Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"act" includes an omission.
"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.
"DIGO" has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 2001.
"DSD" has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 2001 .
(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, DIGO or DSD has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 2001 .
"Territory" means an internal Territory.