Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987

The Organisation may perform its functions only:

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

for purposes relating to trade and commerce:

between Australia and places outside Australia; or

among the States; or

within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories; or

for purposes relating to postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like services; or

for purposes relating to the security or defence of Australia; or

for purposes relating to astronomical and meteorological observations; or

for purposes relating to statistics; or

for purposes relating to weights and measures; or

for purposes relating to copyrights, patents of inventions and designs, and trade marks; or

for purposes relating to the provision of medical and dental services; or

for purposes related to external affairs, including:

giving effect to any international agreement to which Australia is a party; and

addressing matters of international concern; and

by way of the performance of its functions in a place outside Australia; or

for purposes relating to the relations of the Commonwealth with the islands of the Pacific; or

in, or for purposes relating to, a Territory; or

in, or for purposes relating to, a Commonwealth place (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970); or

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.

A term used in subsection (1) and the Constitution has the same meaning in that subsection as it has in the Constitution.