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Definitions. 6. " The Commonwealth " shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act. "The States" shall mean such of the Colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States ; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called " a State." " Original States " shall mean such States as are parts of the Commonwealth at its establishment. Repeal of Federal Council Act. 48 &49 Viet. o. 60. 7. " The Federal Council of Australasia Act, 1885," is hereby repealed, but so as not to affect any laws passed by the Federal Council of Australasia and in force at the establishment of the Commonwealth. Any such law may be repealed as to any State by the Parliament of the Commonwealth, or as to any colony not being a State by the Parliament thereof. Application of Colonial Boundaries Act. 58 &59 Vict. c. 34. 8. After the passing of this Act " The Colonial Boundaries Act, 1895," shall not apply to any colony which becomes a State of the Commonwealth; but the Commonwealth shall be taken to be a self-governing colony for the purposes of that Act. 9. The Constitution of the Commonwealth shall be as follows :— THE CONSTITUTION. This Constitution is divided as follows :— Chapter I.—The Parliament: Part I.—General: Part ll.—The Senate : Part lll.—The House of Eepresentatives : ' Part IV. —Both Houses of the Parliament: Part V.— Powers of the Parliament: Chapter ll.—The Executive Government: Chapter lll.—The Judicature : Chapter IV.—Finance and Trade : Chapter V.—The States: Chapter Vl.—New States : Chapter Vll.—Miscellaneous : Chapter Vlll.—Alteration of the Constitution. The Schedule. CHAPTEE I.—THE PAELIAMENT. Pakt I.—Gbneeal. Legislative power. 1. The legislative power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a Federal Parliament, which shall consist of the Queen, a Senate, and a House of Eepresentatives, and which is hereinafter called " The Parliament," or " The Parliament of the Commonwealth." Governor- General. 2. A Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's Eepresentative in the Commonwealth, and shall have and may exercise in the Commonwealth during the Queen's pleasure, but subject to this Constitution, such powers and functions of the Queen as Her Majesty may be pleased to assign to him. Salary of Governor-General. 3. There shall be payable to the Queen out of the Consolidated Eevenue Fund of the Commonwealth, for the salary of the Governor-General, an annual sum which, until the. Parliament otherwise provides, shall be ten thousand pounds. The salary of a Governor-General shall not be altered during his continuance in office. Provisions relating to Governor-General. 4. The provisions of this Constitution relating to the Governor-General extend and apply to the Governor-General for the time being, or such person as the Queen may appoint to administer the Government of the Commonwealth; but no such person shall be entitled to receive any salary from the Commonwealth in respect of any other office during his administration of the Government of the Commonwealth. Sessions of Parliament. Prorogation and dissolution. Summoning Parliament. First session. 5. The Governor-General may appoint such times for holding the sessions of the Parliament as he thinks fit, and may also from time to time, by Proclamation or otherwise, prorogue the Parliament, and may in like manner dissolve the House of Eepresentatives. After any general election the Parliament shall be summoned to meet not later than thirty days after the day appointed for the return of the writs. The Parliament shall be summoned to meet not later than six months after the establishment of the Commonwealth. Yearly session of Parliament. 6. There shall be a session of the Parliament once at least in every year, so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last sitting of the Parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session.