Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00493:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00493
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 10021–12622

4  Definitions
  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
account has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
agent has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian law means a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
authorised officer has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
carrier has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (other than Part 5‑4 or 5‑4A of that Act).
child has the same meaning as in Part ID of the Crimes Act 1914.
communication has the same meaning as in the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.
constable has the same meaning as in the Crimes Act 1914.
defendant has the meaning given by section 40AA.
eligible law enforcement officer has the meaning given by subsection 32A(2).
enforcement agency has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
evidential material means:
 (a) in Subdivision F of Division 6 of Part 4—evidence relating to:
 (i) property in relation to which a forfeiture order has been or could be made; or
 (ii) property in relation to which a restraining order has been or could be made for the purposes of section 40AC; or
 (iii) proceeds of a Tribunal offence; or
 (b) otherwise—a thing relevant to a Tribunal offence, including such a thing in electronic form.
executing officer, in relation to a warrant, means:
 (a) the police officer named in the warrant, by the magistrate who issued the warrant, as being responsible for executing the warrant; or
 (b) if that police officer does not intend to be present at the execution of the warrant‑another police officer whose name has been written in the warrant by the police officer so named; or
 (c) another police officer whose name has been written in the warrant by the police officer last named in the warrant.
federal prisoner means a person who:
 (a) is being held in custody pending:
 (i) trial for; or
 (ii) a committal hearing or a summary hearing in relation to; or
 (iii) sentencing for;
an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; or
 (b) is under a sentence of imprisonment for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory, or is otherwise subject to detention under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory;
but does not include a person who is at large after having escaped from lawful custody.
financial institution has the same meaning as in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
forensic evidence has the same meaning as in Part