{"id":"C1929A00010","name":"Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1929","slug":"seat-of-government-acceptance-act-1929","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"10 of 1929","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3476,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1929A00010-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1929","content":"SEAT OF GOVERNMENT ACCEPTANCE.\n\nNo. 10 of 1929.\n\nAn Act relating to the Administration of the Estates of Deceased Persons in the Territory for the Seat of Government.\n\n\\[Assented to 22nd March, 1929.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n    This Act may be cited as the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1929.\n\nCommencement.\n\n    2. This Act shall commence on a date to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\nGrant of probate, &c., by Supreme Court since proclaimed day.\n\n3.—(1.) Where prior to the commencement of this Act and on or after the proclaimed day the Supreme Court of the State or any Judge thereof has in exercise of the probate jurisdiction of that Court granted probate or letters of administration in respect of any estate in the Territory, any such grant shall be deemed to be as valid and effectual as if the grant had been made by the High Court.\n\n(2.) In this section the words “proclaimed day”, “State” and “Territory” have the same meaning as in the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1322},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains narrowly focused on validating probate grants for the ACT during the transitional period, exactly as described in the long title."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 sections total","Single operative provision with simple temporal condition","All defined terms imported by reference to the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909","No exceptions, regulations, or subordinate references","Straightforward declaratory language without conditional nesting"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retroactively validates probate and letters of administration that the New South Wales Supreme Court issued for people who died in the Australian Capital Territory between 1911 and 1929, treating them as if the High Court had issued them. It cures uncertainty that arose after the ACT moved from NSW to Commonwealth control and NSW court authority became doubtful.\n\nIt affects executors, administrators and recipients of estate property from those deaths."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/seat-of-government-acceptance-act-1929","history":"/api/acts/seat-of-government-acceptance-act-1929/history","analysis":"/api/acts/seat-of-government-acceptance-act-1929/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/seat-of-government-acceptance-act-1929/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/seat-of-government-acceptance-act-1929/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/seat-of-government-acceptance-act-1929/documents"}}