Crown in right of the Australian Capital Territory

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The Crown in right of the Australian Capital Territory is the legal embodiment of the executive government of the ACT, representing the monarch’s authority as exercised through the territory’s institutions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Crown in right of a polity
executive authority
legal person
appliesToTerritory Australian Capital Territory NERFINISHED
associatedWith Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 NERFINISHED
canBePartyTo legal proceedings in its own name
canEnterInto contracts on behalf of the Territory
canOwn public land and property in the Australian Capital Territory
constitutionalMonarch Charles III NERFINISHED
constitutionalPrinciple parliamentary sovereignty (as limited by the Commonwealth Constitution and self-government statute)
responsible government
constitutionalRelationshipWith Australian states and territories
Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
constitutionalStatus territory-level manifestation of the Australian Crown
country Australia
embodies executive government of the Australian Capital Territory
exercisesAuthorityThrough institutions of the Australian Capital Territory
exercisesPowersOnAdviceOf ACT Chief Minister and ministers NERFINISHED
ACT Executive NERFINISHED
followsDoctrine Crown immunity (subject to statutory modification)
governs public administration of the Australian Capital Territory
hasRoleIn assent to ACT legislation
executive branch of the Australian Capital Territory
legislative process of the Australian Capital Territory
headOfState monarch of Australia
jurisdiction Australian Capital Territory NERFINISHED
language English
legalNature separate legal capacity from the Commonwealth Crown
separate legal capacity from the Crowns in right of the Australian states
legalSystem common law
operatesUnder Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 (Cth) NERFINISHED
Australian Constitution NERFINISHED
partOf Australian system of responsible government
Crown in the Australian jurisdictions
relatedInstitution ACT Executive NERFINISHED
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly NERFINISHED
Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory NERFINISHED
courts of the Australian Capital Territory NERFINISHED
relatedLegalConcept Crown in right of New South Wales NERFINISHED
Crown in right of the Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED
representedInTerritoryBy Administrator of the Australian Capital Territory (historically, before self-government) NERFINISHED
Governor-General of Australia NERFINISHED
represents the monarch of Australia
symbolises continuity of government in the Australian Capital Territory
rule of law in the Australian Capital Territory
systemOfGovernment constitutional monarchy

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the Crown in right of Australia relatedConcept Crown in right of the Australian Capital Territory
subject surface form: Crown in right of Australia