{"id":"C1957A00102","name":"Christmas Island (Request and Consent) Act 1957","slug":"christmas-island-request-and-consent-act-1957","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"102 of 1957","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":4892,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1957A00102-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Christmas Island (Request and Consent) Act 1957","content":"CHRISTMAS ISLAND (REQUEST AND CONSENT).\n\nNo. 102 of 1957.\n\nAn Act to requesst, and consent to, the Enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of an Act enabling the Queen to place Christmas Island under the Authority of the Commonwealth.\n\n\\[Assented to 13th December, 1957.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Christmas Island (Request and Consent) Act 1957.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nRequest and consent to enactment of United Kingdom Act.\n\n3. The Parliament requests, and consents to, the enactment by the Parliament of the United Kingdom of an Act enabling the Queen to place Christmas Island (being the Island of that name situated in the Indian Ocean) under the authority of the Commonwealth and making provision for matters incidental to the placing of that Island under that authority.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2140},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act performs exactly its stated purpose: requesting and consenting to UK legislation to transfer Christmas Island. There is no expansion beyond this original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections totaling fewer than 200 words","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation","Single, unconditional purpose with no exceptions or procedural steps","Plain, declarative language requiring no specialised legal knowledge to understand"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis short law allowed Australia to take over Christmas Island from the United Kingdom.\n\n**Why it was needed**\n\nAt the time, Christmas Island was British territory. Because of constitutional rules in the 1950s, only the UK Parliament could pass the legislation needed to transfer the island to Australia. However, the UK would only do this if Australia formally asked them to and consented.\n\n**What it does**\n- **Requests** the UK Parliament to make a law allowing the Queen to place Christmas Island under Australian authority\n- **Gives consent** to that UK law being made\n- Covers any practical matters connected to the transfer\n\n**Who it affects**\nThis applied to the territory of Christmas Island (in the Indian Ocean) and was the Australian side of the legal process that transferred the island from British to Australian administration in 1958."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/christmas-island-request-and-consent-act-1957","history":"/api/acts/christmas-island-request-and-consent-act-1957/history","analysis":"/api/acts/christmas-island-request-and-consent-act-1957/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/christmas-island-request-and-consent-act-1957/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/christmas-island-request-and-consent-act-1957/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/christmas-island-request-and-consent-act-1957/documents"}}