Meaning of primary matters
32 Meaning of primary matters
For the purposes of this Division, the primary matters are the matters covered by subsection (2).
This subsection covers the matters to which the referred primary provisions relate, to the extent of making laws with respect to those matters by including the referred primary provisions in the relevant version of this Act.
The referred primary provisions:
subject to paragraph (b), are the provisions of the relevant version of this Act, to the extent that they deal with matters that are included in the legislative powers of the Parliaments of the States; and
do not include Division 2 or 3 of Part 2, subparagraph 24(1)(a)(ii), paragraph 25(3)(b) or (c) or section 38 of the relevant version of this Act (which deals with the functions and powers of Housing Australia in relation to cooperating States or withdrawn States).
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