Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2018 (NO. 153, 2018) - SECT 7

             (1)  Without limitation, this Act relies on:

                     (a)  the Commonwealth's legislative powers under the following provisions of the Constitution:

                              (i)  paragraph 51(i) (trade and commerce);

                             (ii)  paragraph 51(xi) (census and statistics);

                            (iii)  paragraph 51(xix) (aliens);

                            (iv)  paragraph 51(xx) (corporations);

                             (v)  paragraph 51(xxi) (marriage);

                            (vi)  paragraph 51(xxvii) (immigration);

                           (vii)  paragraph 51(xxix) (external affairs);

                          (viii)  paragraph 51(xxxix) (incidental matters);

                            (ix)  section 61 (the executive power); and

                     (b)  any implied legislative powers of the Commonwealth.

             (2)  Without limiting subparagraph (1)(a)(vii), this Act's reliance on the Commonwealth's legislative powers under paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution is based on purposes including giving effect to the following international agreements, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time:

                     (a)  the International Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery, done at Geneva on 25 September 1926 ([1927] ATS 11);

                     (b)  the ILO Convention (No. 29) concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour, done at Geneva on 28 June 1930 ([1933] ATS 21);

                     (c)  the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices similar to Slavery, done at Geneva on 7 September 1956 ([1958] ATS 3);

                     (d)  the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, done at New York on 16 December 1966 ([1980] ATS 23);

                     (e)  the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, done at New York on 18 December 1979 ([1983] ATS 9);

                      (f)  the Convention on the Rights of the Child, done at New York on 20 November 1989 ([1991] ATS 4);

                     (g)  the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, done at New York on 15 November 2000 ([2005] ATS 27);

                     (h)  the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, done at New York on 25 May 2000 ([2007] ATS 6);

                      (i)  the ILO Convention (No. 182) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, done at Geneva on 17 June 1999 ([2007] ATS 38).

Note:          In 2018, the text of international agreements in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).