Acts of the Parliament of Australia

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Acts of the Parliament of Australia are the primary laws enacted by the Australian federal legislature, becoming legally binding once passed by both houses and formally assented to by the monarch.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal legislation ⓘ
primary legislation ⓘ
statute ⓘ
appliesTo Australian Capital Territory ⓘ
Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
bindingOn Commonwealth courts ⓘ
linked to: courts of Australia

Commonwealth executive government ⓘ
persons within Australian jurisdiction ⓘ
canBeAmendedBy later Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
canBeRepealedBy later Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
citationFormat Act number and year ⓘ
short title and year ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
enactedBy Australian federal legislature ⓘ
Parliament of Australia ⓘ
entryIntoForce on Royal Assent unless otherwise provided ⓘ
form private Acts ⓘ
public Acts ⓘ
govern Commonwealth institutions ⓘ
many areas of national policy ⓘ
governedBy Australian Constitution ⓘ
hierarchicalRelation subordinate to the Australian Constitution ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs Commonwealth Acts ⓘ
linked to: Commonwealth Act
includes appropriation Acts ⓘ
constitutional alteration Acts ⓘ
criminal law Acts ⓘ
regulatory Acts ⓘ
taxation Acts ⓘ
interpretedBy Federal Court of Australia ⓘ
High Court of Australia ⓘ
jurisdictionLevel federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect create offences ⓘ
create rights ⓘ
impose obligations ⓘ
legalStatusAfterAssent legally binding ⓘ
legalSystem Australian legal system ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Representatives of Australia ⓘ
Senate of Australia ⓘ
mayAuthorize delegated legislation ⓘ
partOf Australian federal law ⓘ
promulgatedBy Federal Register of Legislation ⓘ
publishedIn Federal Register of Legislation ⓘ
recordedIn Acts database on the Federal Register of Legislation ⓘ
requiresApprovalOf Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia
requiresRoyalAssentFrom Governor-General of Australia ⓘ
monarch of Australia ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

King of Australia → assentsTo → Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom Acts of Parliament → historicalPrecedentFor → Acts of Parliament of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Acts of the Parliament of Australia
Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 → category → Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Judiciary Act 1903 → category → Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Acts of the Parliament of South Australia → relatedTo → Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Great Seal of Australia → governingLaw → Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Corporations Amendment (Insolvency) Acts → legalForm → Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Seat of Government Act 1908 (Cth) → category → Acts of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
Commonwealth Act → recordedIn → Acts of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Acts of the Parliament of Australia
Defence Act 1912 → legislativeProcess → Act of the Parliament of Australia ⓘ
linked to: Acts of the Parliament of Australia