COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT - SECT 69 Transfer of certain departments.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA CONSTITUTION ACT - SECT 69

    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:

    Quarantine.

But the departments of customs and of excise in each State shall become transferred to the Commonwealth on its establishment.