Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00612:section:4:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00612
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 8/10)
Character Range: 26197–28875

relevant crime means a serious and organised crime or Indigenous violence or child abuse:
 (a) that may have been, may be being, or may in future be, committed; and
 (b) that is an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.
Note: See also subsection (2) (which expands the meaning of relevant crime in certain circumstances).
resolved has the meaning given by section 4C.
returnable item means:
 (a) a thing seized under a warrant issued under section 22; or
 (b) a thing, or a document, produced:
 (i) under a notice issued under section 21A; or
 (ii) during an examination conducted under Division 2 of Part II.
secrecy provision means:
 (a) a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, being a provision that purports to prohibit; or
 (b) anything done, under a provision of a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, to prohibit;
the communication, divulging or publication of information, the production of, or the publication of the contents of, a document, or the production of a thing.
serious and organised crime means an offence:
 (a) that involves 2 or more offenders and substantial planning and organisation; and
 (b) that involves, or is of a kind that ordinarily involves, the use of sophisticated methods and techniques; and
 (c) that is committed, or is of a kind that is ordinarily committed, in conjunction with other offences of a like kind; and
 (d) that is a serious offence, an offence against Subdivision B or C of Division 471, or D or F of Division 474, of the Criminal Code, an offence of a kind prescribed by the regulations or an offence that involves any of the following:
 (i) theft;
 (ii) fraud;
 (iii) tax evasion;
 (iv) money laundering;
 (v) currency violations;
 (vi) illegal drug dealings;
 (vii) illegal gambling;
 (viii) obtaining financial benefit by vice engaged in by others;
 (ix) extortion;
 (x) violence;
 (xi) bribery or corruption of, or by, an officer of the Commonwealth, an officer of a State or an officer of a Territory;
 (xii) perverting the course of justice;
 (xiii) bankruptcy and company violations;
 (xiv) harbouring of criminals;
 (xv) forging of passports;
 (xvi) firearms;
 (xvii) armament dealings;
 (xviii) illegal importation or exportation of fauna into or out of Australia;
 (xix) cybercrime;
 (xx) matters of the same general nature as one or more of the matters listed above; and
 (da) that is:
 (i) punishable by imprisonment for a period of 3 years or more; or
 (ii) a serious offence;
but:
 (e) does not include an offence committed in the course of a genuine dispute as to matters pertaining to the relations of employees and employers