Defence and foreign affairs, for example, were outside of their legislative competence.

The court held that a provincial board may adjudicate matters within federal legislative competence.

True, the original Constitution places some limits on the legislative competence of the states.

The assembly can gain further legislative competence by the amendment of Schedule 5.

It had legislative competences in court and administrative law.

The Legislature can only make laws within its legislative competence.

This Parliament has no competence in that area, either legislative or budgetary.

Even if some have legislative competence, this would not give them greater or additional rights in relation to other regions.

Public health is a national area, involving national legislative competence.

The citizens' parliament's legislative competence is being extended more than twice over.