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(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.
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(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.