Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00190:section:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00190
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 6914–9549

or is permanently resident in Australia.
protected premises means premises, whether in a State or in a Territory:
 (a) occupied for the purposes of:
 (i) a diplomatic mission;
 (ii) a special mission; or
 (iii) a consular post;
 (b) formerly occupied for purposes referred to in paragraph (a), being premises to which Article 45 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations or Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations applies;
 (ba) occupied for the purposes of a designated overseas mission;
 (c) occupied by an international organization, or used for the purposes of a meeting of, or under the auspices of, an international organization;
 (d) used as the residence of, or otherwise for the private accommodation of, a protected person; or
 (e) formerly used as the residence of, or otherwise for the private accommodation of, the head of a diplomatic mission, being premises to which Article 45 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations applies.
protective service officer has the same meaning as in the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
public authority under the Commonwealth means an authority or body (not being an incorporated company or association) constituted by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory.
screening search means a search of a person conducted by equipment designed to carry out such a search without touching the person.
special mission means a temporary mission which is sent to Australia by the government of another country with the consent of the government of Australia.
State includes the Northern Territory.
Territory, except in subsection 25(2), means:
 (a) the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (aa) Norfolk Island; or
 (b) the Jervis Bay Territory; or
 (c) the Territory of Christmas Island; or
 (d) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
unreasonable obstruction means an act or thing done by a person that constitutes, or contributes to, an obstruction of, or interference with, the exercise or enjoyment by other persons of their lawful rights or privileges (including rights of passage along the public streets) where, having regard to all the circumstances of the obstruction or interference, including its place, time, duration and nature, it constitutes an unreasonable obstruction or interference, and unreasonably obstructs has a corresponding meaning.
 (2) References in this Act to a member of the Australian Federal Police shall be read as including references to a special member of the Australian Federal Police.
 (3) The Governor‑General may make regulations for the purposes of the definition of prescribed staff member in subsection (1).