Australian Capital Territory
Public Place Names (Red Hill) Determination 2005 
(No 1)

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Disallowable instrument DI2005 - 253
made under the 
Public Place Names Act 1989— section 3 (Minister to determine names)

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 254A of the Legislation Act 2001 the Minister has delegated the power, under the Public Place Names Act 1989, to name a division or public place to the Chief Planning Executive, ACT Planning and Land Authority.

Section 46 of the Legislation Act 2001 specifies that power given under an Act to make an instrument includes the power to amend or repeal the instrument.

This instrument REVOKES DI1990-3 notified in Australian Capital Territory Special Gazette No. S36 on 21 June 1990 as shown on the attached schedule A; 

and 

DETERMINES a new park name in the Division of Red Hill as specified in the attached schedule B and associated plan.

The number of women and men after whom divisions or public places have been named in the last 10 years, and whether the names of women are well-represented, have been considered as required by the Public Place Names Act 1989.

This instrument commemorates the navigators of Australia’s shores.