AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

PUBLIC PLACE NAMES ACT 1989

Public Place Names 2002, No. 9 (Street Nomenclature – Banks)

Disallowable Instrument DI2002-178

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.

Section 46 of the Legislation Act 2001 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 amend or repeal that Instrument.

Schedule A of the Determination details the names, origins and significance of new street names in the Division of Banks.  

Schedule B of the Determination revokes three existing street names.  These names have been redetermined to indicate their full extents (refer Schedule A).