Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00190:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00190
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 9273–10251

5  Relationship to other laws

State/Territory laws
 (1) This Act is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of a law of a State or Territory to the extent that the law is capable of operating concurrently with this Act.
 (1A) A direction under this Act prevails over a direction (however described) under a law of a State or Territory to the extent of any inconsistency.
 (1B) Subsection (1A) does not, by implication, limit:
 (a) the application of section 109 of the Constitution to a law of a State; or
 (b) the application of the corresponding principle to a law of a Territory.

Commonwealth laws
 (1C) A direction under this Act prevails over a direction (however described) under another Act to the extent of any inconsistency, unless the other Act:
 (a) is enacted after the commencement of this subsection; and
 (b) refers specifically to a direction under this Act.
 (2) Nothing in the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 affects the operation of this Act.