NORTHERN TERRITORY (ADMINISTRATION).
No. 71
of 1955.
An Act
to amend the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1953,
and for other purposes.
[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.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Northern
Territory (Administration) Act 1955.
(2.) The Northern Territory (Administration)
Act 1910–1953, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Northern
Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1955.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on a date
to be fixed by Proclamation.
3.—(1.) Section nine of the Northern Territory
(Administration) Act 1910–1953 is repealed and the following
section inserted in its stead:—
Application of Lands Acquisition Act 1955.
“9.—(1.) In the application of the Lands Acquisition
Act 1955 in relation to land in the Territory, a reference in that Act to
the Minister for the time being administering that Act shall be read as a
reference to the Minister for the time being administering this Act.
“(2.) 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.) Notwithstanding the last preceding
sub-section, the provisions of the Lands Acquisition Act 1906–1936, as
applied by section nine of the Northern Territory (Administration)
Act 1910–1953, 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.) It is hereby declared that the reference to
any public purpose in section nine of the Northern Territory (Administration)
Act 1910, or of that Act as amended at any time before the commencement
of this Act, included a reference to any purpose in relation to the Northern
Territory.
4.Section
eleven aof
the Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1910–1953 is
repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Dealings with Crown lands.
“11a. 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.”.
Saving in relation to the
Lands Acquisition Ordinance and the Darwin Lands Acquisition Act.
5. The repeal of the Lands Acquisition Act 1906–1936
by the Lands Acquisition Act 1955 shall not be deemed to affect the
operation of the Lands Acquisition Ordinance 1911–1926 of the Northern
Territory of Australia or the Darwin Lands Acquisition Act 1945 in
relation to the acquisition of land acquired, or agreed to be acquired, before
the commencement of this Act.
Validation of certain
Ordinances.
6. The Lands Acquisition Ordinance