Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00304:section:6a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017C00304
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6A
Character Range: 16854–18704

6A  Constitutional limits
 (1) The Organisation may perform its functions only:
 (a) for purposes relating to activities that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or
 (b) for purposes relating to trade and commerce:
 (i) between Australia and places outside Australia; or
 (ii) among the States; or
 (iii) within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories; or
 (c) for purposes relating to postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like services; or
 (d) for purposes relating to the security or defence of Australia; or
 (e) for purposes relating to astronomical and meteorological observations; or
 (f) for purposes relating to statistics; or
 (g) for purposes relating to weights and measures; or
 (h) for purposes relating to copyrights, patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks; or
 (i) for purposes relating to the provision of medical and dental services; or
 (j) for purposes related to external affairs, including:
 (i) giving effect to any international agreement to which Australia is a party; and
 (ii) addressing matters of international concern; and
 (iii) by way of the performance of its functions in a place outside Australia; or
 (k) for purposes relating to the relations of the Commonwealth with the islands of the Pacific; or
 (l) in, or for purposes relating to, a Territory; or
 (m) in, or for purposes relating to, a Commonwealth place (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970); or
 (n) for purposes relating to matters incidental to the execution of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth.
 (2) A term used in subsection (1) and the Constitution has the same meaning in that subsection as it has in the Constitution.