Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NORTHERN TERRITORY ACCEPTANCE ACT 1910 - PREAMBLE

Preamble

WHEREAS by certain Letters Patent of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, bearing date the sixth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and signed by warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual, the Northern Territory as defined in this Act was annexed to the Province of South Australia:

And whereas by the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act the Province of South Australia, including the Northern Territory of South Australia, became a part of the Commonwealth by the name of the State of South Australia:

And whereas by the Constitution it is provided that the Parliament may make laws for the government of any territory surrendered by any State to and accepted by the Commonwealth:

And whereas the Commonwealth and the State of South Australia have entered into an Agreement for the surrender to and acceptance by the Commonwealth of the Northern Territory, subject to approval by the Parliaments of the Commonwealth and of the said State:

And whereas the Parliament of the State of South Australia has by an Act intituled "The Northern Territory Surrender Act 1907" approved of the said Agreement:

And whereas it is desirable to approve and ratify the said Agreement, and to provide for the acceptance by the Commonwealth of the Northern Territory, and to make provision for the carrying out of the Agreement:

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: