Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Act:
"act" includes an omission.
"adjacent area" means the whole of the area to which the cooperative scheme applies.
"Australian ship" means:
(a) a ship registered in Australia ; or
(b) a ship that operates, or is controlled, from a base in Australia and is not registered under the law of another country; or
(c) a ship that belongs to an arm of the Defence Force.
"cooperative scheme" means the legislative and administrative scheme for applying and enforcing criminal law in the areas adjacent to the coast of Australia set out in Schedule 1.
"foreign ship" means a ship other than an Australian ship.
"Greater Sunrise special regime area" has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 .
"intergovernmental agreement" means the intergovernmental agreement entered into under clause 5 of the cooperative scheme.
"law of criminal investigation, procedure and evidence" has the same meaning as in clause 1 of Schedule 1.
"petroleum activities" has the same meaning as Petroleum Activities has in the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor - Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea done at New York on 6 March 2018, as in force from time to time.
Note: The Treaty could in 2019 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
"police officer" means a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police or a member of the police force or police service of a State or Territory.
"ship" means a vessel or boat of any description and includes:
(a) a floating structure; and
(b) a hovercraft or other similar craft.
"substantive criminal law" has the same meaning as in clause 1 of Schedule 1.