South Australian Consolidated Acts

SERIOUS AND ORGANISED CRIME (CONTROL) ACT 2008 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

"authorisation order" means an order of the Court under section 25;

"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Police;

"control order" means an order of the Court under section 14;

"Court" means the Magistrates Court;

"criminal intelligence" means information relating to actual or suspected criminal activity (whether in this State or elsewhere) the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to prejudice criminal investigations, to enable the discovery of the existence or identity of a confidential source of information relevant to law enforcement or to endanger a person's life or physical safety;

"declared organisation" means an organisation subject to a declaration by the Attorney-General under section 10;

"defendant", in relation to a control order—see section 14;

"member", in relation to an organisation, includes—

            (a)         in the case of an organisation that is a body corporate—a director or an officer of the body corporate; and

            (b)         in any case—

                  (i)         an associate member or prospective member (however described) of the organisation; and

                  (ii)         a person who identifies himself or herself, in some way, as belonging to the organisation; and

                  (iii)         a person who is treated by the organisation or persons who belong to the organisation, in some way, as if he or she belongs to the organisation;

"organisation" means any incorporated body or unincorporated group (however structured), whether or not the body or group is based outside South Australia, consists of persons who are not ordinarily resident in South Australia or is part of a larger organisation;

"personal details", in relation to a person, means—

            (a)         the person’s full name; and

            (b)         the person’s date of birth; and

            (c)         the address of where the person is living; and

            (d)         the address of where the person usually lives; and

            (e)         the person’s business address;

"public safety order" means an order made by a senior police officer under section 23;

"senior police officer" means a police officer of or above the rank of inspector;

"serious criminal activity" means the commission of serious criminal offences;

"serious criminal offences" means—

            (a)         indictable offences (other than indictable offences of a kind prescribed by regulation); or

            (b)         summary offences of a kind prescribed by regulation.