SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ACCEPTANCE.
No. 12 of 1938.
An Act relating to the Territory for the Seat of
Government.
[Assented to 1st July, 1938.]
[Date
of commencement, 29th July, 1938.]
BE it enacted by the King’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 Seat of
Government Acceptance Act 1938.
(2.) The Seat
of Government Acceptance Act 1909, as amended by the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910, by the Judiciary Act 1927, and by the Seat
of Government (Administration) Act 1933 (as amended by the Statute Law Revision Act 1934), is in
this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act,
may be cited as the Seat of Government
Acceptance Act 1909–1938.
Acceptance
of Territory.
2. Section
five of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following
sub-section:—
“(3.) The Territory shall be known as the
Australian Capital Territory.”.