Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015:section:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00015
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9 (pt 1/14)
Character Range: 68073–70902

9  Definitions
 (1) In this Act:
acceptable ballast water exchange has the meaning given by section 275.
accompanying person for a child or incapable person means:
 (a) a parent, guardian or next of kin of the child or incapable person; or
 (b) a person authorised by a parent, guardian or next of kin of the child or incapable person under section 39.
acquisition of property has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.
adjacent premises warrant means a warrant issued as a result of the test in item 5 of the table in section 489 being met.
Administration of a vessel has the same meaning as in the Ballast Water Convention.
affected provisions has the meaning given by subsection 618(1).
Agriculture Department means the Department administered by the Agriculture Minister.
Agriculture Minister means the Minister administering the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Collection Act 2024.
Agriculture Secretary means the Secretary of the Agriculture Department.
aircraft means any machine or craft that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, other than the reactions of the air against the earth's surface.
Note: A reference to an aircraft does not include a reference to an aircraft brought or imported into Australian territory from outside Australian territory on board another conveyance until the aircraft is released from biosecurity control (see subsection 16(3)).
ALOP (short for Appropriate Level of Protection) has the meaning given by section 5.
animal includes a dead animal and any part of an animal, but does not include a human or a part of a human, whether the human is dead or alive.
appropriate ballast water records has the meaning given by section 295.
appropriate person means:
 (a) for premises to which an entry warrant or a premises possession warrant relates, or premises entered under a provision referred to in section 513—the occupier of the premises, or another person who apparently represents the occupier; or
 (b) for a conveyance to which a conveyance possession warrant relates—the person responsible for the conveyance, or another person who apparently represents the person responsible for the conveyance.
Note: If an entry warrant relates to a conveyance, the appropriate person is the person occupying the conveyance, or another person who apparently represents that person (see paragraph (a) of the definition of premises in this section).
approved arrangement has the meaning given by section 10.
associate of a person has a meaning affected by section 11.
Australian law means a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory.
Australian seas means:
 (a) for Australian vessels and foreign vessels whose Administration is a party to the Ballast Water Convention—the waters (including the internal waters of Australia) that are