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SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ACCEPTANCE ACT 1909 - NOTES



Compilation Information

Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 Act No. 23 of 1909 as amended

This compilation was prepared on 13 November 2000
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 216 of 1973
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

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 First Schedule to this Act, for the surrender to and acceptance by the Commonwealth, for the purposes of the seat of government, or the territory (in this Act referred to as the Territory) now being part of the State and described in the Second Schedule to this Act:
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:

SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ACCEPTANCE ACT 1909
Notes to the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909

Note 1

The Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 (a) as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 23, 1909 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act

Number
and year


Date
of Assent


Date of commencement


Application, saving or transitional provisions


Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909


23, 1909


13 Dec 1909


22 Jan 1910 (see Gazette 1910, p. 43)



Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910


25, 1910


25 Nov 1910


1 Jan 1911


Ss. 3 and 4


Judiciary Act 1927


9, 1927


8 Apr 1927


2 Sep 1929 (see Gazette 1929,p. 1854)


S. 7


Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1933


4, 1933


30 May 1933


30 May 1933


Ss. 4-6 and 8


Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1938


12, 1938


1 July 1938


29 July 1938


—


Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay (Lands Acquisition) Act 1955


70, 1955


4 Nov 1955


16 Feb 1956 (see Gazette 1956, p. 472


S. 4(2)


Statute Law Revision Act 1973


216, 1973


19 Dec 1973


31 Dec 1973


Ss. 9(1) and 10


(a) This citation is provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation Act 1976.
As to the application of some of the sections of this Act to the Jervis Bay Territory, see section 4 of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915.

Table of Amendments

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 = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted


Provision affected


How affected


S. 5


am. No. 12, 1938; No. 216, 1973;


S. 6


am. No. 4, 1933


S. 8


rep. No. 9, 1927


S. 9


rep. No. 216, 1973


S 10


rep. No. 70, 1955


Note 2

S. 2—The Act of the Parliament of New South Wales which ratified and con- firmed the agreement and surrendered the Territory to the Commonwealth is the Seat of Government Surrender Act, 1909, (No. 14, 1909), which was assented to on 14 December 1909, and proclaimed to commence on 15 December 1909. See N.S.W. Gazette 15 December 1909, p. 6669.

Note 3

S. 3 and First Schedule—This agreement was varied by the agreement contained in the Schedule to the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1922, which is published separately.

Note 4

S. 5 (1)—The proclaimed day was 1 January 1911; see Gazette 1910, p. 1851.