AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

PUBLIC PLACE NAMES ACT 1989

DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT DI 2002-24

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, by notice published in the ACT Legislation Register, to determine 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.

Section 27 of the Interpretation Act 1967 specifies that where an Act confers a power on a person to make an Instrument then, unless the contrary intention appears, that person has the further power to revoke that Instrument.

This Instrument revokes Instrument No. 101 published in ACT Government Gazette No. 22 of 31 May 2001.  The attached Schedule of this Instrument, together with the accompanying plan, detail the name and significance of the new street name in the Division of O'Connor.