Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00489:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00489
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/6)
Character Range: 12833–15633

4  Interpretation—defined terms
  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Antarctica means the area south of 60 South Latitude, including all ice shelves in that area.
Article 11 arrangement has the meaning given by section 4C.
audit means an audit under Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 5.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense:
 (a) includes the external Territories; but
 (b) does not include Australian waters.
Australian aircraft means an aircraft:
 (a) that is owned or operated by:
 (i) the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or
 (ii) an authority of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or
 (b) that is registered, or required to be registered, in Australia.
Australian jurisdiction means Australia or Australian waters, including over Australia or Australian waters.
Australian platform means a platform:
 (a) that is fixed to:
 (i) the seabed or subsoil beneath Australian waters; or
 (ii) the continental shelf of Australia; or
 (b) that is otherwise operating in:
 (i) Australian waters; or
 (ii) a part of the sea above the continental shelf of Australia.
Australian vessel means a vessel:
 (a) that is owned or operated by:
 (i) the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or
 (ii) an authority of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; or
 (b) that is registered, or required to be registered, in Australia.
Australian waters means the following:
 (a) the coastal sea of Australia;
 (b) the coastal sea of each external Territory;
which have the same meanings as in section 15B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Basel Convention means the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Convention is in Australian Treaty Series 1992 No. 7 ([1992] ATS 7) and could in 2017 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Basel export permit means a permit under section 17 permitting the export of hazardous waste.
Basel import permit means a permit under section 17 permitting the import of hazardous waste.
Basel permit means:
 (a) a Basel export permit; or
 (b) a Basel import permit; or
 (c) a Basel transit permit.
Basel transit permit means a permit under section 17A permitting the carrying out of one or more transit proposals relating to hazardous waste.
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
competent authority, in relation to a foreign country, means:
 (a) if the country is a party to the Basel Convention—the competent authority of the country within the meaning of the Basel Convention; and
 (b) otherwise—a person or