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WHEREAS on the eighteenth day of October, One thousand nine hundred and nine, the Commonwealth and the State of New South Wales (in this Act referred to as the State) entered into an Agreement (in this Act referred to as the Agreement) for the surrender to and acceptance by the Commonwealth, of territory for the purposes of the Seat of Government, subject to approval by the Parliaments of the Commonwealth and of the State and the passing of legislation by the said Parliaments ratifying and confirming the Agreement: And whereas by an Act intituled the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909 the Parliament of the State ratified and confirmed the Agreement: And whereas by an Act intituled the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909 the Parliament of the Commonwealth ratified and confirmed the Agreement: And whereas certain errors and misdescriptions exist in the descriptions of lands set forth in clause five of the Agreement: And whereas the Commonwealth and the State have entered into an Agreement (in this Act referred to as the amending Agreement) subject to approval, ratification and confirmation by the Parliaments of the Commonwealth and of the State, to vary the Agreement with a view to correction the errors and misdescriptions existing in clause five of the Agreement: And whereas it is desirable that the amending Agreement should be approved ratified and confirmed: Be it therefore enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows: