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COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY ACT 1998 No. 78, 1998 - SECT 7

Definitions In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Australia , when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

Australian Comprehensive Test Ban Office means the Australian Comprehensive Test Ban Office designated under section 62.

clarification inspection means an inspection carried out under Division 3 of Part 3.

clarification warrant means a warrant issued under section 22.

Director means the person designated under section 63 as the Director of the Australian Comprehensive Test Ban Office.

environment includes all aspects of the surroundings of human beings, whether affecting human beings as individuals or in social groupings.

establish , in relation to a facility, includes:

evidential material means a thing that may afford evidence as to the commission of an offence against this Act, including such a thing in electronic form.

foreign country inspector means a person the Minister declares to be a foreign country inspector under section 19.

identity card means a card issued under section 67.

inspection site means premises the Minister declares to be an inspection site under section 11.

land includes waters and submerged land.

national inspector means the Director or a person appointed as a national inspector under section 66.

observer means a person the Minister declares to be an observer under section 15.

occupier , in relation to an inspection site or other premises, includes a person at the site or premises who apparently represents the occupier.

Office means the Australian Comprehensive Test Ban Office.

on-site inspection means an inspection the Minister declares to be an on-site inspection under section 11.

on-site inspection power has the meaning given by section 12.

on-site inspection purpose has the meaning given by section 13.

on-site inspection warrant means a warrant issued under section 21.

Organization means the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization established by the Treaty.

Organization inspector means a person the Minister declares to be an Organization inspector under section 14.

premises includes a place and a conveyance.

State Party means a State that is a signatory to the Treaty and that has ratified it.

Treaty means the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (including the Annexes to the Treaty, the Protocol to the Treaty and the Annexes to the Protocol) a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1, as amended by any amendment of the Treaty that Australia accepts, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the regulations.

vessel means a thing capable of carrying persons or goods through water.

warrant premises means premises in relation to which a warrant is in force.

warrant team , in relation to a warrant issued under Part 3, means:



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