{"id":"C2004A03181","name":"Australia Act 1986","slug":"australia-act-1986","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"142 of 1985","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":7309,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A03181-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australia Act 1986","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAustralia Act 1986\n\n \n\nNo. 142, 1985\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to bring constitutional arrangements affecting the Commonwealth and the States into conformity with the status of the Commonwealth of Australia as a sovereign, independent and federal nation\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Termination of power of Parliament of United Kingdom to legislate for Australia\n\n2 Legislative powers of Parliaments of States\n\n3 Termination of restrictions on legislative powers of Parliaments of States\n\n4 Powers of State Parliaments in relation to merchant shipping\n\n5 Commonwealth Constitution, Constitution Act and Statute of Westminster not affected\n\n6 Manner and form of making certain State laws\n\n7 Powers and functions of Her Majesty and Governors in respect of States\n\n8 State laws not subject to disallowance or suspension of operation\n\n9 State laws not subject to withholding of assent or reservation\n\n10 Termination of responsibility of United Kingdom Government in relation to State matters\n\n11 Termination of appeals to Her Majesty in Council\n\n12 Amendment of Statute of Westminster\n\n13 Amendment of Constitution Act of Queensland\n\n14 Amendment of Constitution Act of Western Australia\n\n15 Method of repeal or amendment of this Act or Statute of Westminster\n\n16 Interpretation\n\n17 Short title and commencement\n\n \n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n \n\n \n\nAustralia Act 1986\n\n \n\nNo. 142, 1985\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAn Act to bring constitutional arrangements affecting the Commonwealth and the States into conformity with the status of the Commonwealth of Australia as a sovereign, independent and federal nation\n\n[Assented to 4 December 1985]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nWHEREAS the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth and the Premiers of the States at conferences held in Canberra on 24 and 25 June 1982 and 21 June 1984 agreed on the taking of certain measures to bring constitutional arrangements affecting the Commonwealth and the States into conformity with the status of the Commonwealth of Australia as a sovereign, independent and federal nation:\n\nAND WHEREAS in pursuance of paragraph 51 (xxxviii) of the Constitution the Parliaments of all the States have requested the Parliament of the Commonwealth to enact an Act in the terms of this Act:\n\nBE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:\n\n##### 1  Termination of power of Parliament of United Kingdom to legislate for Australia\n\n  No Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed after the commencement of this Act shall extend, or be deemed to extend, to the Commonwealth, to a State or to a Territory as part of the law of the Commonwealth, of the State or of the Territory.\n\n##### 2  Legislative powers of Parliaments of States\n\n (1) It is hereby declared and enacted that the legislative powers of the Parliament of each State include full power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of that State that have extra‑territorial operation.\n\n (2) It is hereby further declared and enacted that the legislative powers of the Parliament of each State include all legislative powers that the Parliament of the United Kingdom might have exercised before the commencement of this Act for the peace, order and good government of that State but nothing in this subsection confers on a State any capacity that the State did not have immediately before the commencement of this Act to engage in relations with countries outside Australia.\n\n##### 3  Termination of restrictions on legislative powers of Parliaments of States\n\n (1) The Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom known as the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 shall not apply to any law made after the commencement of this Act by the Parliament of a State.\n\n (2) No law and no provision of any law made after the commencement of this Act by the Parliament of a State shall be void or inoperative on the ground that it is repugnant to the law of England, or to the provisions of any existing or future Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, or to any order, rule or regulation made under any such Act, and the powers of the Parliament of a State shall include the power to repeal or amend any such Act, order, rule or regulation in so far as it is part of the law of the State.\n\n##### 4  Powers of State Parliaments in relation to merchant shipping\n\n  Sections 735 and 736 of the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom known as the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, in so far as they are part of the law of a State, are hereby repealed.\n\n##### 5  Commonwealth Constitution, Constitution Act and Statute of Westminster not affected\n\n  Sections 2 and 3(2) above:\n\n (a) are subject to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act and to the Constitution of the Commonwealth; and\n\n (b) do not operate so as to give any force or effect to a provision of an Act of the Parliament of a State that would repeal, amend or be repugnant to this Act, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, the Constitution of the Commonwealth or the Statute of Westminster 1931 as amended and in force from time to time.\n\n##### 6  Manner and form of making certain State laws\n\n  Notwithstanding sections 2 and 3(2) above, a law made after the commencement of this Act by the Parliament of a State respecting the constitution, powers or procedure of the Parliament of the State shall be of no force or effect unless it is made in such manner and form as may from time to time be required by a law made by that Parliament, whether made before or after the commencement of this Act.\n\n##### 7  Powers and functions of Her Majesty and Governors in respect of States\n\n (1) Her Majesty’s representative in each State shall be the Governor.\n\n (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, all powers and functions of Her Majesty in respect of a State are exercisable only by the Governor of the State.\n\n (3) Subsection (2) above does not apply in relation to the power to appoint, and the power to terminate the appointment of, the Governor of a State.\n\n (4) While Her Majesty is personally present in a State, Her Majesty is not precluded from exercising any of Her powers and functions in respect of the State that are the subject of subsection (2) above.\n\n (5) The advice to Her Majesty in relation to the exercise of the powers and functions of Her Majesty in respect of a State shall be tendered by the Premier of the State.\n\n##### 8  State laws not subject to disallowance or suspension of operation\n\n  An Act of the Parliament of a State that has been assented to by the Governor of the State shall not, after the commencement of this Act, be subject to disallowance by Her Majesty, nor shall its operation be suspended pending the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon.\n\n##### 9  State laws not subject to withholding of assent or reservation\n\n (1) No law or instrument shall be of any force or effect in so far as it purports to require the Governor of a State to withhold assent from any Bill for an Act of the State that has been passed in such manner and form as may from time to time be required by a law made by the Parliament of the State.\n\n (2) No law or instrument shall be of any force or effect in so far as it purports to require the reservation of any Bill for an Act of a State for the signification of Her Majesty’s pleasure thereon.\n\n##### 10  Termination of responsibility of United Kingdom Government in relation to State matters\n\n  After the commencement of this Act Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom shall have no responsibility for the government of any State.\n\n##### 11  Termination of appeals to Her Majesty in Council\n\n (1) Subject to subsection (4) below, no appeal to Her Majesty in Council lies or shall be brought, whether by leave or special leave of any court or of Her Majesty in Council or otherwise, and whether by virtue of any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the Royal Prerogative or otherwise, from or in respect of any decision of an Australian court.\n\n (2) Subject to subsection (4) below:\n\n (a) the enactments specified in subsection (3) below and any orders, rules, regulations or other instruments made under, or for the purposes of, those enactments; and\n\n (b) any other provisions of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom in force immediately before the commencement of this Act that make provisions for or in relation to appeals to Her Majesty in Council from or in respect of decisions of courts, and any orders, rules, regulations or other instruments made under, or for the purposes of, any such provisions;\n\nin so far as they are part of the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, are hereby repealed.\n\n (3) The enactments referred to in subsection (2) (a) above are the following Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom or provisions of such Acts:\n\nThe Australian Courts Act 1828, section 15\n\nThe Judicial Committee Act 1833\n\nThe Judicial Committee Act 1844\n\nThe Australian Constitutions Act 1850, section 28\n\nThe Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act 1890, section 6.\n\n (4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this section:\n\n (a) affects an appeal instituted before the commencement of this Act to Her Majesty in Council from or in respect of a decision of an Australian court; or\n\n (b) precludes the institution after that commencement of an appeal to Her Majesty in Council from or in respect of such a decision where the appeal is instituted:\n\n (i) pursuant to leave granted by an Australian court on an application made before that commencement; or\n\n (ii) pursuant to special leave granted by Her Majesty in Council on a petition presented before that commencement;\n\nbut this subsection shall not be construed as permitting or enabling an appeal to Her Majesty in Council to be instituted or continued that could not have been instituted or continued if this section had not been enacted.\n\n##### 12  Amendment of Statute of Westminster\n\n  Sections 4, 9(2) and (3) and 10(2) of the Statute of Westminster 1931, in so far as they are part of the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, are hereby repealed.\n\n##### 13  Amendment of Constitution Act of Queensland\n\n (1) The Constitution Act 1867‑1978 of the State of Queensland is in this section referred to as the Principal Act.\n\n (2) Section 11A of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (3):\n\n (a) by omitting from paragraph (a):\n\n (i) “and Signet”; and\n\n (ii) “constituted under Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom”; and\n\n (b) by omitting from paragraph (b):\n\n (i) “and Signet”; and\n\n (ii) “whenever and so long as the office of Governor is vacant or the Governor is incapable of discharging the duties of administration or has departed from Queensland”.\n\n (3) Section 11B of the Principal Act is amended:\n\n (a) by omitting “Governor to conform to instructions” and substituting “Definition of Royal Sign Manual”;\n\n (b) by omitting subsection (1); and\n\n (c) by omitting from subsection (2):\n\n (i) “(2)”;\n\n (ii) “this section and in”; and\n\n (iii) “and the expression ‘Signet’ means the seal commonly used for the sign manual of the Sovereign or the seal with which documents are sealed by the Secretary of State in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Sovereign”.\n\n (4) Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (2) by omitting “, subject to his performing his duty prescribed by section 11B,”.\n\n##### 14  Amendment of Constitution Act of Western Australia\n\n (1) The Constitution Act 1889 of the State of Western Australia is in this section referred to as the Principal Act.\n\n (2) Section 50 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (3):\n\n (a) by omitting from paragraph (a):\n\n (i) “and Signet”; and\n\n (ii) “constituted under Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom”;\n\n (b) by omitting from paragraph (b):\n\n (i) “and Signet”; and\n\n (ii) “whenever and so long as the office of Governor is vacant or the Governor is incapable of discharging the duties of administration or has departed from Western Australia”; and\n\n (c) by omitting from paragraph (c):\n\n (i) “under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom”; and\n\n (ii) “during a temporary absence of the Governor for a short period from the seat of Government or from the State”.\n\n (3) Section 51 of the Principal Act is amended:\n\n (a) by omitting subsection (1); and\n\n (b) by omitting from subsection (2):\n\n (i) “(2)”;\n\n (ii) “this section and in”; and\n\n (iii) “and the expression ‘Signet’ means the seal commonly used for the sign manual of the Sovereign or the seal with which documents are sealed by the Secretary of State in the United Kingdom on behalf of the Sovereign”.\n\n##### 15  Method of repeal or amendment of this Act or Statute of Westminster\n\n (1) This Act or the Statute of Westminster 1931, as amended and in force from time to time, in so far as it is part of the law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, may be repealed or amended by an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth passed at the request or with the concurrence of the Parliaments of all the States and, subject to subsection (3) below, only in that manner.\n\n (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, an Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth that is repugnant to this Act or the Statute of Westminster 1931, as amended and in force from time to time, or to any provision of this Act or of that Statute as so amended and in force, shall, to the extent of the repugnancy, be deemed an Act to repeal or amend the Act, Statute or provision to which it is repugnant.\n\n (3) Nothing in subsection (1) above limits or prevents the exercise by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of any powers that may be conferred upon that Parliament by any alteration to the Constitution of the Commonwealth made in accordance with section 128 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth after the commencement of this Act.\n\n##### 16  Interpretation\n\n (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\nappeal includes a petition of appeal, and a complaint in the nature of an appeal.\n\nappeal to Her Majesty in Council includes any appeal to Her Majesty.\n\nAustralian court means a court of a State or any other court of Australia or of a Territory other than the High Court.\n\ncourt includes a judge, judicial officer or other person acting judicially.\n\ndecision includes determination, judgment, decree, order or sentence.\n\nGovernor, in relation to a State, includes any person for the time being administering the government of the State.\n\nState means a State of the Commonwealth and includes a new State.\n\nthe Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act means the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom known as the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act.\n\nthe Constitution of the Commonwealth means the Constitution of the Commonwealth set forth in section 9 of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, being that Constitution as altered and in force from time to time.\n\nthe Statute of Westminster 1931 means the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom known as the Statute of Westminster 1931.\n\n (2) The expression a law made by that Parliament in section 6 above and the expression a law made by the Parliament in section 9 above include, in relation to the State of Western Australia, the Constitution Act 1889 of that State.\n\n (3) A reference in this Act to the Parliament of a State includes, in relation to the State of New South Wales, a reference to the legislature of that State as constituted from time to time in accordance with the Constitution Act, 1902, or any other Act of that State, whether or not, in relation to any particular legislative act, the consent of the Legislative Council of that State is necessary.\n\n##### 17  Short title and commencement\n\n (1) This Act may be cited as the Australia Act 1986.\n\n (2) This Act shall come into operation on a day and at a time to be fixed by Proclamation.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: terminating British legislative and executive authority over Australia and its States. The amendments to Queensland and Western Australia Constitution Acts are technical adjustments necessary to implement the broader scheme, not scope creep. The Act does not expand beyond its stated objective of bringing constitutional arrangements into conformity with Australia's status as a sovereign, independent and federal nation."},"complexity_factors":["17 sections with clear, sequential numbering and logical grouping","Minimal cross-referencing — primarily internal references to other sections of the same Act","8 defined terms in the interpretation section (section 16), all straightforward","Some conditional logic in transitional provisions (section 11(4) regarding pending appeals)","Technical amendments to Queensland and Western Australia Constitution Acts (sections 13-14) requiring close reading of existing State legislation to understand full effect","Dual commencement mechanism requiring Proclamation (section 17(2))","Safeguards protecting constitutional supremacy (section 5) and amendment procedures (section 15) that require understanding of intergovernmental relationships"],"plain_english_summary":"This is the **Australia Act 1986**, one of the most important pieces of legislation in Australian constitutional history. It formally cut the remaining legal ties between Australia and the United Kingdom, completing Australia's journey to full legal independence.\n\n**What it does:**\n\n*   **Stops the UK Parliament from making laws for Australia** — Before this Act, the UK Parliament technically had the power to pass laws that applied to Australia. This Act ended that power completely.\n\n*   **Gives State Parliaments full law-making power** — Australian States can now make laws on any subject, including laws that operate outside their borders (extra-territorial laws), without worrying that UK laws might override them.\n\n*   **Removes British control over State Governors** — The UK Government no longer has any say in how Australian States are run. State Governors act on the advice of State Premiers, not British ministers.\n\n*   **Ends appeals to the Privy Council** — Australians can no longer appeal court decisions to the Privy Council in London. The High Court of Australia became the final court of appeal for all Australian matters.\n\n*   **Protects the Australian Constitution** — While freeing Australia from British control, this Act ensures that no State can override the Australian Constitution or the Statute of Westminster.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n*   **All Australians** — It affects how laws are made and which courts have the final say.\n*   **State Parliaments** — They gained complete legislative independence.\n*   **The UK Government** — It lost all remaining authority over Australian affairs.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis Act is often described as the final step in Australian independence. While Australia had been self-governing for decades, this legislation removed the last legal mechanisms through which British institutions could influence Australian law. It ensured that Australian law is made by Australians, interpreted by Australian courts, and cannot be overridden by Britain."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act changes the legal scope of authority that previously derived from the United Kingdom by terminating UK legislative effect (s1), abolishing the Colonial Laws Validity constraint on State laws (s3), removing the UK Government’s responsibility for State matters (s10) and terminating appeals to Her Majesty in Council from Australian courts (s11). It also expands and clarifies State legislative competence (including extraterritorial power) (s2) and removes certain external controls over assent, reservation and disallowance of State laws (s8–s9). These changes reallocate legal authority from UK institutions to Australian State and domestic institutions, subject to the continuing supremacy and limits of the Commonwealth Constitution and related instruments (s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Interplay with constitutional instruments: the Act expressly preserves the Commonwealth Constitution and the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (s5), requiring legal reconciliation between sources of constitutional authority.","Cross‑jurisdictional effects: termination of UK legislative and judicial roles (s1, s11) means reallocation of powers across Commonwealth, State and judicial institutions.","Manner and form requirement: State laws affecting parliamentary constitution, powers or procedure must comply with internal manner‑and‑form rules for validity (s6), creating procedural complexity within States.","Transitional exceptions and savings: appeals already instituted or with leave before commencement are preserved in limited cases (s11(4)), requiring case‑by‑case legal assessment.","Amendment constraints: repeal/amendment of this Act (and the Statute of Westminster as applied) requires the request or concurrence of all State Parliaments (s15(1)), adding coordination and political complexity for future change.","State constitutional amendments: the Act alters language in State Constitution Acts (ss13–14), requiring statutory alignment at the State level.","Definitions and scope boundaries: interpretive provisions (s16) and the carve‑out preserving States’ pre‑existing foreign relations capacity (s2(2)) demand careful statutory construction.","Interaction with pre‑existing UK statutes: repeal or non‑application of specified UK Acts and provisions (s3, s4, s12) requires mapping what remained part of State/Commonwealth law at commencement."],"plain_english_summary":"What this law changes, in plain terms\n\n- Mechanically, the Act ends the ability of the United Kingdom to make or apply laws for Australia, removes appeals from Australian courts to the Privy Council, and changes the legal relationship between the Crown, the States and their Governors. The main operative changes are: termination of UK legislative authority (s1); recognition that State parliaments have full power to make laws with extraterritorial operation and the powers formerly exercisable by the UK for the peace, order and good government of the State (s2); abolition of the Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865 for State laws and removal of the rule that State laws are void if repugnant to English law (s3); repeal of specified merchant shipping provisions insofar as they applied to States (s4); termination of Her Majesty-in-Council appeals from Australian courts, with limited transitional exceptions (s11); and removal of the UK Government’s responsibility for State government matters (s10).\n\n- The Act also changes how the Crown’s powers in the States are exercised: the Governor is declared to be Her Majesty’s representative in each State and (except for appointment/termination of Governors and while the Queen is personally present) the Governor alone exercises the Crown’s powers in respect of the State (s7(1)–(4)). Advice to the Queen in relation to State matters is to be tendered by the State Premier (s7(5)).\n\nWho this affects and who decides\n\n- State parliaments: gain explicit statutory power to make laws with extraterritorial operation and to exercise powers the UK might previously have exercised for the State’s peace, order and good government (s2). They no longer face invalidation of their post‑commencement laws on the ground of repugnancy to English law (s3).\n\n- Governors and Premiers: the Governor is the Crown’s representative in the State (s7(1)); the Premier advises on exercise of Crown powers in State matters (s7(5)). The Governor’s assent, reservation and disallowance procedures are altered: State laws assented to by a Governor are no longer subject to disallowance by Her Majesty or suspension pending signification of pleasure (s8), and instruments requiring withholding of assent or reservation for the Queen’s pleasure have no force (s9).\n\n- Courts and litigants: appeals from Australian courts to Her Majesty in Council (the Privy Council) are terminated (s11), subject to limited transitional exceptions for matters already in process when the Act commenced (s11(4)).\n\n- Commonwealth institutions and the Constitution: the Act expressly does not alter or override the Commonwealth Constitution, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act or the Statute of Westminster as they apply (s5). Any State law that would be repugnant to those documents is not given effect by the Act (s5(b)).\n\nWhy it matters (claimed purpose and practical consequences)\n\n- Claimed purpose: The preamble records that the Act was adopted to bring constitutional arrangements into conformity with Australia’s status as a sovereign, independent and federal nation. The Act implements that claim mechanically by removing residual UK legislative, executive and judicial powers over Australian States (see s1, s10, s11).\n\n- Practical consequences and trade-offs (mechanisms, incentives and costs):\n  - Transfer of final legal authority to Australian institutions. By removing the Privy Council appeal route (s11) and ending UK legislative effect (s1), final legal questions become matters for Australian courts and parliaments. That changes the forum available to litigants (s11) and shifts any costs of final adjudication to domestic institutions and the parties who litigate there.\n  - Increased formal autonomy for State parliaments. States are given explicit power to legislate extraterritorially and to pass laws that would previously have been vulnerable to invalidation for repugnancy with English law (s2, s3). That increases the range of actions State governments can take without UK oversight, while leaving unaffected any capacity they did not previously possess to engage in relations with foreign countries (s2(2)).\n  - Concentration of decision‑making about assent and reservation within Australia. The removal of disallowance and reservation mechanisms (s8–s9) reduces external veto points; the Governor’s role as the Crown’s representative is clarified (s7). These changes shift the locus of executive discretion and political accountability to State executives and parliaments.\n  - Implementation and compliance implications for States. States must make certain laws in the manner and form required by their own parliamentary laws for changes to constitution, powers or procedure to be effective (s6). This creates an internal procedural gatekeeping requirement: failure to follow the required manner and form means the State law has no force (s6).\n  - Amendment constraint and coordination costs. Repeal or amendment of this Act (or the Statute of Westminster as it applies) is limited: it may be done only by an Act of the Commonwealth passed at the request or with the concurrence of the Parliaments of all States (s15(1)), unless the Commonwealth Constitution is altered under s128 (s15(3)). This design disperses the power to change the Act and raises coordination costs for future amendments.\n\nCosts and burdens (who pays)\n\n- Administrative and legal costs fall to Commonwealth and State governments to implement and to courts and litigants to adapt to new finality rules (s1, s11). Private litigants lose the option of appealing to Her Majesty in Council and therefore may face changed litigation strategies and expense profiles (s11).\n\n- State parliaments bear the responsibility of ensuring their laws affecting parliamentary constitution, powers or procedure comply with their own manner‑and‑form requirements (s6). Governors and State executives operate under the Act’s clarified roles and limitations (s7–s9), which imposes operational changes on those offices.\n\nLimits, safeguards and express exceptions\n\n- The Act does not override or give effect to State laws that would conflict with the Commonwealth Constitution, the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, or the Statute of Westminster (s5(b)).\n\n- Transitional judicial exceptions preserve certain appeals already instituted or where leave/special leave had been granted before commencement (s11(4)).\n\n- The Act preserves that States do not gain any new capacity to engage in foreign relations beyond what they had immediately before commencement (s2(2)).\n\nConcrete amendments to State statutes\n\n- The Act amends specified provisions of the Constitution Acts of Queensland and Western Australia to remove references to the Royal Signet and certain reservation/assent language (ss13–14).\n\nKey sections to consult directly: sections 1–5 (UK legislative termination and State legislative powers), 6 (manner and form), 7–9 (Crown, Governor and assent mechanics), 10–11 (UK responsibility and appeals), 15 (method of repeal or amendment), and 16 (interpretation)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/australia-act-1986","history":"/api/acts/australia-act-1986/history","analysis":"/api/acts/australia-act-1986/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/australia-act-1986/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/australia-act-1986/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/australia-act-1986/documents"}}