5Relationship to other laws

5 Relationship to other laws

State/Territory laws (1) This Act is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of a law of a State or Territory to the extent that the law is capable of operating concurrently with this Act. (1A) A direction under this Act prevails over a direction (however described) under a law of a State or Territory to the extent of any inconsistency. (1B) Subsection (1A) does not, by implication, limit: (a) the application of section 109 of the Constitution to a law of a State; or (b) the application of the corresponding principle to a law of a Territory. Commonwealth laws (1C) A direction under this Act prevails over a direction (however described) under another Act to the extent of any inconsistency, unless the other Act: (a) is enacted after the commencement of this subsection; and (b) refers specifically to a direction under this Act. (2) Nothing in the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 affects the operation of this Act.