Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAdditional operation of this Act in relation to particular activities
(1) In addition to section 69B, this Act also has effect as provided by this section in relation to the following activities:
(a) manufacturing, importing or exporting a substance, scheduled substance or type of scheduled substance;
(b) distributing, disposing of, purchasing or acquiring a substance, scheduled substance or type of scheduled substance;
(c) storing, using or handling a substance, scheduled substance or type of scheduled substance;
(d) engaging in conduct that results in the discharge of a substance, scheduled substance or type of scheduled substance;
(e) recovering, recycling or destroying a substance, scheduled substance or type of scheduled substance.
(2) In addition to section 69B, this Act also has effect as provided by this section in relation to the manufacture, import or export of equipment, or a kind of equipment, that:
(a) uses a scheduled substance in its operation; or
(b) contains a scheduled substance.
Corporations
(3) This Act also has the effect it would have if a reference to an activity mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) was expressly confined to such an activity carried out by a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
Territories
(4) This Act also has the effect it would have if a reference to an activity mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) was expressly confined to:
(a) such an activity carried out by a body corporate that is incorporated in a Territory; or
(b) such an activity carried out in a Territory.
Trade and commerce
(5) This Act also has the effect it would have if a reference to an activity mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) was expressly confined to such an activity carried out in the course of:
(a) trade and commerce between Australia and places outside Australia; or
(b) trade and commerce among the States; or
(c) trade and commerce between a State and a Territory.
Agencies of the Commonwealth
(6) This Act also has the effect it would have if a reference to an activity mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) was expressly confined to:
(a) such an activity carried out in the supply of goods or services to the Commonwealth, or a corporate Commonwealth entity or a Commonwealth company (both within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ); or
(b) such an activity carried out by the Commonwealth, or a corporate Commonwealth entity or a Commonwealth company (both within the meaning of that Act).
Communications
(7) This Act also has the effect it would have if a reference to an activity mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) was expressly confined to such an activity undertaken using a service to which paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution applies.