New South Wales Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 2003 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:

"ACC Act" means the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 of the Commonwealth.

Note : That Act was originally known as the National Crime Authority Act 1984 .

"ACC laws" means:

(a) the ACC Act, and

(b) all regulations, directions and guidelines in force under the ACC Act.

"applied provisions" means the ACC laws that apply as a law of this State because of section 5, including any modification under this Act.

"Commonwealth body or person" means:

(a) the ACC, or

(b) the Board, or

(c) the Chair of the Board, or

(d) a member of the Board, or

(e) the Inter-Governmental Committee, or

(f) the CEO, or

(g) a member of the staff of the ACC, or

(h) an examiner, or

(i) a Judge of the Federal Court, or

(j) a Federal Magistrate.

"confer" includes to impose.

"Federal Magistrate" means a Federal Magistrate (including the Chief Federal Magistrate) who holds office under the Federal Magistrates Act 1999 of the Commonwealth.

"function" includes a power or duty.

"modification" includes an addition, omission or substitution.

"perform" includes to exercise.

(2) If this Act uses a term that is given a meaning in section 4 of the ACC Act, the term has the same meaning in this Act unless the contrary intention appears.

(3) In this Act, a reference to a Commonwealth Act includes a reference to:

(a) the Commonwealth Act, as amended and in force for the time being, and

(b) an Act enacted in substitution for that Act and, if it is amended, as amended and in force for the time being.

(4) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.