Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:154a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 154A
Character Range: 2119027–2121396

154A  Definitions
  In this Part:
consultant means a person engaged under section 27A.
contravention, in relation to a law, includes an offence against section 11.1, 11.4 or 11.5 of the Criminal Code that relates to an offence against that law.
data includes:
 (a) information in any form; or
 (b) any program (or part of a program).
data held in a computer includes:
 (a) data held in any removable data storage device for the time being held in a computer; or
 (b) data held in a data storage device on a computer network of which the computer forms a part.
data storage device means a thing containing, or designed to contain, data for use by a computer.
evidential material means a document or other thing that may afford evidence relating to:
 (a) a contravention of this Act, a gas market instrument or the consumer data rules; or
 (b) a contravention of Part 20 of the Telecommunications Act 1997; or
 (c) a contravention of Part 9 of the Telecommunications (Consumer Protection and Service Standards) Act 1999; or
 (d) a contravention of section 137.1, 137.2 or 149.1 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Part.
executing officer, for a search warrant, means:
 (a) the inspector named in the warrant as being responsible for executing the warrant; or
 (b) if that inspector does not intend to be present at the execution of the warrant—another inspector whose name has been written in the warrant by the inspector so named; or
 (c) another inspector whose name has been written in the warrant by the inspector last named in the warrant.
inspector means a person appointed as an inspector under section 154B.
occupier, in relation to premises, includes a person present at the premises who apparently represents the occupier.
officer assisting, for a search warrant, means:
 (a) an inspector who is assisting in executing the warrant; or
 (b) a person authorised under section 154K in relation to the warrant.
premises means:
 (a) an area of land or any other place (whether or not it is enclosed or built on); or
 (b) a building or other structure; or
 (c) a vehicle, vessel or aircraft; or
 (d) a part of any such premises.
search warrant means a warrant issued by a magistrate under section 154X or signed by a magistrate under section 154Y.
thing includes a thing in electronic or magnetic form.

Division 2—Appointment of inspectors and identity cards