 However, it exempted any religious denomination recognised by the Australian government under the federal Marriage Act since it used a definition of psychology broad enough to include the counselling traditionally done by priests and ministers of religion.Although similar laws were later passed in Western Australia in 1968 (the "Scientology Act") and South Australia (the "Scientology (Prohibition) Act, 1968" replaced by the "Psychological Practices Act, 1973"), the Church remained active in these two States.In January 1973, the newly elected federal Labor government recognised the Church of Scientology as a religious denomination under the Marriage Act, making it effectively exempt from the provisions of the Victorian "Psychological Practices Act".