| Short Title: | Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 |
| Legislature: | Parliament of Australia |
| Long Title: | An Act to provide for the Acceptance of certain Territory Surrendered by the State of New South Wales to the Commonwealth |
| Territorial Extent: | Australia |
| Enacted By: | Senate |
| Date Enacted: | 20 May 1915 |
| Enacted By2: | House of Representatives |
| Date Enacted2: | 8 July 1915 |
| Royal Assent: | 14 July 1915[1] |
| Bill: | Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Bill |
| Introduced By: | Edward Russell |
| 1St Reading: | 13 May 1915[2] |
| 2Nd Reading: | 14 May 1915[3] |
| 3Rd Reading: | 20 May 1915[4] |
| Bill2: | Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Bill |
| Introduced By2: | William Archibald |
| 1St Reading2: | 20 May 1915[5] |
| 2Nd Reading2: | 8 July 1915[6] |
| 3Rd Reading2: | 8 July 1915[7] |
| Amended By: | No. 70 of 1955, No. 216 of 1973, No. 164 of 1986, No. 109 of 1988 (consequential of No. 106 of 1988), No. 28 of 1991, No. 143 of 2001 |
| Related Legislation: | Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915 (No. 9 of 1915 (NSW)) |
| Summary: | Allows for the transfer of the land now known as the Jervis Bay Territory from New South Wales to the Commonwealth. |
| Status: | amended |
The Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 is an Act of the Parliament of Australia which followed the New South Wales Seat of Government Surrender Act 1915. The Act created the Territory of Jervis Bay, subject to the laws of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). While the Act's use of the language of "annexed" is sometimes interpreted as implying that the Jervis Bay Territory was to form part of the Federal Capital Territory, the accepted legal position is that it has been a legally distinct territory from its creation, despite being subject to FCT/ACT law and (prior to ACT self-government in 1988) being administratively treated as part of the FCT/ACT.[8]