Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:2:p53
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 53/97)
Character Range: 1742236–1744910

1984.
Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.
resident of Australia means an individual who is a resident of Australia.
robbery means an offence against section 132.2.
Second Geneva Convention means the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, adopted at Geneva on 12 August 1949, a copy of the English text of which (not including the annexes) is set out in Schedule 2 to the Geneva Conventions Act 1957.
serious harm means harm (including the cumulative effect of any harm):
 (a) that endangers, or is likely to endanger, a person's life; or
 (b) that is or is likely to be significant and longstanding.
services provided to a Commonwealth entity includes services that consist of the provision of services to other persons in connection with the performance of the Commonwealth entity's functions.
servitude has the same meaning as in Division 270 (see section 270.4).
sexual activity means:
 (a) sexual intercourse; or
 (b) any other activity of a sexual or indecent nature (including an indecent assault) that involves the human body, or bodily actions or functions (whether or not that activity involves physical contact between people).
Note: See also the definition of engage in sexual activity.
sexual intercourse has the meaning given by section 272.4.
sexually penetrate is defined in section 71.8.
sexual service means the use or display of the body of the person providing the service for the sexual gratification of others.
slavery has the meaning given by section 270.1.
slavery‑like offence has the same meaning as in Division 270 (see section 270.1A).
special liability provision means:
 (a) a provision that provides that absolute liability applies to one or more (but not all) of the physical elements of an offence; or
 (b) a provision that provides that, in a prosecution for an offence, it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew a particular thing; or
 (c) a provision that provides that, in a prosecution for an offence, it is not necessary to prove that the defendant knew or believed a particular thing.
step‑child: without limiting who is a step‑child of a person for the purposes of this Code, someone who is a child of a de facto partner of the person is the step‑child of the person, if he or she would be the person's step‑child except that the person is not legally married to the partner.
step‑parent: without limiting who is a step‑parent of a person for the purposes of this Code, someone who is a de facto partner of a parent of the person is the step‑parent of the person, if he or she would be the