Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00175:section:3:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00175
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 5/5)
Character Range: 18125–19720

definition of authority in section 81A) means a process issued by a court, authority or tribunal in accordance with:
 (aa) this Act; or
 (a) a law of a State; or
 (b) the provisions of such a law as applied by subsection 68(1) of the Judiciary Act 1903;
that authorises the apprehension of a person.
Note: Section 81A alters the meaning of this term for the purposes of Part 5.
 (2) For the purposes of the definition of tribunal in subsection (1), a body is taken to be authorised by or under a law of a State to take evidence on oath or affirmation if a member of the body is authorised, by or under the law by or under which the body was established, to take evidence on oath or affirmation.
 (3) A reference in this Act to a subpoena issued by a court or tribunal is a reference to a subpoena issued by or out of the court or tribunal.
 (4) A reference in this Act to allowances and travelling expenses includes a reference to vouchers tendered in substitution for the whole or part of those allowances and travelling expenses.
 (5) A reference in this Act to a law of the Commonwealth or a State is a reference to a law (whether written or unwritten) of or in force in the Commonwealth or the State, as the case may be.
 (6) A reference in this Act to a person who is in prison does not include a reference to a person who is serving a term of imprisonment by way of periodic detention.
 (7) For the purposes of this Act, if a Territory does not have its own police force, the police force performing the policing functions of the Territory is taken to be the police force of the Territory.