Part 1 Preliminary Division 3 Constitutional provisions and application of this Act Section 16 16 Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws This Act is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of a law of a State or Territory to the extent that that law is capable of operating concurrently with this Act. 17 State constitutional powers This Act does not enable a power to be exercised to the extent that it would impair the capacity of a State to exercise its constitutional powers. 22 Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 Authorised Version C2018A00029 No. 29, 2018