Western Australian Current Acts

COMMONWEALTH PLACES (ADMINISTRATION OF LAWS) ACT 1970 - SECT 3

3 .         Interpretation

                In this Act unless the contrary intention appears —

        Authority , in relation to the State, means —

            (a)         the Governor, a Minister or a member of the Executive Council of the State;

            (b)         a court of the State;

            (c)         a person who holds office as a member of a court of the State;

            (d)         a body created by or under the law of the State; and

            (e)         an officer or employee of the State or of a body referred to in paragraph (d);

        Commonwealth place means a place, not being the seat of Government of the Commonwealth, whether within or without the State with respect to which the Parliament of the Commonwealth has, by virtue of section 52 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, subject to that Constitution, exclusive power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth;

        the applied provisions means the provisions of the laws of the State that apply or are to be deemed to have applied in or in relation to Commonwealth places by virtue of the Commonwealth Act;

        the Commonwealth Act means the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 of the Commonwealth and, if that Act is amended includes that Act as amended;

        the laws of the State means the laws in force in the State, whether written or unwritten and as in force for the time being and instruments made or having effect under those laws but does not include a law of the Commonwealth, whether written or unwritten, or an instrument made or having effect under such a law and law of the State has a corresponding meaning.