Australian Capital Territory
Public Place Names (Weston) Determination 2013 (No 1)

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Disallowable Instrument DI2013-79
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, notified 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 delegated officers of the Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate.

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 AMENDS the notice published in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. S24 dated 8 February 1978 by revoking one name, Unwin Place, as specified in the attached Schedule A. Development approval has been granted to extend the road to provide open-ended access to a new residential subdivision.  Changing the road type to a street is consistent with the Australian standard for rural and urban addressing.  

This instrument DETERMINES the names of eight roads in the Division of Weston as specified in the attached Schedule B and associated plan.  The theme for the naming of public places in Weston is artists.

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, has been considered as required by the Public Place Names Act 1989.

This instrument commemorates three women and five men.