{"id":"a-1966-16","name":"Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966","slug":"australian-american-educational-foundation-act-1966","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"16 of 1966","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23085,"registerId":"act-a-1966-16-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nAustralian-American Educational\nFoundation Act 1966\nA1966-16\nRepublication No 5\nEffective: 1 March 2012\nRepublication date: 1 March 2012\nLast amendment made by A2011-48\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966 (including\nany amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force\non 1 March 2012. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting\nthis republished law to 1 March 2012.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $110 for\nan individual and $550 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR5\n01/03/12\nAustralian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nAustralian-American Educational\nFoundation Act 1966\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of Act 2\n2 Dictionary 2\n3 Notes 2\n5 Incorporation of foundation 2\n6 Power to dispose of land in name of former foundation 3\n7 Service of documents 3\nDictionary 4\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 5\n2 Abbreviation key 5\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\nR5\n01/03/12\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history 6\n4 Amendment history 8\n5 Earlier republications 9\n\nR5\n01/03/12\nAustralian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nAustralian-American Educational\nFoundation Act 1966\nAn Act relating to the Australian-American Educational Foundation\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\nR5\n01/03/12\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of Act\nThis Act is the Australian-American Educational Foundation Act\n1966.\n2 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this Act is part of this Act.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain terms used in this\nAct.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary applies to the entire Act unless the\ndefinition, or another provision of the Act, provides otherwise or the\ncontrary intention otherwise appears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and\ns 156 (1)).\n3 Notes\nA note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of\nnotes.\n5 Incorporation of foundation\n(1) For the purpose of facilitating the operations of the foundation under\nthe agreement, the foundation is by this Act established as a body\ncorporate with perpetual succession under the name of ‘Australian-\nAmerican Educational Foundation’.\n(2) The foundation—\n(a) shall have a common seal; and\n(b) is capable of acquiring (whether as grantee or transferee),\nholding and disposing of or otherwise dealing with real and\npersonal property; and\n(c) may enter into contracts; and\n(d) may sue and be sued, whether the cause of action arose before\nor arises after the commencement of this Act.\n\nSection 6\nR5\n01/03/12\nAustralian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n6 Power to dispose of land in name of former foundation\nThe power to dispose of real and personal property given on the\nfoundation under section 5 is taken to include a power to dispose of\nland registered under the Land Titles Act 1925 in the name of the\nformer foundation as if the foundation were the registered proprietor\nof the land.\n7 Service of documents\nA notice, process or other document may, for any law of the ACT,\nbe served on or given to the foundation—\n(a) by leaving it at the office of the foundation at Canberra with\nsome person apparently in the service of the foundation; or\n(b) by sending it by registered post to the foundation at that office.\n\nDictionary\npage 4 Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\nR5\n01/03/12\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 2)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis Act.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n document\n land.\nagreement means the agreement dated 28 August 1964, made\nbetween the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and the\nGovernment of the United States of America for the financing of\ncertain educational and cultural exchange programs.\nformer foundation means the Foundation referred to in the United\nStates Educational Foundation in Australia Ordinance 1950.\nfoundation means the Australian-American Educational Foundation\nestablished under the agreement.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR5\n01/03/12\nAustralian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 6 Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\nR5\n01/03/12\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis Act was originally a Commonwealth ordinance—the Australian-American\nEducation Foundation Ordinance 1966 No 16 (Cwlth).\nThe Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cwlth), s 34 (4)\nconverted most former Commonwealth ordinances in force in the ACT into ACT\nenactments. This allowed the ACT Legislative Assembly to amend and repeal the\nlaws. This Act was converted into an ACT enactment on 11 May 1989 (self-\ngovernment day).\nAs with most ordinances in force in the ACT, the name was changed from\nOrdinance to Act by the Self-Government (Citation of Laws) Act 1989 A1989-21,\ns 5 on 11 May 1989 (self-government day).\nBefore 11 May 1989, ordinances commenced on their notification day unless\notherwise stated (see Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (Cwlth),\ns 12).\nLegislation before becoming Territory enactment\nAustralian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966 A1966-16\nnotified 20 October 1966\ncommenced 20 October 1966\nas amended by\nOrdinances Revision (Administrative Arrangements) Ordinance 1977\nOrd1977-18\nnotified 21 June 1977\ncommenced 21 June 1977\nLegislation after becoming Territory enactment\nLand Titles (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995 A1995-54 sch pt 1\nnotified 20 December 1995 (Gaz 1995 No S313)\ncommenced 20 June 1996 (s 2)\nLegislation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 A2001-44 pt 29\nnotified 26 July 2001 (Gaz 2001 No 30)\ns 1, s 2 commenced 26 July 2001 (IA s 10B)\npt 29 commenced 12 September 2001 (s 2 and see Gaz 2001 No S65)\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR5\n01/03/12\nAustralian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2007 A2007-3 sch 3 pt 3.9\nnotified LR 22 March 2007\ns 1, s 2 taken to have commenced 1 July 2006 (LA s 75 (2))\nsch 3 pt 3.9 commenced 12 April 2007 (s 2 (1))\nEvidence (Consequential Amendments) Act 2011 A2011-48 sch 1\npt 1.5\nnotified LR 22 November 2011\ns 1, s 2 commenced 22 November 2011 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.5 commenced 1 March 2012 (s 2 (1) and see Evidence Act\n2011 A2011-12, s 2 and CN2012-4)\n\nEndnotes\n4 Amendment history\npage 8 Australian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\nR5\n01/03/12\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nDictionary\ns 2 om A2001-44 amdt 1.315\nins A2007-3 amdt 3.40\nNotes\ns 3 om Ord1977-18\nins A2007-3 amdt 3.40\nDefinitions for Act\ns 4 om A2007-3 amdt 3.40\ndef the agreement om A2007-3 amdt 3.40\ndef the former foundation om A2007-3 amdt 3.40\ndef the foundation om A2007-3 amdt 3.40\nIncorporation of foundation\ns 5 am A2011-48 amdt 1.6\nPower to dispose of land in name of former foundation\ns 6 am A1995-54 sch pt 1; A2007-3 amdt 3.41\nDictionary\ndict ins A2007-3 amdt 3.42\ndef agreement ins A2007-3 amdt 3.42\ndef former foundation ins A2007-3 amdt 3.42\ndef foundation ins A2007-3 amdt 3.42\n\nEndnotes\nEarlier republications 5\nR5\n01/03/12\nAustralian-American Educational Foundation Act 1966\nEffective: 01/03/12\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications\nare marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication No Amendments to Republication date\n1 Ord1977-18 31 May 1991\n2 A1995-54 30 November 1996\n3 A2001-44 18 July 2002\n4 A2007-3 12 April 2007\n© Australian Capital Territory 2012","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act's core scope — incorporation of the foundation and conferral of legal powers to hold property, contract and litigate — remains as originally intended. The legislative history shows conversion from a Commonwealth ordinance to an ACT enactment and technical amendments (endnotes 3–4 and amendment history), but no substantive expansion or narrowing of the foundation’s statutory functions appears in the republished text."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused text with few operative provisions (ss 5–7) limits internal complexity.","Dependence on an external international agreement for substantive purpose and funding (dictionary: 'agreement').","Cross‑statutory interaction with land registration law (s 6 referencing Land Titles Act 1925) creates practical dependencies.","Service rules are simple but statutory (s 7), creating clear procedural obligations for courts and agencies.","Historical conversion from Commonwealth ordinance to ACT enactment and later amendments require tracing in endnotes/legislative history (endnotes 3–4) to understand current form.","Many terms and legal effects rely on definitions and interpretation rules in the Legislation Act and other Acts (s 2, notes)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act establishes the Australian-American Educational Foundation as a corporate body to carry out the 1964 Australia–US agreement, giving it a common seal and legal powers to hold and deal with property, enter contracts, and sue or be sued. It treats land registered in the name of the former foundation as if held by the current foundation and sets how legal documents may be served on it. Funding and programme duties are governed by the 28 August 1964 agreement between the two governments."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: providing legal personality and basic operational powers to the Australian-American Educational Foundation. Originally enacted as a Commonwealth ordinance in 1966 to implement the 1964 Australia-US agreement, it has not expanded beyond this narrow scope. Amendments have been purely technical — converting definitions to a dictionary format (2007), updating land title references (1995), and modernising service of documents provisions (2011) — without adding substantive new powers or extending the Foundation's remit."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short statute — only 7 operative sections, with 3 definitions in the dictionary","Minimal cross-referencing — only references to the Land Titles Act 1925 and the Legislation Act 2001","No conditional logic or nested exceptions — provisions are straightforward declaratory statements","Simple purpose — single-issue legislation creating a corporate entity with basic powers","No penalty provisions, enforcement mechanisms, or regulatory schemes","Definitions limited to 3 terms: 'agreement', 'former foundation', and 'foundation'"],"plain_english_summary":"The Act creates the Australian‑American Educational Foundation as a corporate entity to run US–Australia educational and cultural exchange programs. It gives the Foundation legal personality to own property, enter contracts, employ staff and sue or be sued, clarifies how to serve legal documents, and resolves historical land‑title issues arising from the earlier foundation name. This technical measure simply gives the exchange program a clear legal footing to operate."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australian-american-educational-foundation-act-1966","history":"/api/acts/australian-american-educational-foundation-act-1966/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australian-american-educational-foundation-act-1966/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australian-american-educational-foundation-act-1966/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australian-american-educational-foundation-act-1966/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australian-american-educational-foundation-act-1966/documents"}}