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(see s 3)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 defines the following terms:
• ACT
• adult
• Australian driver licence
• chief police officer
• child
• Childrens Court
• Magistrates Court
• Supreme Court.
Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005 (see Legislation Act, s 148.) For example, the following terms are defined in the Crimes (Child Sex Offenders) Act 2005, dict:
• contact person (see s 33)
• in person
• registrable offender (see s 8 and s 9)
• reporting obligations notice (see s 103).
"birth certificate", for a person, means the person's birth certificate, or a certified extract about the person's birth from the register, under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1997 or a corresponding law of a State, an external territory or New Zealand.
"citizenship certificate", for a person, means the person's citizenship certificate issued under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (Cwlth), section 46 (Issue and proof of certificates of Australian citizenship) or a certified copy of the entry in the register about the person under that Act, section 44 (Evidence of entries in register).
"credit card"—see the Fair Trading Act 1992, section 28 (4) (Unsolicited credit and debit cards).
"debit card"—see the Fair Trading Act 1992, section 28 (4) (Unsolicited credit and debit cards).
"entitlement card", for a person, means a card issued to the person by the Commonwealth, a State, an external territory or New Zealand as evidence of the person's entitlement to a financial benefit.
Example of entitlement card
Medicare card
Note An example is part of the regulation, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
"primary document", for a person, means the original of either of the following documents:
(a) the person's birth certificate;
(b) the person's citizenship certificate.
"secondary document "means any of the following documents:
(a) a current entitlement card for the person;
(b) a current credit or debit card issued to and signed by the person;
(c) a service bill issued to the person within the last 6 months;
(d) a student identity card or a certificate or statement of enrolment from an educational institution.
"service bill, "for a person, means a bill issued to the person for the use of a utility service, telephone service or internet service.
"utility service"—see the Utilities Act 2000, dictionary.
Endnotes
1 Notification
Notified under the Legislation Act on 22 December 2005.
2 Republications of amended laws
For the latest republication of amended laws, see
www.legislation.act.gov.au.
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