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other public notification by Australia expressing its support for the declaration.
 (7) A reference in this Act to a person acting on behalf of the Commission is a reference to:
 (a) a person, or each of a body of persons, acting pursuant to a delegation under section 19; or
 (b) an instrumentality of a State performing a function of the Commission pursuant to an arrangement in force under section 16.
 (8) Except so far as the contrary intention appears, an expression that is used both in this Act and in the Convention (whether or not a particular meaning is assigned to it by the Convention) has, in this Act, for the purposes of the operation of this Act in relation to the Convention, the same meaning as it has in the Convention.
 (9) A reference in this Act to prejudice to the security, defence or international relations of Australia includes a reference to any such prejudice that might result from the divulging of information or matters communicated in confidence by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country, an authority of a government of a foreign country or an international organisation to the Government of the Commonwealth, to an authority of the Commonwealth or to a person receiving the communication on behalf of the Commonwealth or of an authority of the Commonwealth.