Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00248:clause:1_1:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00248
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 1 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 19211–21874

1  Definitions
 (1) In this scheme:
adjacent area for a State has the meaning given by clause 14 of this Schedule.
Australian ship means:
 (a) a ship registered in Australia; or
 (b) a ship that operates, or is controlled, from a base in Australia and is not registered under the law of another country; or
 (c) a ship that belongs to an arm of the Defence Force.
baseline for a State has the meaning given by clause 15 of this Schedule.
foreign ship means a ship other than an Australian ship.
indictable offence means an offence for which a charge may be laid by indictment or an equivalent process (whether that is the only, or an optional, way to lay a charge of the offence).
inner adjacent area for a State means the parts of the adjacent area for the State that are:
 (a) on the landward side of the baseline for the State; and
 (b) on the seaward side, but within 12 nautical miles from, the baseline for the State.
intergovernmental agreement means the agreement entered into under clause 5 of this Schedule.
law of criminal investigation, procedure and evidence means law (including unwritten law) about:
 (a) the investigation of offences (including coronial inquiry); or
 (b) immunity from prosecution and undertakings about the use of evidence; or
 (c) the arrest and custody of offenders or suspected offenders; or
 (d) bail; or
 (e) the laying of charges; or
 (f) the capacity to plead to a charge, or to stand trial on a charge; or
 (g) the classification of offences as indictable or summary offences (and sub‑classification within those classes); or
 (h) procedures for dealing with a charge of a summary offence; or
 (i) procedures for dealing with a charge of an indictable offence (including preliminary examination of the charge); or
 (j) procedures for sentencing offenders and the punishment of offenders; or
 (k) the hearing and determination of appeals in criminal proceedings; or
 (l) the rules of evidence; or
 (m) other subjects declared by regulation to be within the ambit of the law of criminal investigation, procedure and evidence; or
 (n) the interpretation of laws of the kinds mentioned above.
maritime offence means an offence against a law that applies in the adjacent area for a State under this scheme.
offence means an indictable or summary offence.
outer adjacent area for a State means the part of the adjacent area for the State that is outside the inner adjacent area for the State.
participating State Minister means a Minister responsible for administering a State Act that gives effect to this scheme.
ship means a vessel or boat of any description and includes:
 (a) a floating structure; and
 (b) a hovercraft or