                   |
|Standardisation  |19 of   |28 Jun 2|11 Sep 2010 (see   |
|of Formatting    |2010    |010     |s. 2(b) and Gazette|
|Act 2010 s. 4 and|        |        |10 Sep 2010        |
|50               |        |        |p. 4341)           |