Section 51 of the Australian Constitution

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constitutional provision section of the Constitution of Australia

Section 51 of the Australian Constitution is the key provision that sets out the specific areas in which the federal Parliament has the power to make laws.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Australian Constitution section 51	1
Australian Constitution section 51(vi)	1
Section 51 of the Australian Constitution canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3052110 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Section 51 of the Australian Constitution
Context triple: [Section 24 of the Australian Constitution, linkedTo, Section 51 of the Australian Constitution]

A. Section 24 of the Australian Constitution
Section 24 of the Australian Constitution is the key provision that governs the composition and election of the House of Representatives, including the principle of proportional representation of the states based on population.
B. Article 52 of the Constitution of India
Article 52 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the office of the President as the formal head of state of the Republic of India.
C. Article 61 of the Constitution of India
Article 61 of the Constitution of India lays down the detailed procedure by which the President of India can be impeached for violation of the Constitution.
D. Article 53 of the Constitution of India
Article 53 of the Constitution of India vests the executive power of the Union in the President of India and outlines how that power is to be exercised, including through subordinate officers.
E. Article V of the United States Constitution
Article V of the United States Constitution is the provision that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying amendments to the Constitution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Section 51 of the Australian Constitution
Target entity description: Section 51 of the Australian Constitution is the key provision that sets out the specific areas in which the federal Parliament has the power to make laws.

A. Section 24 of the Australian Constitution
Section 24 of the Australian Constitution is the key provision that governs the composition and election of the House of Representatives, including the principle of proportional representation of the states based on population.
B. Article 52 of the Constitution of India
Article 52 of the Constitution of India is the provision that establishes the office of the President as the formal head of state of the Republic of India.
C. Article 61 of the Constitution of India
Article 61 of the Constitution of India lays down the detailed procedure by which the President of India can be impeached for violation of the Constitution.
D. Article 53 of the Constitution of India
Article 53 of the Constitution of India vests the executive power of the Union in the President of India and outlines how that power is to be exercised, including through subordinate officers.
E. Article V of the United States Constitution
Article V of the United States Constitution is the provision that outlines the formal process for proposing and ratifying amendments to the Constitution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (71)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ section of the Constitution of Australia ⓘ
adoptedOn	1900 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Section 51 ⓘ s 51 ⓘ
appliesTo	Commonwealth legislative competence ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1901-01-01 ⓘ
contains	subsection (i) trade and commerce power ⓘ subsection (ii) taxation power ⓘ subsection (iii) bounties power ⓘ subsection (iv) borrowing money power ⓘ subsection (ix) quarantine power ⓘ subsection (v) postal, telegraphic, telephonic and other like services power ⓘ subsection (vi) defence power ⓘ subsection (vii) lighthouses, lightships, beacons and buoys power ⓘ subsection (viii) astronomical and meteorological observations power ⓘ subsection (x) fisheries in Australian waters beyond territorial limits power ⓘ subsection (xi) census and statistics power ⓘ subsection (xii) currency, coinage and legal tender power ⓘ subsection (xiii) banking power ⓘ subsection (xiv) insurance power ⓘ subsection (xix) naturalization and aliens power ⓘ subsection (xv) weights and measures power ⓘ subsection (xvi) bills of exchange and promissory notes power ⓘ subsection (xvii) bankruptcy and insolvency power ⓘ subsection (xviii) copyrights, patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks power ⓘ subsection (xx) foreign corporations, and trading or financial corporations power ⓘ subsection (xxi) marriage power ⓘ subsection (xxii) divorce and matrimonial causes power ⓘ subsection (xxiii) invalid and old-age pensions power ⓘ subsection (xxiiiA) social services power ⓘ subsection (xxiv) service and execution of civil and criminal process power ⓘ subsection (xxix) external affairs power ⓘ subsection (xxv) recognition throughout the Commonwealth of the laws, public Acts and records, and judicial proceedings of the States power ⓘ subsection (xxvi) people of any race power ⓘ subsection (xxvii) immigration and emigration power ⓘ subsection (xxviii) influx of criminals power ⓘ subsection (xxx) relations of the Commonwealth with the islands of the Pacific power ⓘ subsection (xxxi) acquisition of property on just terms power ⓘ subsection (xxxii) control of railways with the consent of a State power ⓘ subsection (xxxiii) railway construction and extension in any State with the consent of that State power ⓘ subsection (xxxiv) conciliation and arbitration for the prevention and settlement of industrial disputes extending beyond the limits of any one State power ⓘ subsection (xxxix) matters incidental to the execution of any power vested by the Constitution in the Parliament or in the Government of the Commonwealth or in the Federal Judicature power ⓘ subsection (xxxv) conciliation and arbitration power ⓘ subsection (xxxvi) matters in respect of which the Constitution makes provision until the Parliament otherwise provides power ⓘ subsection (xxxvii) matters referred to the Parliament of the Commonwealth by the Parliament or Parliaments of any State or States power ⓘ subsection (xxxviii) exercise within the Commonwealth of certain powers of the Parliament of the United Kingdom power ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
defines	heads of power of the Commonwealth Parliament ⓘ
enablingInstrument	Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ linked to: Australian Constitution
grantsPowerTo	Commonwealth Parliament ⓘ linked to: Parliament of Australia Parliament of Australia ⓘ
hasAmendment	alteration of subsection (xxvi) by referendum in 1967 ⓘ insertion of subsection (xxiiiA) ⓘ
hasNumberOfSubsections	39 ⓘ
interpretedBy	High Court of Australia ⓘ
isCentralTo	federalism in Australia ⓘ
isKeyProvisionFor	division of powers between Commonwealth and States ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	Australian constitutional law ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Chapter I of the Australian Constitution ⓘ Part V of Chapter I of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of Australia ⓘ linked to: Australian Constitution
purpose	to enumerate the legislative powers of the Commonwealth Parliament ⓘ to specify the subject matters on which the federal Parliament may make laws ⓘ
relatedTo	Section 109 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ Section 52 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ
scope	enumerated powers ⓘ
subjectOf	Commonwealth legislative powers ⓘ
typeOfPower	enumerated legislative power ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Section 24 of the Australian Constitution → linkedTo → Section 51 of the Australian Constitution ⓘ

Defence Act 1903 (Australia) → relatedTo → Australian Constitution section 51(vi) ⓘ

linked to: Section 51 of the Australian Constitution

Australian Constitution section 122 → relatedTo → Australian Constitution section 51 ⓘ