COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT - SECT 69 Transfer of certain departments.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT - SECT 69
Transfer of certain departments.On a date or dates to be proclaimed by the Governor - General after the establishment of the Commonwealth the following departments of the public service in each State shall become transferred to the Commonwealth:--
Posts, telegraphs, and telephones:
Naval and military defence:
Lighthouses, lightships, beacons, and buoys:
But the departments of customs and of excise in each State shall become
transferred to the Commonwealth on its establishment.