Australian Constitution section 122

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constitutional provision section of the Constitution of Australia

Australian Constitution section 122 is the provision granting the Commonwealth Parliament broad power to make laws for the government of Australia’s territories.

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Label	Occurrences
Australian Constitution section 122 canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ section of the Constitution of Australia ⓘ
appliesTo	Commonwealth territories ⓘ territories of Australia ⓘ
appliesToEntity	Australian Capital Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Jervis Bay Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ external territories of Australia ⓘ
authorityOver	territory courts and legal systems as created by Commonwealth law ⓘ
constitutionalLocation	Chapter VI of the Constitution of Australia ⓘ chapter on New States and Territories ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	in force ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	state legislative powers under section 51 ⓘ
enablesLegislation	Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 NERFINISHED ⓘ territory ordinances and laws ⓘ
governs	legislative power over external territories ⓘ legislative power over internal territories ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	Commonwealth Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	enables flexible constitutional treatment of territories ⓘ not limited by subject-matter heads of power in section 51 ⓘ
historicalContext	included in the Constitution of Australia at its commencement in 1901 ⓘ
interpretedBy	High Court of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfDocument	English ⓘ
legalEffect	allows differential treatment of territories compared with states ⓘ enables Parliament to make laws for the government of any territory ⓘ permits alteration or abolition of territorial legislatures ⓘ permits creation of territorial legislatures ⓘ permits direct rule of territories by the Commonwealth ⓘ supports plenary legislative power over territories ⓘ
legalHierarchy	supreme law provision ⓘ
locatedInLegalSystem	Australian legal system ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
permits	grant of representation in the Commonwealth Parliament to territory residents ⓘ variation of rights and institutions between territories ⓘ
relatedTo	Australian Constitution Chapter VI NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian Constitution section 51 NERFINISHED ⓘ
scope	broad ⓘ plenary ⓘ
subjectMatter	government of territories ⓘ territories power ⓘ
usedFor	establishing self-government in mainland territories ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution section 122 ⓘ

Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 → constitutionalBasis → Australian Constitution section 122 ⓘ