6AConstitutional limits

6A Constitutional limits

(1) The Organisation may perform its functions only: (a) for purposes relating to activities that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or (b) for purposes relating to trade and commerce: (i) between Australia and places outside Australia; or (ii) among the States; or (iii) within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories; or (c) for purposes relating to postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like services; or (d) for purposes relating to the security or defence of Australia; or (e) for purposes relating to astronomical and meteorological observations; or (f) for purposes relating to statistics; or (g) for purposes relating to weights and measures; or (h) for purposes relating to copyrights, patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks; or (i) for purposes relating to the provision of medical and dental services; or (j) for purposes related to external affairs, including: (i) giving effect to any international agreement to which Australia is a party; and (ii) addressing matters of international concern; and (iii) by way of the performance of its functions in a place outside Australia; or (k) for purposes relating to the relations of the Commonwealth with the islands of the Pacific; or (l) in, or for purposes relating to, a Territory; or (m) in, or for purposes relating to, a Commonwealth place (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970); or (n) for purposes relating to matters incidental to the execution of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth. (2) A term used in subsection (1) and the Constitution has the same meaning in that subsection as it has in the Constitution.