Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"act" includes an omission.
"AGO" has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 2001 .
"ASD" has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 2001 .
"ASIS" has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 2001 .
"Australian" means a person who:
(a) is an Australian citizen; or
(b) is not an Australian citizen but is permitted to travel to, enter and remain in Australia indefinitely under the Migration Act 1958 .
"Commonwealth officer" has the same meaning as in the Crimes Act 1914 - 1960 .
"criminal laws" of the Jervis Bay Territory means laws in force in that Territory (including unwritten laws):
(a) creating offences or imposing criminal liability for offences; or
(b) dealing with capacity to incur criminal liability; or
(c) providing a defence or for reduction of the degree of criminal liability; or
(d) dealing with other subjects declared by regulation to be within the ambit of the criminal laws of the Jervis Bay Territory ; or
(e) providing for the interpretation of laws of the kinds mentioned above.
"declared agreement or arrangement" means a relevant agreement or arrangement that regulations made for the purposes of section 3B provide is a declared agreement or arrangement for the purposes of this Act.
"declared foreign country" means a foreign country that regulations made for the purposes of section 3C provide is a declared foreign country for the purposes of this Act.
"declared part of a foreign country" means a part of a foreign country that regulations made for the purposes of section 3C provide is a declared part of a foreign country for the purposes of this Act.
"foreign country" :
(a) means any country other than Australia or an external Territory (whether or not an independent sovereign State); and
(b) includes:
(i) all the territory and maritime areas over which the country exercises sovereignty or sovereign rights; and
(ii) the air space over those areas.
"international organisation" means an organisation:
(a) of which Australia and a country or countries other than Australia are members; or
(b) that is constituted by a person or persons representing Australia and a person or persons representing a country or countries other than Australia.
"Minister for Foreign Affairs" means the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 .
"relevant agreement or arrangement" means an agreement or arrangement (whether formal or informal) between:
(a) Australia and the United Nations or an organ of the United Nations; or
(b) Australia and another country.
"staff member" of ASIS , AGO or ASD has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 2001 .
"Territory" means an internal Territory.