Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SCOUT ASSOCIATION ACT 1924 - PREAMBLE

Preamble

WHEREAS the Scout Association (in this Act referred to as the Association ) was duly incorporated under the name of the Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by Royal Charter granted on 4 January 1912:

AND WHEREAS the Association has the power under the said Charter to form Local Branches and Committees in all parts of His Majesty's Dominions, and to apply for and exercise any powers obtained under any Supplementary Charter or Act of Parliament, Imperial or Colonial, and whether Federal or Provincial which may be deemed expedient for any of the purposes of the Association:

AND WHEREAS for providing and maintaining an efficient organization for promoting the objects of the Association, various Local Branches, including the Scout Association of Australia which was duly incorporated under the name of the Australian Boy Scouts Association by Royal Charter granted on  23 August 1967, have been formed under the power aforesaid in Australia:

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to protect the Association and the Local Branches thereof in 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: