AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

PUBLIC PLACE NAMES ACT 1989

NO. 14 OF 2002

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

The Public Place Names Act 1989 provides for the naming of divisions and public places and, in particular, section 3 empowers the Minister to determine in writing published in the ACT Legislation Register, the name of a division or public place.

Pursuant to section 5 of the Administration Act 1989, the Minister has delegated the power under the Public Place Names Act 1989 to name a division or public place to the Executive Director, Planning and Land Management, Department of Urban Services.

The attached Schedule to the Instrument, together with the accompanying plan, details the name, origin and significance of the new street name in the Division of Nicholls.