Contents

Part I--Preliminary                                                                                                               1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

2A......... Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

Part II--Application of State Laws                                                                             2

3............ Certain State laws not to continue in Territory .................................... 2

4............ Effect of continuance of State laws ..................................................... 2

Part III--Application of Commonwealth Acts                                                     3

5............ Application of Fair Work Act 2009 ..................................................... 3

7A......... Resumption of land held under Crown leases ..................................... 3

8............ Postal and telegraphic rates and charges .............................................. 3

Part IV--Disposal of Crown lands                                                                              4

9............ Disposal of Crown lands .................................................................... 4

9A......... Dealings with Crown lands ................................................................. 4

Part V--Ordinances                                                                                                              5

12.......... Ordinances .......................................................................................... 5

12AA.... Ordinance not to be re-made while required to be tabled ..................... 8

12AB.... Ordinance not to be re-made while subject to disallowance ................ 9

12AC.... Disallowed Ordinance not to be re-made unless resolution rescinded or House approves        10

12AD.... Regulations, rules and by-laws ......................................................... 10

12AE..... Determinations of fees or charges ..................................................... 10

Part VI--Miscellaneous                                                                                                     12

12C....... Delegation by Minister ...................................................................... 12

12D....... Regulations ....................................................................................... 12

Schedule--Laws of the State of New South Wales which are not to continue in force in the Territory                                                                                                                                       13

Notes                                                                                                                                              15

  

Notes to the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910

Note 1

The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 25, 1910 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2006 (No. 1) (SLI 2006 No. 50). The amendments are incorporated in this compilation.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 24 November 2000 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was modified by the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (1989 No. 3 as amended) see Table B.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910	25, 1910	25 Nov 1910	1 Jan 1911 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1910, p. 1851)
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1924	8, 1924	23 July 1924	1 Jan 1925 (see Gazette 1924, p. 2847)	--
as amended by
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1928 (a)	44, 1928	28 Sept 1928	29 Dec 1928 (see Gazette 1928, p. 3499)	--
Judiciary Act 1927	9, 1927	8 Apr 1927	2 Sept 1929 (see Gazette 1929, p. 1854)	S. 8
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1930	2, 1930	29 Mar 1930	1 May 1930 (see Gazette 1930, p. 891)	Ss. 6-14
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1931	9, 1931	1 July 1931	17 Aug 1931 (see Gazette 1931, p. 1311)	--
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1933	4, 1933	30 May 1933	30 May 1933	Ss. 4-6 and 8
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1939	86, 1939	15 Dec 1939	12 Jan 1940	Ss. 5 and 6
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1940	14, 1940	27 May 1940	24 June 1940	--
Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1947	10, 1947	20 May 1947	8 Oct 1947 (see Gazette 1947, p. 2915)	--
Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay (Lands Acquisition) Act 1955	70, 1955	4 Nov 1955	16 Feb 1956 (see Gazette 1956, p. 472)	S. 5(4)
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1959	90, 1959	4 Dec 1959	4 Dec 1959	S. 5
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1963	24, 1963	28 May 1963	25 June 1963	S. 3
Trade Practices Act 1965	111, 1965	18 Dec 1965	Ss. 1, 5, 8, Parts II and III (ss. 9-34) and s. 106: 18 Dec 1965 S. 2: 27 Sept 1966 Remainder: 1 Sept 1967 (see Gazette 1967, p. 3975)	--
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1970	90, 1970	2 Nov 1970	30 Nov 1970	S. 3(2)
Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1972	38, 1972	2 June 1972	2 June 1972	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1973	216, 1973	19 Dec 1973	31 Dec 1973	Ss. 9(1) and 10
Seat of Government (Administration) Amendment Act 1978	40, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982	26, 1982	7 May 1982	Ss. 205 and 206: 4 June 1982 (b)	--
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982	80, 1982	22 Sept 1982	Part LXXI (ss. 262, 263): (c)	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982	80, 1982	22 Sept 1982	Ss. 256 and 257: 20 Oct 1982 (d)	--
Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983	115, 1983	16 Dec 1983	S. 41: 1 June 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S201) (e)	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: 3 July 1985 (f)	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986	168, 1986	18 Dec 1986	S. 3: Royal Assent (g)	S. 5(3)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988	38, 1988	3 June 1988	S. 3: 1 July 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S180) (h)	S. 5(1)
Industrial Relations (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988	87, 1988	8 Nov 1988	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Mar 1989 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1989, No. S53)	--
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988	99, 1988	2 Dec 1988	2 Dec 1988	--
as amended by
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 3 (item 73): 2 Dec 1988 (i)	--
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988	108, 1988	6 Dec 1988	(j)	Part X (ss. 56-85)
A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988	109, 1988	6 Dec 1988	S. 32: 11 May 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S164) (k)	--
Lands Acquisition (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act1989	21, 1989	20 Apr 1989	9 June 1989 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1989, No.S185)	--
Arts, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1990	88, 1990	20 Nov 1990	Ss. 27 and 28(b), (c): (l) S. 28(a): (l)	--
Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996	60, 1996	25 Nov 1996	Schedule 19 (item 45): Royal Assent (m)	--
Snowy Hydro Corporatisation (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	177, 1997	21 Nov 1997	28 June 2002 (see s. 2 and Gazette 2002, No. S216)	--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000	24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001	Sch. 2 (items 418, 419) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 4 (item 470): 4 July 2008	--
Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009	54, 2009	25 June 2009	Schedule 5 (items 48-51): (n)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 5 (item 190): 19 Apr 2011	--

(a)     The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1928 was repealed by section 4 of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1930. Section 12 of which provides as follows:

                  12   The repeal of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1924-1929 shall not affect any agreement, licence or permit made, granted or preserved thereunder and existing at the commencement of this Act, or any right, title, interest, power, duty, obligation or liability created by, acquired under, or at any time existing under, or by virtue or in respect of, any such agreement, licence or permit, and all such agreements, licences and permits shall continue to be of the same force and effect as if this Act had not been passed.

(b)     The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by sections 205 and 206 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982, subsection 2(12) of which provides as follows:

               (12)   The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(c)     The Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 1) 1982 was amended by Part LXXI (sections 262 and 263) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(11) of which provides as follows:

               (11)   Parts XLIX and LXXI shall be deemed to have come into operation on 4 June 1982.

(d)     The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by sections 256 and 257 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(16) of which provides as follows:

               (16)   The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(e)     The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by section 41 only of the Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

                 (2)   Sections 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 and 16, subsection 22(3) and sections 27, 39, 40, 41 and 43 shall come into operation on a date, or respective dates, to be fixed by Proclamation.

(f)      The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(g)     The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1986, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(h)     The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1988, subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:

                 (7)   Subsection 4(2) and the amendment of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 made by this Act commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of this subsection.

(i)      The Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 73) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   Each item in Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced when the Act containing the provision amended by the item received the Royal Assent.

(j)      The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by section 55 only of the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988, section 2 of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Sections 1, 2 and 55 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

                 (2)   The amendment of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 contained in the Schedule commences on the day declared under section 57.

                 (3)   The remaining provisions of this Act (including the other amendments in the Schedule) commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

         The date fixed in pursuance of subsection 2(2) was 12 March 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S62).

         The date fixed in pursuance of subsection 2(3) for sections 25, 26, 28-33, 51 and 52 was 11 May 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S164), for the remaining sections the date fixed was 31 January 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S39).

(k)     The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by section 32 only of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

                 (3)   The remaining provisions of this Act (including the amendments made by Schedule 5) commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation.

(l)      The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by sections 27 and 28 only of the Arts, Environment, Tourism and Territories Legislation Amendment Act 1990, subsections 2(4) and (5) of which provide as follows:

                 (4)   Part 9, other than paragraph 28(a), is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of section 32 of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988.

                 (5)   Section 28(a) is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1990.

         Section 32 commenced on 11 May 1988 (see Gazette 1989, No. S164).

(m)    The Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 was amended by Schedule 19 (item 45) only of the Workplace Relations and Other Legislation Amendment Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(n)     Subsection 2(1) (item 13) of the Fair Work (State Referral and Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2009 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
13.  Schedule 5, items 32 to 64	Immediately after the commencement of Part 2-4 of the Fair Work Act 2009.	1 July 2009 (see F2009L02563)

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed    rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
Heading preceding s. 1....	rep. No. 216, 1973
Heading to Part I...............	ad. No. 216, 1973
S. 2A...................................	ad. No. 109, 1988
Part II
Heading preceding s. 3....	rep. No. 216, 1973
Heading to Part II..............	ad. No. 216, 1973
S. 4......................................	am. No. 109, 1988
Part III
Heading preceding s. 5....	rep. No. 216, 1973
Heading to Part III.............	ad. No. 216, 1973
Heading to s. 5..................	am. No. 60, 1996; No. 54, 2009
S. 5......................................	rs. No. 10, 1947; No. 38, 1972
	am. No. 115, 1983
	rs. No. 87, 1988
	am. No. 109, 1988; No. 60, 1996; SLI 2006 No. 50; No. 54, 2009
S. 6......................................	rep. No. 111, 1965
S. 7......................................	rep. No. 137, 2000
S. 7A...................................	ad. No. 70, 1955
	am. No. 21, 1989
Part IV
Heading preceding s. 9....	rep. No. 216, 1973
Heading to Part IV.............	ad. No. 216, 1973
S. 9......................................	am. No. 4, 1933
S. 9A...................................	ad. No. 86, 1939
	rs. No. 70, 1955
	am. No. 21, 1989
S. 10....................................	rep. No. 70, 1955
Heading preceding s. 11..	rep. No. 216, 1973
S. 11....................................	rep. No. 9, 1927
	ad. No. 9, 1931
	rep. No. 90, 1970
Part V
Heading preceding s. 12..	rep. No. 216, 1973
Heading to Part V..............	ad. No. 216, 1973
S. 12....................................	am. No. 8, 1924 (as am. by No. 44, 1928); No. 86, 1939; No.14, 1940; No. 90, 1959; No. 24, 1963; No. 90, 1970; No. 40,1978; Nos. 26 and 80, 1982; No. 65, 1985; No. 168, 1986; Nos. 99 and 109, 1988; No. 88, 1990; No. 5, 2011
Ss. 12AA-12AE..................	ad. No. 99, 1988 (as am. by No. 43, 1996)
Part VI
Heading to Part VI.............	ad. No. 216, 1973
S. 12A.................................	ad. No. 2, 1930
	am. No. 90, 1959
	rep. No. 108, 1988
S. 12B.................................	ad. No. 2, 1930
	rep. No. 109, 1988
S. 12BA...............................	ad. No. 38, 1988
	rep. No. 177, 1997
S. 12C.................................	ad. No. 2, 1930
	am. No. 73, 2008
S. 12D.................................	ad. No. 2, 1930
Schedule
Schedule............................	am. No. 216, 1973

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418  Transitional--pre-commencement offences

(1)       Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

                     (a)  an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (b)  proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

                     (c)  any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2)       Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419  Transitional--pre-commencement notices

If:

                     (a)  a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

                     (b)  any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

                     (c)  the first-mentioned provision is amended by this Schedule;

the amendment of the first-mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Table B

Modifications

A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations

Paragraph 12(2)(b):

Before "take" insert "subject to subsection (2AA).".

After subsection 12(2):

Insert the following subsection:

     "(2AA)  An Ordinance that:

                     (a)  makes provision in relation to a matter arising from, connected with or consequential upon the establishment of the Territory as a body politic under the Crown; and

                     (b)  is made on or before Self-Government Day within the meaning of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988;

may be expressed to take effect from the date of commencement of a provision of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988."