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Provision Reference: s 19 (pt 2/3)
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matter (see section 20) to the extent of the making of laws with respect to that matter by making express amendments of this Act or the Transitional Act.

Effect of terminating reference or adoption of relevant versions
 (5) A State ceases to be a referring State if:
 (a) in the case where the Parliament of the State has referred to the Commonwealth Parliament the matters covered by subsection (3)—that reference terminates; or
 (b) in the case where the Parliament of the State has adopted the relevant version of this Act and the relevant version of the Transitional Act—the adoption of the relevant version of this Act or the relevant version of the Transitional Act terminates.

Effect of terminating amendment reference
 (6) A State ceases to be a referring State if:
 (a) the State's amendment reference terminates; and
 (b) subsection (7) does not apply to the termination.
 (7) A State does not cease to be a referring State because of the termination of its amendment reference if:
 (a) the termination is effected by the Governor of that State fixing a day by Proclamation as the day on which the reference terminates; and
 (b) the day fixed is no earlier than the first day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which the Proclamation is published; and
 (c) that State's amendment reference, and the amendment reference of every other State, terminates on the same day.

Definitions
 (8) In this section:
amendment reference of a State means the reference by the Parliament of the State to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of the matter covered by subsection (4).
express amendment of this Act or the Transitional Act means the direct amendment of the text of this Act or the Transitional Act (whether by the insertion, omission, repeal, substitution or relocation of words or matter) by another Commonwealth Act or by an instrument under a Commonwealth Act, but does not include the enactment by a Commonwealth Act of a provision that has, or will have, substantive effect otherwise than as part of the text of this Act or the Transitional Act.
forfeiture means confiscation, seizure, extinguishment, cancellation, suspension or any other forfeiture.
referral law, of a State, means the Act of the State that refers the matter covered by subsection (4) to the Commonwealth Parliament.
referred provisions means:
 (a) the relevant version of this Act; and
 (b) the relevant version of the Transitional Act;
to the extent to which they deal with matters that are included in the legislative powers of the Parliaments of the States.
relevant version of the Transitional Act means the Transitional Act as originally enacted.
relevant version of this Act means:
 (a) if,