Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
Compilation Information
This compilation was prepared on 1 November 2000
taking into account
amendments up to Act No. 96 of 1997
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 by certain Letters Patent of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing
date the sixth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and
signed by warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual, the Northern Territory as
defined in this Act was annexed to the Province of South Australia:
And whereas by the Constitution Act the Province of South Australia, including
the Northern Territory of South Australia, became a part of the Commonwealth by
the name of the State of South Australia:
And whereas by the Constitution it is provided that the Parliament may make
laws for the government of any territory surrendered by any State to and
accepted by the Commonwealth:
And whereas the Commonwealth and the State of South Australia have entered into
an Agreement for the surrender to and acceptance by the Commonwealth of the
Northern Territory, subject to approval by the Parliaments of the Commonwealth
and of the said State:
And whereas the Parliament of the State of South Australia has by an Act
intituled "The Northern Territory Surrender Act 1907" approved of the said
Agreement:
And whereas it is desirable to approve and ratify the said Agreement, and to
provide for the acceptance by the Commonwealth of the Northern Territory, and
to make provision for the carrying out of the Agreement:
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:
Note 1
The Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 as shown in this
compilation comprises Act No. 20, 1910 amended as indicated in the Tables
below.
All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional
provisions prior to 30 June 1997 is not included in this compilation. For
subsequent information see Table A.
Table of Acts
Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 |
20, 1910 |
16 Nov 1910 |
1 Jan 1911(see Gazette 1910, p. 1901) |
|
Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1919 |
24, 1919 |
28 Oct 1919 |
1 Jan 1920 (see Gazette 1919, p. 2486) |
— |
Northern Australia Act 1926 |
16, 1926 |
4 June 1926 |
1 Feb 1927 (see Gazette 1927, p. 137) |
— |
Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1952 |
13, 1952 |
30 May 1952 |
27 June 1952 |
— |
Statute Law Revision Act 1973 |
216, 1973 |
19 Dec 1973 |
31 Dec 1973 |
Ss. 9(1) and 10 |
Tarcoola to Alice Springs Railway Act 1974 |
86, 1974 |
18 Oct 1974 |
24 Jan 1975 (see Gazette 1975, No. S10, p. 1) |
— |
Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997 |
96, 1997 |
30 June 1997 |
Schedule 4 (items 8, 9): 1 Nov 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S562) (a) |
Sch. 4 (item 9) [see Table A] |
(a) The Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 8) only of the Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997, subsection 2(5) of which provides as follows:
(5) The remaining items of Schedule 3 and Schedule 4 commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. The day must not be earlier than the later of the day proclaimed for the purposes of subsection (2) and the day proclaimed for the purposes of subsection (3).
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |
|---|---|
Provision affected |
How affected |
S. 3 |
rep. No. 216, 1973 |
Ss. 8, 9 |
rep. No. 16, 1926 |
S. 10 |
am. No. 13, 1952 |
Ss. 11-13 |
rep. No. 16, 1926 |
S. 14 |
am. No. 24, 1919; No. 86, 1974; NO. 96, 1997 |
S. 16 |
rep. No. 216, 1973 |
S. 18 |
rep. No. 216, 1973 |
The Schedule—The Agreement set forth in the Schedule has been varied by a further Agreement which is set forth in the Schedule to the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1919. A reprint of the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1919 is published separately.
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Australian National Railways Commission Sale Act 1997 (No. 96, 1997)
Schedule 4
9 Transitional—agreement
After the commencement of this item, the Northern Territory Acceptance Act 1910 applies as if paragraphs (1)(g) and (h) of the Agreement set out in the Schedule to that Act were omitted.