SEAT
OF GOVERNMENT (ADMINISTRATION).
No. 86 of 1939.
An Act to amend the Seat of
Government (Administration) Act 1910–1933, and for other purposes.
[Assented to 15th December, 1939.]
[Date
of commencement. 12th January, 1940.]
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 (Administration) Act 1939.
(2.) The Seat
of Government (Administration) Act 1910–1933 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
(Administration) Act 1910–1939.
Definition.
2. In this
Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
“the Territory” means the Australian Capital
Territory and includes the Territory accepted by the Commonwealth in pursuance
of the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance
Act 1915, and described in the agreement contained in the Schedule to that
Act.
3. After section nine of the Principal Act the
following section is inserted:—
Power
to dispose of Commonwealth lands.
“9a. Notwithstanding
anything contained in any other Act, but subject to this Act, all lands in the Territory
acquired by or vested in the Commonwealth may be disposed of, and instruments, receipts
and other documents in relation to those lands may be executed, in accordance
with any Ordinance or other law for the time being in force in relation to such
disposal or execution.”.
Ordinances.
4. Section
twelve of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (2.) and inserting in
its stead the following paragraph:—
“(b) take effect—
(i) from the date of notification;
(ii) where another date (whether before or
after the date of notification) is specified in the Ordinance, from the date
specified; or
(iii) where the Ordinance so provides, from
such date as is fixed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette; and”.
Validation
leases, &c.
5. Where,
prior to the commencement of this Act, any Minister, the Federal Capital
Commission constituted under the Seat of
Government (Administration) Act 1924–1929, or the
Commissioner for Housing appointed under any Ordinance in force in the
Territory relating to housing, purported, in pursuance of any provision of any Ordinance
or other law for the time being in force in relation to land in the Territory,
to lease any such land or to execute any instrument, receipt or other document
in relation to such land, the lease shall be deemed to have been duly granted,
and every such instrument, receipt or other document shall be deemed to have
been duly executed, if granted or executed in accordance with such Ordinance or
other law, and shall be deemed to be and at all times to have been as valid and
effectual for all purposes as if this Act had been in force at the date of the
grant or of the execution.
Validation
of commencement dates of Ordinances.
6. Where in
any Ordinance made under the Seat of
Government (Administration) Act 1910, or under that Act as
subsequently amended, it is provided that the Ordinance shall commence on a date
to be fixed by notice in the Gazette,