24Constitutional limits

24 Constitutional limits

The Emergency Management Minister may exercise a power conferred on the Emergency Management Minister by section 20 or 21 only: (a) with respect to the implied power of the Parliament to make laws with respect to nationhood; or (b) with respect to the granting of financial assistance to a State or Territory; or (c) with respect to a Territory; or (d) with respect to implementing any of Australia’s international obligations under the Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; or (e) with respect to the granting of financial assistance to a constitutional corporation for the purposes of carrying out the corporation’s activities; or (f) with respect to a Commonwealth place (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970); or (g) with respect 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 (h) with respect to the use of a postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like service within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution; or (i) with respect to research relating to the development of patents of inventions; or (j) with respect to statistics; or (k) with respect to meteorological observations; or (l) with respect to insurance to which paragraph 51(xiv) of the Constitution applies; or (m) with respect to matters incidental to the execution of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth.