Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00358:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00358
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 1421–2040

3  Interpretation

 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

appoint includes re‑appoint.

legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor, or a legal practitioner, of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.

State includes the Northern Territory.

Territory does not include the Northern Territory.

 (2) A reference in this Act to a prosecution for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth includes a reference to a proceeding by the Crown in right of the Commonwealth for the recovery of a pecuniary penalty under a law of the Commonwealth.