Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909

The Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 is an Act of the New South Wales Parliament which completed the transfer of land from New South Wales to establish the Federal Capital Territory as the seat of Commonwealth government. The Act became law on 14 December 1909, the day after the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 had been passed by the Commonwealth government.

Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909
Parliament of New South Wales
Long title An Act to provide for the surrender of territory in connection with the Seat of Government of the Commonwealth, and to ratify and confirm an agreement for that and other purposes
Citation	1909 No. 14
Enacted by	Parliament of New South Wales
Royal assent	14 December 1909
Related legislation
Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915
Status: Current legislation

See also

• History of the Australian Capital Territory

References

• National Archives of Australia - Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909