AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

PUBLIC PLACE NAMES ACT 1989

PUBLIC PLACE NAMES 2002, NO. 7 (Street Nomenclature - Nicholls)

DISALLOWABLE INSTRUMENT DI2002-133

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

I revoke Instrument No. 286 published in the Gazette No. 35 of 31 August 2000.  

I determine the street name in the Division of Nicholls as specified in the attached schedule and as indicated on the attached plan.

The Public Place Names Act 1989 provides for the naming of divisions and, in particular, section 3 empowers the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, 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 the instrument.