Territorial application of Act
5 Territorial application of Act
This Act applies both within and outside New South Wales.
This Act applies outside New South Wales to the full extent of the extra-territorial legislative power of Parliament.
Without affecting the generality of subsections (1) and (2), it is intended that this Act applies in relation to the following:
land situated outside New South Wales, whether within or outside Australia,
things situated outside New South Wales, whether within or outside Australia,
acts, transactions and matters done, entered into or occurring outside New South Wales, whether within or outside Australia,
things, acts, transactions and matters (wherever situated, done, entered into or occurring) that would, apart from this Act, be governed or otherwise affected by the law of a place outside New South Wales, whether within or outside Australia.
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