Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00622:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00622
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 3846–5472

5  Interpretation
  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
Australia includes the Territories.
competent authority means a competent authority for the purposes of section 13, 14 or 15.
document includes:
 (a) any paper or other material on which there is writing; or
 (b) any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations that are:
 (i) capable of being given a meaning by persons qualified to interpret them; or
 (ii) capable of being responded to by a computer, a machine or an electronic device; or
 (c) any article or material (for example, a disk or a tape) from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device.
enforcement officer means:
 (a) an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901; or
 (b) a member or a special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
 (c) an officer of the police force of a State or Territory; or
 (d) a person, or a person who is one of a class of persons, authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers and perform the functions of an enforcement officer.
foreign passport means a passport issued by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country.
foreign travel document means:
 (a) a foreign passport; or
 (b) a document of identity issued for travel purposes by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country (whether or not also issued for another purpose).
Minister's determination means an instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this Act under section 24.