Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997

Proclamation under the Corrections Act 1997

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under section 9(1) of the Corrections Act 1997  –

(a) declare  the premises described in Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be a prison; and

(b) revoke the proclamation made under the Prison Act 1868 and published in the Gazette on 15 June 1937 which appointed and established the Kilderry Farm Gaol; and

(c) revoke the proclamation notified in the Gazette as Statutory Rules 1983, No. 138; and

(d) declare that this proclamation takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

31 May 2010

PETER G. UNDERWOOD

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

NICK McKIM

Minister for Corrections and Consumer Protection

SCHEDULE 1 - Hayes Prison Farm

Those premises (not including Lot 1) comprising about 588.9 hectares, shown as Lot 2 and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 8896 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Schedule 2 to this proclamation.

SCHEDULE 2 - Plan

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 9 June 2010

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the proclamation)

This proclamation declares the Hayes Prison Farm (previously known as the Kilderry Farm Gaol) to be a prison.