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(i) no one holds, or performs the duties of, the office of Commissioner of Police for the Territory; and
           (ii) there are no police officers:

         the Minister; or
      (c) where:
             (i) no one holds, or performs the duties of, the office of Commissioner of Police for the Territory; and
          (ii) there are police officers:
         the police officer who holds the highest rank in the Police Force of the Territory or, where more than one officer holds that highest rank, the most senior of those officers calculated

         by reference to the days on which they were first appointed as members of any Police Force in Australia;
  "Consolidated Fund" means the Consolidated Revenue Fund;
     "Consolidated Revenue Fund" means the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Commonwealth;

     "Gazette" or "Government Gazette of the Territory" means the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette;
  "Government Printer" means:

         (a) in the case of documents printed on or before 30 June 1911—the Government Printer of the State of South Australia including any person printing for the Government of that State; or

         (b) in the case of documents printed after 30 June 1911 but before the commencement of this Ordinance—the Government Printer of the Northern Territory including any person printing for the Government of that Territory; or
         (c) in any other case—the Government Printer of the Commonwealth including any person printing for the Government of the Commonwealth;

     "legal practitioner", "barrister", "solicitor" or "barrister and solicitor" means a person entitled under section 55a, 55b or 55d of the Judiciary Act 1903 of the Commonwealth to practise as a barrister or solicitor, or both, in a federal court or a court of a Territory;

     "medical practitioner" means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners and whose registration or licence is not suspended under a law of a State or Territory;
     "Northern Territory Government Account" means the Consolidated Revenue Fund;

  "Ordinance" means an Ordinance made under the Acceptance Act;
     "police officer" means a person holding, or performing the duties of, the office of member of the Police Force of the Territory;

     "subordinate law" means an instrument of a legislative nature including regulations, rules or by-laws;
  "the Territory" means the Territory of Ashmore and Carrier Islands.
Application of the A.C.T. Interpretation Act
5. Sections 8a, 8b, 11c, 11d, 12a, 25a, 28a, 29a, 29b and 30 of the A.C.T. Interpretation Act apply in relation to laws of the Territory other than an applied Northern Territory law as if references to an Act in force in the Australian Capital Territory were references to an Ordinance.

Application of the A.C.T. Evidence (Laws and Instruments) Act
6. Paragraphs 4