Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK)

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Act of Parliament United Kingdom statute constitutional instrument

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) is the British statute that created the Australian Commonwealth and gave legal force to the Australian Constitution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900	2
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) canonical	1
Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (as applied to states)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament ⓘ United Kingdom statute ⓘ constitutional instrument ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
bindingIn	Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom (at time of enactment) NERFINISHED ⓘ
chamberInvolved	House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Lords of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
citation	63 & 64 Vict c 12 ⓘ
commencementDate	1901-01-01 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	foundational statute of the Australian federation ⓘ
contains	Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdEntity	Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
enables	operation of the Australian federal system ⓘ
establishes	Executive Government of the Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Representatives of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
givesLegalForceTo	Constitution of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPredecessorOf	Australia Act 1986 (Cth) NERFINISHED ⓘ Australia Act 1986 (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
inForce	yes ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	created a federation of the Australian colonies ⓘ transformed Australian colonies into States of the Commonwealth ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to constitute the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
providesFor	admission of new States ⓘ alteration of the Constitution by referendum ⓘ division of legislative powers ⓘ federal system of government in Australia ⓘ finance and trade arrangements ⓘ
receivedRoyalAssentFrom	Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Australian federation referendums of the 1890s ⓘ Imperial Conferences on dominion status NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1900-07-09 ⓘ
scheduleIncludes	covering clauses ⓘ text of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
shortTitle	Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	distribution of powers between Commonwealth and States ⓘ establishment of federal institutions ⓘ federation of Australian colonies ⓘ
typeOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ
yearOfAct	1900 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Section 128 of the Australian Constitution → enactedAsPartOf → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ

Courts of Queensland → legalAuthorityFrom → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (as applied to states)

Senate → establishedBy → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: Senate of Australia

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900

Acts of Parliament of Western Australia → mustComplyWith → Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900