JERVIS BAY TERRITORY ACCEPTANCE ACT 1915

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JERVIS BAY TERRITORY ACCEPTANCE ACT 1915 - NOTES

Compilation Information

Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 Act No. 19 of 1915 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 22 October 2001
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 143 of 2001
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Preamble

WHEREAS the Commonwealth and the State of New South Wales (in this Act referred to as the State) have entered into an agreement, set out in the Schedule to this Act, for the surrender to and acceptance by the Commonwealth of the territory set out in the said agreement: And whereas it is desirable that the said agreement be ratified and confirmed and that the surrender of the territory be accepted by the Commonwealth: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

JERVIS BAY TERRITORY ACCEPTANCE ACT 1915
Notes to the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915

Note 1

The Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 19, 1915 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions

Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915	19, 1915	12 July 1915	4 Sept 1915 (see Gazette 1915, p. 1710)
Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay (Lands Acquisition) Act 1955	70, 1955	4 Nov 1955	16 Feb 1956 (see Gazette 1956, p. 472)	S. 7(2)
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Aboriginal Land Grant (Jervis Bay Territory) Act 1986	164, 1986	18 Dec 1986	15 Jan 1987	S. 3
A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988	109, 1988	6 Dec 1988	S. 32 (in part): 11 May 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S164) (a)	—
Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991	28, 1991	4 Mar 1991	S. 74(1): Royal Assent (b)	—
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	143, 2001	1 Oct 2001	2 Oct 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]

(a) The Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 was amended by section 32 only of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

(3) The remaining provisions of this Act (including the amendments made by Schedule 5) commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(b) The Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 was amended by subsection 74(1) only of the Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

S. 2A	ad. No. 109, 1988
S. 4	am. No. 216, 1973; No. 109, 1988
S. 4A	ad. No. 109, 1988
S. 4AA	ad. No. 143, 2001
Ss. 4B ,4C	ad. No. 109, 1988
S. 4D	ad. No. 109, 1988
	am. No. 28, 1991
Ss. 4E-4L	ad. No. 109, 1988
S. 5	rs. No. 164, 1986
S. 6	rep. No. 70, 1955

Note 2

S. 2—The Act of the Parliament of New South Wales which ratified and confirmed the agreement and surrendered the territory to the Commonwealth is the Seat of Government Surrender Act, 1915 (No. 9, 1915), which was assented to on 20 February 1915 and proclaimed to commence on 21 April 1915. See N.S.W. Gazette, 21 April 1915, p. 2362.

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 143, 2001)

4 Application of Amendments

(1): Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.
(2): For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.