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1966 Districts No. 5 275 DISTRICTS No. 5 of 1966 An Ordinance to provide for the Division and Description of Land in the Territory. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Districts Ordinance short uue. 1966.* 2. This Ordinance shall come into operation on a date to be commence- fixed by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette, f 3. The Districts Ordinance 1927 and the Districts Ordinance ****• 1949 are repealed. 4.—(1.) In this Ordinance, unless the contrary intention imerpretatioD. appears— " deposited plan " means a plan prepared and lodged with the Registrar in accordance with section 7 of this Ordinance; " district" means a district referred to in the next suc ceeding section; " the Registrar " means the person for the time being performing the duties of the Registrar of Titles under the Real Property Ordinance 1925-1963. (2.) In the Schedule to this Ordinance— (a) a reference to a Deposited Plan by number shall be read as a reference to a lodged plan so called and numbered in the office of the Registrar; and (b) a reference to land formerly in the State of New South Wales shall be read as a reference to land in that State immediately before the acceptance of that land as part of the Territory. 5.—(1.) The Territory is divided into districts to be Districts. known, respectively, as Canberra City, Woden, Belconnen, Gun- gahlin, Stromlo, Kowen, Hall, Lanyon, Coree, Paddys River, Cotter River, Tennent, Rendezvous Creek, Booth and Mount Clear. * Made on 25 March, 1966; notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 31 March, 1966. t The date fixed was 12 May, 1966; see Commonwealth Gazette, 12 May, 1966, p. 2399. Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 276 No. 5 Districts 1966 (2.) The boundaries of each district are the boundaries respectively set out in the Schedule to this Ordinance in relation to that district. Divisions, 6—(1.) The Minister may, by deposited plan, divide a sections and blocks of district or portion of a district into divisions, or into sections or districts. blocks. (2.) The Minister may, by deposited plan, divide a division of a district or portion of a division of a district into sections or blocks. (3.) The Minister may, by deposited plan, divide a section or portion of a section of a division of a district into blocks. (4.) The boundaries of each such division, section or block of a district are as delineated in the deposited plan by which the district, division or section is formed under this Ordinance. (5.) The Minister shall give each division, section or block that is formed by deposited plan under this Ordinance a dis tinguishing number or name. (6.) The Minister may, by deposited plan, alter the boun daries or the distinguishing number or name of a division, section or block that is so formed in pursuance of this Ordinance. Deposited plans. 7.—(1.) For the purposes of this Ordinance, the Minister shall cause a plan to be prepared setting out the boundaries of, and the distinguishing number or name given by him to, each division, section or block that is formed by deposited plan under this Ordinance. (2.) A plan so prepared shall be presented for lodging at the office of the Registrar. (3.) The Registrar shall not accept a plan in respect of land the description of which includes a reference to a district, division, section or block for lodging as a deposited plan unless the Commonwealth Surveyor-General has certified on the plan to the effect that the plan has been prepared in accordance with this Ordinance and that the land is correctly so described. (4.) The Registrar shall endorse or cause to be endorsed on each plan accepted for lodging the time and date of lodging, the words " deposited plan " and a consecutive number in order of lodging. Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 1966 Districts No. 5 277 (5.) The Registrar shall sign a plan that is accepted for lodging and endorsed as provided by this section, or cause to be affixed to such a plan a stamp that is a facsimile of his signa ture, and the plan thereupon becomes a deposited plan. (6.) Where the Minister, by an amending deposited plan, alters the boundaries or the number or name of a division, section or block, the Registrar shall endorse or cause to be endorsed on the deposited plan affected by the alteration a note to the effect that the plan has been amended by the specified amending deposited plan on the date of the lodging of the amending deposited plan in accordance with this Ordinance. (7.) A deposited plan is, unless the contrary is approved, evidence of the measurements and boundaries of the areas of land shown on it. 8. Subject to the Real Property Ordinance 1925-1963, the Description of description of a parcel of land by the number or name of the purposes of block, section or division, as the case requires, in accordance dealmgs- with the deposited plan on which the parcel of land is shown, and the name of the district in which the land is situated, is a sufficient description of the parcel of land for the purposes of dealings with that land. 9.—(1.) Where a deposited plan is lodged in accordance Alterations of with this Ordinance and the original of an instrument relating to instruments. a parcel of land shown in that deposited plan (being an instru ment the duplicate of which is bound in the Register Book kept under the Real Property Ordinance 1925-1963) is presented to the Registrar, the Registrar shall make such entries, cancellations and corrections on that original instrument, on its duplicate in the Register Book, and on each relevant endorsement on those instruments, as he considers necessary so as to describe that parcel of land by reference to the number or name of the district, division, section or block, as the case may be, by which that parcel of land is described in that deposited plan. (2.) The Registrar shall endorse each such altered instru ment with a reference to the date of making the alteration and a note to the effect that the instrument has been altered in accordance with this Ordinance and shall sign the endorsement or cause to be affixed to the endorsement a stamp that is a facsimile of his signature. 10. A person may, upon application to the Registrar, Inspection of insoect a deposited plan at the office of the Registrar at any time deposited plaM' during the office hours prescribed by the Registrar of Titles (Office Hours) Regulations made under the Real Property Ordinance 1925-1963. Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au No. 5 Districts 1966 THE SCHEDULE Section * DISTRICT BOUNDARIES CANBERRA CITY DISTRICT All that part of the Australian Capital Territory commencing at Crace Trigonometrical Station; and bounded thence by lines bearing 62 degrees 16 minutes 5 seconds for 2175.25 feet, 99 degrees 22 minutes 40 seconds for 451.56 feet, 358 degrees 0 minutes 20 seconds for 14.72 feet, 129 degrees 52 minutes 10 seconds for 2940.57 feet, 49 degrees 51 minutes 55 seconds for 1861.08 feet, 69 degrees 49 minutes 33 seconds for 1698.5 feet, 159 degrees 49 minutes 33 seconds for 1726.98 feet, 99 degrees 0 minutes 21 seconds for 1033 feet and 120 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds for 5080.52 feet to Majura Trigonometrical Station; thence by lines bearing 170 degrees for 39380.25 feet and 242 degrees 36 minutes 38 seconds for 6098.55 feet to Railway Trigonometrical Station; thence by a line bearing 242 degrees 36 minutes 38 seconds for 9036.85 feet to Quartz Trigonometrical Station; thence by a line bearing 294 degrees 14 minutes 41 seconds for 10497.84 feet to Mugga Mugga Trigonometrical Station; thence by lines bearing 221 degrees 57 minutes 12 seconds for 3758.4 feet, 166 degrees 21 minutes 2 seconds for 7860.68 feet, 253 degrees 28 minutes for 3643.09 feet, 249 degrees 52 minutes for 552.32 feet, 269 degrees 41 minutes for 380.33 feet, 280 degrees 56 minutes 40 seconds for 241.52 feet, 266 degrees 18 minutes 40 seconds for 198.29 feet, 258 degrees 5 minutes 30 seconds for 523.8 feet, 263 degrees 5 minutes 30 seconds for 549 feet, 321 degrees 32 minutes 20 seconds for 225.8 feet, 339 degrees 48 minutes 20 seconds for 421.79 feet, 334 degrees 30 minutes for 441 feet, 310 degrees 37 minutes 50 seconds for 237.64 feet, 289 degrees 3 minutes 50 seconds for 456.83 feet, 310 degrees 48 minutes 50 seconds for 322.44 feet, 320 degrees 9 minutes 40 seconds for 136.7 feet, 324 degrees 7 minutes 30 seconds for 505.35 feet, 295 degrees 44 minutes 6 seconds for 970.28 feet, 273 degrees 30 minutes for 819.57 feet, 268 degrees 42 minutes 40 seconds for 491.67 feet, 256 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds for 676.69 feet, 277 degrees 20 minutes for 1260.3 feet, 263 degrees 10 minutes for 438.85 feet, 242 degrees for 422.27 feet, 266 degrees 30 minutes for 254.18 feet, 294 degrees 10 minutes for 261.74 feet, 347 degrees 40 minutes for 566.09 feet, 19 degrees 30 minutes for 637.89 feet, 355 degrees 23 minutes for 999.45 feet, 334 degrees 0 minutes 50 seconds for 643.83 feet, 326 degrees 10 minutes for 937.81 feet, 340 degrees 45 minutes for 241.85 feet, 327 degrees 36 minutes 30 seconds for 297.24 feet, 324 degrees 36 minutes 30 seconds for 464.51 feet, 314 degrees 45 minutes 50 seconds for 20.62 feet, 321 degrees 53 minutes 20 seconds for 664.86 feet, 328 degrees 48 minutes for 447.36 feet, 333 degrees 49 minutes for 397.01 feet, 332 degrees 47 minutes for 948.24 feet, 336 degrees for 448.12 feet, 346 degrees for 623 feet, 0 degrees 41 minutes 40 seconds for 760.2 feet,