Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915

The Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which followed the New South Wales Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915. The Act created the Territory of Jervis Bay, subject to the laws of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). While the Act's use of the language of "annexed" is sometimes interpreted as implying that the Jervis Bay Territory was to form part of the Federal Capital Territory, the accepted legal position is that it has been a legally distinct territory from its creation, despite being subject to FCT/ACT law and (prior to ACT self-government in 1988) being administratively treated as part of the FCT/ACT.^[8]

Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915
Parliament of Australia
Long title An Act to provide for the Acceptance of certain Territory Surrendered by the State of New South Wales to the Commonwealth
Citation	No. 19 of 1915
Territorial extent	Australia
Enacted by	Senate
Enacted	20 May 1915
Enacted by	House of Representatives
Enacted	8 July 1915
Royal assent	14 July 1915[1]
Legislative history
First chamber: Senate
Bill title	Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Bill
Introduced by	Edward Russell
First reading	13 May 1915[2]
Second reading	14 May 1915[3]
Third reading	20 May 1915[4]
Second chamber: House of Representatives
Bill title	Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Bill
Member(s) in charge	William Archibald
First reading	20 May 1915[5]
Second reading	8 July 1915[6]
Third reading	8 July 1915[7]
Amended by
No. 70 of 1955, No. 216 of 1973, No. 164 of 1986, No. 109 of 1988 (consequential of No. 106 of 1988), No. 28 of 1991, No. 143 of 2001
Related legislation
Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915 (No. 9 of 1915 (NSW))
Summary
Allows for the transfer of the land now known as the Jervis Bay Territory from New South Wales to the Commonwealth.
Status: Amended

See also

• History of the Australian Capital Territory
• Territorial evolution of Australia

References

1. "ParlInfo - Search Results".
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8. Benjamin Spagnolo (22 October 2015). The Continuity of Legal Systems in Theory and Practice. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-84946-884-8. While the Jervis Bay Territory was constituted as a separate Territory on acceptance by the Commonwealth, it was 'annexed' to the Federal Capital Territory, to the extent that the laws there in force from time to time were 'applied' in the still legally distinct Jervis Bay Territory.

Further reading

• National Archives of Australia - Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915
• Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 (NO. 19, 1915) (as passed)
• JERVIS BAY TERRITORY ACCEPTANCE ACT 1915 (consolidated version, incorporating subsequent amendments)