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judicial proceedings; or

    (c)     that is information or matter that was given to the Minister or an officer in confidence;

and includes any document containing, or any record of, such information or matter;

'old visa' means a visa, document, or notation, that:

  (a)     permits a person to travel to Australia; and

  (b)     was issued before 1 November 1993; and

    (c)     has not been cancelled or otherwise stopped being in force;

'permanent visa' has the meaning given by subsection 25(1);

'protected area' means an area that is:

  (a)     part of the migration zone; and

  (b)     in, or in an area in the vicinity of, the Protected Zone;

'questioning detention' means detention under section 54Z;

'Refugee Review Tribunal' means the Refugee Review Tribunal established by section 166J;

'refused immigration clearance' has the meaning given by subsection 54HS(3);

     'remain in Australia', in relation to a person, means remain in the migration zone;

     'remove' means remove from Australia;

     'removee' means an unlawful non-citizen removed, or to be removed, under Division 4D of Part 2;

     'RRT-reviewable decision' has the meaning given by section 166B;

     'special category visa' has the meaning given by section 26A;

     'substantive visa' means a visa other than a bridging visa or a criminal justice visa;

     'temporary visa' has the meaning given by subsection 25(2);

     'unlawful non-citizen' has the meaning given by section 15;

     'visa' includes an old visa;

     'visa applicant' means an applicant for a visa and, in relation to a visa, means the applicant for the visa;

     'visa holder' means the holder of a visa and, in relation to a visa, means the holder of the visa;

     'visa tax' means tax under the Migration (Delayed Visa Applications) Tax Act 1992;";

   (d)    by omitting subsections (5), (5A), (8), (9), (10) and (10A);

     (e)     by omitting from paragraph (12)(a) "Part 3" and substituting "Part 3 or 4A";

     (f) by omitting from paragraph (12)(b) "Part III" and substituting "Part 3 or 4A";

   (g) by omitting subsections (26) and (28).".

5. After section 4 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Effect of limited meaning of enter Australia etc.

"4AA. To avoid doubt, although subsection 4(1) limits, for the purposes of this Act, the meanings of 'enter Australia', 'leave Australia' and 'remain in Australia' and as well, because of section 18A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the meaning of parts of speech and grammatical forms of those phrases, this does not mean:

    (a)     that, for those purposes, the meaning of 'in Australia', 'to Australia' or any other phrase is limited; or

    (b)    that this Act does not extend to parts of Australia outside the migration zone; or

  (c)     that this Act does not apply to persons in those parts.".

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