Editing Jervis Bay Territory (section)

== Administration ==
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[[File:JBT border.jpg|thumb|The administrative border between [[New South Wales]] and the Jervis Bay Territory]]

Jervis Bay Territory voters are represented in the [[Australian Senate|Senate]] together with those of the ACT and it forms part of the [[Division of Fenner]] (also with the ACT) for [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] purposes<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/act/fenner.htm |title=Profile of the electoral division of Fenner (ACT) |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |date=19 November 2019 |access-date=7 April 2022 |archive-date=8 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908131837/https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/act/fenner.htm |url-status=live |quote=The Division of Fenner also includes the Jervis Bay Territory.}}</ref> but it is not part of the ACT.

For most purposes, the territory is governed by the laws of the [[Australian Capital Territory]] which, by the terms of the ''[[Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915]]'', apply to the Jervis Bay Territory.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jervis Bay Territory Governance and Administration|url=https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/jervis-bay-territory/governance-administration|url-status=live|archive-date=9 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909024221/https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/territories-regions-cities/territories/jervis-bay-territory/governance-administration|quote=Although the Jervis Bay Territory is not part of the Australian Capital Territory, the laws of the ACT apply, in so far as they are applicable and, providing they are not inconsistent with an Ordinance, in the Territory by virtue of the Jervis Bay Acceptance Act 1915.|publisher=[[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]]|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> Residents have access to the ACT and federal court systems.

Jervis Bay Territory is administered by the Commonwealth [[Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts]]. Its Jervis Bay Administration handles matters normally handled by state or local government. [[Australian Federal Police]] provide policing. The Commonwealth government contracts the ACT government to provide various services like courts, education and welfare, the [[Government of New South Wales]] for [[New South Wales Rural Fire Service|rural fire services]] and community health, [[Shoalhaven City Council]] for waste collection and library services, and commercial providers for electricity and water supplies.

Jervis Bay Territory does not have its own elected local council.  Although they are subject to ACT law and some services are contracted by the Commonwealth government to nearby councils in New South Wales, Jervis Bay Territory residents do not vote in either ACT or New South Wales elections. Aboriginal persons who are registered members of the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community Council have voting rights in the council's meetings and elect the council's executive.

Section 61 of the ''[[Defence Force Discipline Act]]'' (DFDA) makes all Australian defence force members and "Defence Civilians" subject to the criminal laws of the Jervis Bay Territory regardless of where the offence occurred. This is a legal mechanism that makes defence personnel subject to the ''[[Crimes Act 1914]]'' (Cth), the ''[[Criminal law of Australia|Criminal Code Act 1995]]'' (Cth) and offences against the criminal law of the ACT, as military law, even if the offence is committed elsewhere outside Australia.