Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00608:section:7:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00608
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 5/8)
Character Range: 14706–17281

westerly to the left bank of Duck Creek by that Creek downwards and the High Water Mark of Jervis Bay aforesaid generally southerly and easterly to the point of commencement.
6. For the purpose of providing access to and from the Territory from and to the sea, the State shall grant to the Commonwealth—
    (a) the right to construct, maintain, and work a railway or other means of communication from the Territory to Jervis Bay, and to procure in New South Wales timber ballast and other material necessary for such construction by paying such compensation in accordance with the laws of the State as is payable by the State when constructing State railways; and
    (b) the right on terms to be agreed upon, or in default of agreement to be determined by arbitration, to cross over or under, by road or railway, any State railway, and to connect with and run trains over any portion of a State railway.
7. The State shall not claim compensation from the Commonwealth for the value of any right, title, or interest of the State in land of the State required by the Commonwealth for the purposes of the railway constructed by the Commonwealth between the Territory and Jervis Bay.
8. The Commonwealth shall grant to the State on terms to be agreed upon, or in default of agreement to be determined by arbitration, the right to cross over or under by road or railway or to connect with and run trains over the railway constructed by the Commonwealth between the Territory and Jervis Bay.
9. In the event of the Commonwealth constructing a railway within the Territory to its northern boundary, the State shall construct a railway from a point near Yass on the Great Southern Railway to join with the said railway, and the Commonwealth and the State shall grant to each other such reciprocal running rights as may be agreed upon, or as in default of agreement may be determined by arbitration, over such portions of that railway as are owned by each.
10. The State shall grant to the Commonwealth without payment therefor the right to use the waters of the Snowy River, and such other rivers as may be agreed upon or in default of agreement may be determined by arbitration, for the generation of electricity for the purposes of the Territory, and to construct the works necessary for that purpose, and to conduct the electricity so generated to the Territory.
11. The surrender of the Territory to the Commonwealth shall not be deemed to abridge the right of the State or of the residents therein to the reasonable use of the waters of the Murrumbidgee River for conservation