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21  Constitutional basis for this Act

Principal constitutional basis
 (1) This Act relies on the legislative power that the Parliament has under the Constitution with respect to matters that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.

Additional constitutional basis
 (2) This Act also relies on all other legislative powers that the Parliament has under the Constitution relevant to a kind of Coronavirus economic response payment.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 7 October 2020
Senate on 9 November 2020]

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