Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 17

                   In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

                     (a)  Australia or the Commonwealth means the Commonwealth of Australia and, when used in a geographical sense, includes the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but does not include any other external Territory;

                     (c)  The Constitution shall mean the Constitution of the Commonwealth;

                     (d)  The Constitution Act shall mean The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act ;

                     (e)  The Parliament shall mean the Parliament of the Commonwealth;

                     (g)  The Executive Council shall mean the Federal Executive Council;

                     (h)  Minister of State or Minister shall mean one of the King's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth;

                      (j)  Proclamation shall mean Proclamation by the Governor‑General that is published in the Gazette or entered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments established under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 ;

                     (k)   Consolidated Revenue Fund means the Consolidated Revenue Fund referred to in section 81 of the Constitution;

                      (l)  The seat of Government shall mean the seat of Government of the Commonwealth;

                    (m)  Gazette means the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette , and includes the Australian Government Gazette published during the period commencing on 1 July 1973 and ending immediately before the commencement of subsection 5(2) of the Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 1976 ;

                     (n)  The Government Printer shall include any person printing for the Government of the Commonwealth;

                     (o)  State shall mean a State of the Commonwealth;

                     (p)  Territory , Territory of the Commonwealth , Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth or Territory of Australia means a Territory referred to in section 122 of the Constitution, and includes a Territory administered by the Commonwealth under a Trusteeship Agreement;

                    (pb)  The Jervis Bay Territory means the Territory referred to in the Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act 1915 ;

                    (pc)  The Northern Territory means the Northern Territory of Australia;

                    (pd)  External Territory means a Territory, not being an internal Territory, for the government of which as a Territory provision is made by any Act;

                    (pe)  Internal Territory means the Australian Capital Territory, the Jervis Bay Territory or the Northern Territory;

                     (q)  Prescribed means prescribed by the Act, or by Regulations under the Act;

                      (r)  Regulations means Regulations under the Act.