Unique IDAY-0026Description*** This activity applies to all Councils ***
Management and administration of the compulsory acquisition of land for public purposes, or other purposes permitted by law (such as clearance of housing designated as slums).
Although the City Council did not acquire the power to resume land until the early C20, land was resumed by the NSW Government during the C19 for Council purposes such as water supply (CRS19, Minutes of the Water Committee, records this from at least the 1870s).
CreationMoore Street Improvment Act, 1890 (s3).
Sydney Corporation Amendment Acts, 1900 (ss26-28) and 1905 (Part II).
Local Government Act 1919 Part XXV (for Councils other than the City of Sydney).
Start date1st January 1890Start date qualifiercircaEnd date1st January 1890Relationship legacy dataRELATED TO: Resumptions of land FN-0009 (01/01/1890)
RELATED TO: Suburban municipal government FN-0029 (03/08/1859 to 31/12/1948)
