Transfer of property of State
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Transfer of property of State
- Constitution of Australia
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Transfer of property of State
85. When any departments of the public service of a State is transferred to
the Commonwealth-
(i.) All property of the State of any kind, used exlcusively in connection
with the department, shall become vested in the Commonwealth; but, in
the case of the departments controlling customs and excise and bounties,
for such time only as the Governor-General in Council may declare to be
necessary:
(ii.) The Commonwealth may acquire any property of the State, of any kind
used, but not exclusively used in connection with the department; the
value thereof shall, if no agreement can be made, be ascertained in,
as nearly as may be, the anner in which the value of land, or of an
interest in land, taken by the State for public purposes is ascertained
under the law of the State in force at the establishment of the
Commonwealth:
(iii.) The Commonwealth shall compensate the State for the value of any
property passing ot the Commonwealth under this section; if no
agreement can be made as to the mode of compensation, it shall be
determined under laws to be made by the Parliament:
(iv.) The Commonweatlth shall, at the date of the transfer, assume the
current obligations of the State in respect of the department
transferred.
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