5Construction of Act

5 Construction of Act (1) This Act shall be read and construed as intended to operate, and as operating, to the full extent of the legislative powers of the Territory (any presumption to the contrary notwithstanding) but subject to, and so as not to exceed, the limits of those powers to the intent that where any provision of this Act would, but for this subsection, be construed as being in excess of those powers, it shall nevertheless be a valid enactment to the extent to which it is not in excess of those powers. (2) No other provision of this Act shall be read or construed so as to limit, or as limiting, the operation of subsection (1).