Thursday, Dec 08, 2011 at 06:22
Not much to worry about. You will find than Jervice Bay is a Military Base.
Jervis Bay Territory is currently administered by the Department of Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government. However, it is counted as part of the ACT for the purpose of the ACT's representation in the Senate; and it forms part of the Division of Fraser for House of Representatives purposes. The Department of Regional Australia has proposed returning Jervis Bay Territory to New South Wales .[6].
An estimated 394 people live in the territory, the majority working and living at the Royal Australian Navy base, HMAS Creswell.[7] Over 90% of the territory is now legally recognised as Aboriginal land. There is an Aboriginal community at Wreck Bay in the
Booderee National Park.
For most purposes, the territory is governed under the laws of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), by the Jervis Bay Administration, which handles matters normally concerned with local or state government, and provides primary school teachers and Australian Federal Police staffing. Residents have access to the courts of the ACT, but are not separately represented in the ACT Legislative Assembly. The Jervis Bay Territory is in the Commonwealth Electoral Division of Fraser (ACT). Jervis Bay Territory residents are not represented at the local or State government level but have access to the decision-making process through community organisations.
The Defence Force Discipline Act (DFDA) Section 62 makes all Australian Defence Force members and civilian employees subject to the criminal laws of the Jervis Bay Territory regardless of where the offence occurred. This is a legal device which makes Defence personnel subject to the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth), the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) and offences against the criminal law of the ACT, as military law, even if the offence is committed outside Australia.
There are two towns or villages in the Jervis Bay Territory. They are all covered by postcode 2540. Listed from north to south, they are:
Jervis Bay Village (pop. 250)
Wreck Bay Village (pop. 215, part of Jervis Bay Village)
Other villages and towns on the bay are: Hyams Beach, Vincentia, Huskisson, Culburra, Callala Bay,
Callala Beach and Myola.
Vincentia is the nearest town, roughly 3 km north of the border,
population 2,750.
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