Australian Capital Territory
Public Place Names (Harrison) Determination 2007 (No 2)

Arial 12pt, bold

Disallowable instrument DI2007 - 104
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.

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.

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.

This Instrument:

AMENDS DI2006-176 notified on page 7 of that Instrument’s attached schedule and associated plan on 13 July 2006 by omitting the name Whiskey Bay Street; and 
DETERMINES the name of the public place that is Territory land as specified in the attached schedule and as indicated on the 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 a natural Australian Geographic Feature.