Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) A Commonwealth administrative law applying as a territory law under section 164 that gives a Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority a function also gives the officer or authority the same function in relation to a matter arising in relation to the applied provisions.
Note Function includes power and duty (see Legislation Act
, dict, pt 1).
(2) In exercising a function given by this section, the Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority must act as nearly as practicable as the officer or authority would act in exercising the same function under the Commonwealth administrative law.
(3) A function given to a Commonwealth officer or Commonwealth authority because of this section cannot be exercised by a territory officer or territory authority.