AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY AND
JERVIS
BAY
(LANDS ACQUISITION).
No. 70 of 1955.
An Act relating to the
Acquisition of Land in the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay
Territory and Dealings with Land so Acquired.
[Assented
to 4th November, 1955.]
BE it
enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows :—
Short
title and citation.
1. This
Act may be cited as the Australian Capital Territory and
Jervis Bay (Lands Acquisition) Act 1955.
Commencement.
2. This
Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.
Amendment
of Seat of Government Act1908.
3.—(1.) Section six of the Seat of Government Act 1908 is repealed.
(2.) The Seat of Government Act 1908, as amended by this
section, may be cited as the Seat of Government Act 1908-1955.
Amendment
of Seat of GovernmentAcceptance Act1909-1938.
4.—(1.)Section
ten of the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909-1938 is repealed.
(2.) Notwithstanding the last preceding sub-section, the provisions of the Lands
Acquisition Act 1906-1936. as applied by section ten of the Seat of Government
Acceptance Act 1909-1938, continue to apply in relation to the
acquisition of land acquired, or agreed to he acquired, before the commencement
of this Act, in pursuance of the first-mentioned Act as so applied.
(3.) The Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909-1938, as amended by this
section, may be cited as the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909-1955.
Amendments
of Seat ofGovernment(Administration) Act1910-1947.
5.—(1.) After section seven of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910-1947 the following section is inserted
:—
Resumption
of land held under Crown leases.
“7a. The
application of the Lands Acquisition Act
1955 in relation to land in the Territory does not prevent or affect the making
or operation of a provision of an Ordinance or other law of the Territory
(including an Ordinance or other law made before the commencement of this
section) for or in relation to the resumption of land held under leases granted
by or on behalf of the Crown in accordance with the provisions of those leases
or otherwise on just terms.”.
(2.) Section nine a of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910-1947 is repealed and the
following section inserted in its stead :—
Dealings
with Grown lands.
“9a. The
application of the Lands Acquisition Act
1955 in
relation to land in the Territory does not prevent or affect the making or
operation of a provision of an Ordinance or other law of the Territory
(including an Ordinance or other law made before the commencement of this
section) by virtue of which—
(a) lands in the Territory acquired by or
vested in the Commonwealth may be disposed of or otherwise dealt with ;
(b) instruments, receipts and other
documents in relation to any such lands may be executed ; or
(c) rights, duties and liabilities in
relation to any such lands are or may be acquired, conferred or imposed.”.
(3.) Section ten of
the Seat of Government (Administration)
Act 1910-1947and
the heading to that section are repealed.
(4.) An Ordinance made before the commencement of
this Act under the Seat of Government (Administration)
Act 1910, or under that Act as amended at any time, or
regulations made before the commencement of this Act under such an Ordinance,
containing provisions for or in relation to the resumption of land held under
leases granted by or on behalf of the Crown shall not be deemed to have been,
at any time before the commencement of this Act, invalid in whole or in part by
reason of the provisions made by any Act for the acquisition of land in the
Territory known, at the date of commencement of this Act, as the Australian
Capital Territory or in the Jervis Bay Territory.
(5.) The Seat of
Government (Administration)
Act 1910-1947, as amended by this section, may be cited as the Seat
of Government (Administration)
Act 1910-1955.
Amendment of Seat of Government (Administration) Act1930-1935.
6.—(1.) Section seven of the Seat
of Government (Administration) Act
1930-1935 is
amended by omitting sub-section (1a.).
(2.) The Seat of
Government (Administration)
Act 1930-1935, as amended by this section, may be cited as the Seat
of Government (Administration)
Act 1930-1955.
Amendment
of Jervis BayTerritory Acceptance Act 1915.
7.—(1.) Section six of the Jervis
Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915
is repealed.
(2.) Notwithstanding the last preceding
sub-section, the provisions of the Lands
Acquisition Act 1906-1936, as applied by section six of the Jervis
Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915, continue to apply in relation
to the acquisition of land acquired, or agreed to be acquired, before the
commencement of this Act, in pursuance of the first- mentioned Act as so
applied.
(3.) The Jervis
Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915, as amended by this section,
may be cited as the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act
1915