Seat of Government – Acceptance Act 1922 (Cth)

Act No. 28, assented to on the 18th October 1922, was an Act designed to ” . . . ratify an Agreement for the variation of the Agreement for the Surrender and Acceptance of territory for the purposes of the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth.”

To quote directly from the Act, this document was designed to rectify errors and ‘misdescriptions’ of the previous agreements:

” . . . WHEREAS on the eighteenth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and nine, the Commonwealth and the State of New South Wales (in this Act referred to as “the State”) entered into an Agreement (in this Act referred to as “the Agreement”) for the surrender to and acceptance by the Commonwealth, of territory for the purposes of the Seat of Government, subject to approval by the Parliaments of the Commonwealth and of the State and the passing of legislation by the said Parliaments ratifying and confirming the Agreement:

And whereas by an Act intituled the “Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909” the Parliament of the State ratified and confirmed the Agreement:

And whereas by an Act intituled the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 the Parliament of the Commonwealth ratified and confirmed the Agreement:

And whereas certain errors and misdescriptions exist in the descriptions of lands set forth in clause five of the Agreement:

And whereas the Commonwealth and the State have entered into an Agreement (in this Act referred to as “the amending Agreement”) subject to approval, ratification and confirmation by the Parliaments of the Commonwealth and of the State, to vary the Agreement with a view to correcting the errors and misdescriptions existing in clause five of the Agreement:

And whereas it is desirable that the amending Agreement should be approved ratified and confirmed:⎯
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: ⎯

1. This Act may be cited as the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1922. [Short title and
citation.]
2. This Act shall commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation, after the Parliament of the State has passed an Act ratifying and confirming the amending Agreement.
[Commencement.]
3. The amending Agreement, which is set out in the Schedule to this Act, is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed. [Ratification of amending Agreement.] . . . “

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