South Australia
National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949
An Act to vest in the Corporation of the City of Adelaide the care, control, and management of the National Soldiers Memorial and for incidental purposes.

Contents
Preamble
1	Short title
2	Control of National Soldiers Memorial
3	By-laws
Legislative history

Preamble
WHEREAS by section 3 of the Government House Domain Dedication Act 1927 it is provided that a certain piece of land therein described is dedicated for the purpose of being used as a site for the National Soldiers Memorial and for purposes incidental thereto and that the said land is reserved for all time for the said purposes and shall not be used for any other purpose: AND WHEREAS it is desirable that, subject to the dedication and reservation aforesaid, the care, control and management of the said land should be vested in the Corporation of the City of Adelaide:

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:
1—Short title
This Act may be cited as the National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949.
2—Control of National Soldiers Memorial
	(1)	The care, control, and management of the piece of land in the hundred of Adelaide, shown in the plan signed "J. H. McNamara, Surveyor-General", and deposited in the Land Office on the twenty-sixth day of August, 1934, and numbered No. 316, which said piece of land is therein marked "Site for Soldiers' Memorial" shall be vested in the Corporation of the City of Adelaide.
	(2)	Nothing in this Act shall restrict the operation of section 3 of the Government House Domain Dedication Act 1927 and the said land shall for all time continue to be dedicated and reserved as provided in the said section.
	(3)	Nothing in this Act shall impose upon the Corporation of the City of Adelaide any obligation in respect of the maintenance, lighting or cleansing of any building on the said land.
3—By-laws
	(1)	The Municipal Council of the City of Adelaide may make by-laws for all or any of the following purposes:
	I.	For the protection and management of the said land and any buildings and other improvements thereon:
	II.	For securing orderly and decent behaviour on the part of persons upon the said land and otherwise for regulating the conduct of persons upon the said land:
	III.	Prescribing penalties recoverable summarily and not exceeding forty dollars for breach of any by-law.
	(2)	All by-laws made pursuant to this section shall be made in manner prescribed by the provisions of Division 1 of Part 39 of the Local Government Act 1934 and the said provisions shall apply in respect of every such by-law.
	(3)	The power given by this section shall be in addition to any other power to make by-laws which may be exercised by the Municipal Council of the City of Adelaide.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text.
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.
Principal Act and amendments
New entries appear in bold.
Year	No	Title	Assent	Commencement	
1949	38	National Soldiers Memorial Act 1949	24.11.1949	24.11.1949	
2016	3	Government House Precinct Land Dedication Act 2016	3.3.2016	Sch 2 (cll 2 & 3)—uncommenced