Referral of Law- Making Power Unit Three- Outcome Two- 2013

Hope you all had a great holiday… I will see you Friday. Please go through this PowerPoint as a class to complete chapter three. If you have spare time, go through the answers to the four case studies together… see you Friday!!

Referral of Law-Making Powers 0 The States can refer and of their law residual powers to the Commonwealth. This may occur when the states find there is an area of law that needs to be uniformed across the country. 0 States are usually reluctant to do this 0 S51(xxxvii) gives the Commonwealth Parliament power over any matters referred to it by the states, but that power can only operate in the states that have given up their power to the Commonwealth

The Process of Referral of Powers 1. The states agreeing to hand over an area of power to the Commonwealth 2. When a decision has been reached, the state Parliaments pass an act giving their law-making power to the Commonwealth 3. The Commonwealth passes an act accepting this power from each state that has referred its power.

Impact of referral of law- making powers 0 The impact of the referral of law-making powers is that there is a change in the division of powers between state and the Commonwealth in favour of the Commonwealth.

Cases of Referral of Power

Other Cases 0 Other cases of referral of law-making powers can be found on pages of your text book.

Strengths and Weaknesses STRENGTHS 0 The Commonwealth is able to make laws for the benefit of the whole country 0 It is difficult to get the states to pass uniform laws on a particular issues. There are likely to be small differences. If power has been referred to the Commonwealth, then it can pass one law that affects the whole country. WEAKNESSES 0 The states can agree to pass uniform laws without losing their law- making power 0 Reduces the law-making power of the states

Question Time 0 Complete Learning Activity 3.10 on Page The first SAC for U3O2 will be WEDNESDAY 24 th of APRIL! 0 It will be on Chapter Three!! 0 Look at the exam questions at the end of chapter three. Have a shot at breaking down the questions and determine what the questions are asking you. Rewrite the questions in ‘layman's’ terms.