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Notes to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act

Note 10

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State	Number	Short title
New South Wales	No. 73, 1900	Federal Elections Act 1900
Victoria	No. 1667	Federal House of Representatives Victorian Electorates Act 1900
Queensland	64 Vic. No. 25	The Parliament of the Commonwealth Elections Act and The Elections Acts 1885 to 1898 Amendment Act of 1900
Western Australia	64 Vic. No. 6	Federal House of Representatives Western Australian Electorates Act 1900

Note 10

Section 51—The following Imperial Acts extended the legislative powers of the Parliament:

• Whaling Industry (Regulation) Act 1934, s. 15
• Geneva Convention Act, 1937, s. 2
• Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939, s. 5
• Army and Air Force (Annual) Act 1940, s. 3.

Note 11

Section 51 (xxxvii)—The following Acts have been passed by the Parliaments of the States to refer matters to the Parliament under section 51 (xxxvii):

New South Wales

Number	Short title	How affected
No. 65, 1915	Commonwealth Powers (War) Act 1915	Expired 9 Jan 1921; see s. 5
No. 33, 1942	Commonwealth Powers Act 1942	Expired; see s. 4
No. 18, 1943	Commonwealth Powers Act 1943	Expired; see s. 4
No. 48, 1983	Commonwealth Powers (Meat Inspection) Act 1983	Repealed by No. 147, 1997
No. 182, 1986	Commonwealth Powers (Family Law—Children) Act 1986	(still in force)
No. 61, 1992	Mutual Recognition (New South Wales) Act 1992	(still in force)
No. 104, 1992	Commonwealth Powers (State Banking) Act 1992	(still in force)
No. 100, 1993	Commonwealth Powers (Poultry Processing) Act 1993	Repealed by No. 55, 1997

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