NAVAL AND MILITARY WORKS ORDINANCE, 1906

NAVAL AND MILITARY WORKS ORDINANCE, 1906

No. 8 of 1906.

An Ordinance to authorize the construction and maintenance
of certain naval and military works upon and over certain
Portions of the Crown foreshore and sea bed.

[29th June, 1906]

1. This Ordinance. may be cited as the Naval and Military
Works Ordinance, 1906.

2.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Admiralty to construct upon
and over the Crown foreshore and bed of the sea between Alurray
Pier and Arsenal Street in Victoria the works shown and
delineated generally in red upon a plan signed by Archibald
Deacon Shortridge, Esquire, Superintendent Civil Engineer of
such works, and countersigned by theDirector of Public Works,
dated the 12th day of April, 1906, and deposited in the office of
the Director of Public Works.

As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939.
Works interfering with works authorized by this Ordinance are excluded
from the Public Reclamations (Validation and Clauses) Ordinance,
1936 : see No. 40 of 1936, s. 12.





(2) The Admiralty may make such alterations in the said
works as they may deem expedient so long as such works, so
altered, do not extend beyond the limits shown in red on the
said plan and marked ' Harbour Boundary ', ' Eastern
Boundary ' and ' Western Boundary ' respectively.

(3) During the construction of the said works, such coffer-
dams, stagings and other accessory works as may be necessary
or convenient for the execution of the said works may be
temporarily constructed and maintained within the limits specified
in sub-section (2).

(4) Such works when constructed may be maintained so
long as they may be required for the use of His Majesty's services.

3. A duplicate of the said plan signed and countersigned as
aforesaid shall be deposited in the Land Office.

4. So far as the said works (including any accessory works)
have heretofore been constructed and maintained, such con-
struction and maintenance is hereby validated and legalized,
for all intents and purposes, as if the same had been duly effected
under this Ordinance.

5. All public rights, privileges and easements in, upon and
over such portions of the Crown foreshore and sea bed as are
or shall be occupied by the said works are hereby determined
and shall be deemed to have ceased to exist prior to the com-
mencement of the said works.

6. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to affect the
said works except so far as they are upon or over the said
foreshore or sea bed.

7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be in derogation of any
of the powers or rights of the Crown in respect of the said
foreshore or sea bed.

No. 9 of 1906, incorporated in No. 3 of 1906.

No. 10 of 1906, repealed by- No. 34 of 1910.
[Originally No. 8 of 1906.] Short title. Authority to construct and maintain certain works over the foreshore and sea bed. Duplicate plan. Past work legalized. Determination of certain public rights. Ordinance only to affect works over foreshore and sea bed. Saving of rights of the Crown.

[Originally No. 8 of 1906.] Short title. Authority to construct and maintain certain works over the foreshore and sea bed. Duplicate plan. Past work legalized. Determination of certain public rights. Ordinance only to affect works over foreshore and sea bed. Saving of rights of the Crown.

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