South Australia

Geographical Names (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2006

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Geographical Names Act 1991.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Geographical Names Act 1991

4 Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

5 Amendment of section 6—Functions of Minister

6 Amendment of section 7—Power of Minister to delegate

7 Repeal of Part 2 Division 3

8 Amendment of section 11B—Assignment of geographical name

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Geographical Names (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2006.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Geographical Names Act 1991

4—Amendment of section 3—Interpretation

Section 3, definition of the Committee—delete the definition

5—Amendment of section 6—Functions of Minister

Section 6(2)—delete "and the Committee"

6—Amendment of section 7—Power of Minister to delegate

Section 7(1)(b)—delete paragraph (b)

7—Repeal of Part 2 Division 3

Part 2 Division 3—delete the Division

8—Amendment of section 11B—Assignment of geographical name

Section 11B—after subsection (4) insert:

(5) If a division or amalgamation of allotments of land does not result in a change of address of any allotment involved in the division or amalgamation, the Minister need not comply with subsection (2) in altering the boundary of a place in respect of which a geographical name has been assigned or approved under this Act so as to align it with a boundary of an allotment of land resulting from the division or amalgamation.

(6) Subsection (5) applies in relation to a division or amalgamation of allotments of land occurring before or after the commencement of that subsection.