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CROWN LAND (PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT REDEVELOPMENT) BILL 2009
AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE PARLIAMENT HOUSE ACT 1962
The parliament square Site comprises of eight buildings and part of the
Parliamentary Annex. The Site is bordered by Murray Street, Davey Street,
Salamanca Place and Parliament House.
The sale and redevelopment of the parliament square Site is being managed by the
Department of Treasury and Finance via a three stage tender process. The third and
final stage of the process is planned to close on 6 April 2009, with a preferred
developer to be identified in July 2009.
Extensive consultation has been carried out throughout the process (and will
continue throughout the remainder) including the general public and local business
groups to ensure the concerns and expectations of those groups are understood.
Parliamentary Services who are represented on the Project's Reference Group has
been extensively consulted throughout the Project to ensure that the future
accommodation needs of Parliament House are met, including the adequacies of
replacement office accommodation on the redevelopment Site, due to the part
removal of the Parliamentary Annex.
Following successful negotiations with the preferred developer for the sale of the
Site, Government will be required to provide the developer with clear title for the
redevelopment area, which will conclude the sale and allow the redevelopment
process to commence.
Consultation with the Department of Primary Industries and Water (Crown Land
Services) and Crown Law has identified two specific issues that may prevent clear
title being issued:
1. The ability to remove all doubt that there are no proclamations outstanding
that may restrict the particular usage of a component of the Site that may not
be suitable to any future redevelopment opportunity; and
2. The lack of clarity of those definitive land areas and improvements that are
directly related to Parliament House and in particular those areas currently
outlined in Section 2 of the Parliament House Act 1962.
To remove doubt as to the extent of those issues raised above, the Crown Land
(Parliamentary Precinct Redevelopment) Bill 2009, will:
1. Expunge any outstanding proclamations on the redevelopment Site which is
shown as Lot 1 on the Site plan attached (Attachment A), allowing for clear
title to issued for this component of the Site;
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2. Similarly, expunge any outstanding proclamations to the laneway shown as
Lot 2 on the Site plan attached (Attachment A), which will place the laneway
rightly in the name and control of the Crown; and
3. Allow for easements to be created (under the Lands Titles Act 1980) and in
particular to the laneway to ensure the continued security, access and the
provision of infrastructure and services requirements to Parliament House, and
to allow access to the redevelopment Site.
A minor consequential amendment must be made to the Parliament House Act 1962,
and in particular Section 2 which outlines those lands and improvements that are
directly related to Parliament House. This amendment will:
a. Provide clarity to the actual extent of the land and improvements that relate to
Parliament House and grounds.
b. Provide an appropriate set back from the rear of Parliament House to the
redevelopment Site to provide for any future activities to the rear of Parliament
House; and
c. Allow the shared laneway access for the operations of Parliament House and
the redevelopment Site.
Those lands and improvements directly relating to Parliament House, as intended by
the consequential amendment to be made to the Parliament House Act 1962 (and in
particular Section 2) are shown as Lot 3 on the attached Site plan (Attachment A).