27Operation of State laws

#### 27 Operation of State laws (1) Subject to this section, it is the intention of the Parliament that this Act and the regulations shall not operate to the exclusion of the application in the Googong Dam Area, in accordance with the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970‑1973, of the provisions of a law of the State of New South Wales (including provisions that deal with a matter that is also dealt with by this Act or the regulations) to the extent that those provisions are capable of operating concurrently with this Act and the regulations. (2) In relation to the Googong Dam Area, the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970‑1973 has effect as if: (a) the reference in subsection 4(1) of that Act to the provisions of the laws of a State as in force at a time included a reference to a provision that would be in force in that area as a law of the State of New South Wales at that time but for section 52 of the Constitution; and (b) paragraph 4(2)(b) of that Act were omitted. (3) Without affecting the power of the Governor‑General to make regulations under the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970‑1973, regulations under this Act may provide for excluding the application in or in relation to the Googong Dam Area, by virtue of that Act as affected by this section, of any provisions of a law of the State of New South Wales.