Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:5:p14
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 14/21)
Character Range: 73545–76193

in force in a foreign country, where:
 (a) the offence:
 (i) involves violence against a person; or
 (ii) is a serious drug offence; or
 (iii) involves serious damage to property; and
 (b) if it were assumed that the act or omission constituting the offence had taken place in the Australian Capital Territory, the act or omission would have constituted an offence (the Territory offence) against a law in force in that Territory, and the Territory offence would have been punishable by:
 (i) imprisonment for life; or
 (ii) imprisonment for a fixed term of not less than 3 years; or
 (iii) imprisonment for a maximum term of not less than 3 years.
significant harm means harm of a kind mentioned in subsection 36(2A).
special category visa has the meaning given by section 32.
special purpose visa has the meaning given by section 33.
spouse has the meaning given by section 5F.
student visa has the meaning given by the regulations.
substantive visa means a visa other than:
 (a) a bridging visa; or
 (b) a criminal justice visa; or
 (c) an enforcement visa.
tax file number has the meaning given by subsection 995‑1(1) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
temporary visa has the meaning given by subsection 30(2).
Territory means:
 (a) an internal Territory; or
 (b) an external Territory to which this Act extends.
ticket includes a travel document in respect of the conveyance of a person from one place to another place.
Torres Strait Treaty means the Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea that was signed at Sydney on 18 December 1978.
torture means an act or omission by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person:
 (a) for the purpose of obtaining from the person or from a third person information or a confession; or
 (b) for the purpose of punishing the person for an act which that person or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed; or
 (c) for the purpose of intimidating or coercing the person or a third person; or
 (d) for a purpose related to a purpose mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c); or
 (e) for any reason based on discrimination that is inconsistent with the Articles of the Covenant;
but does not include an act or omission arising only from, inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions that are not inconsistent with the Articles of the Covenant.
traditional activities has the same meaning as in the Torres Strait Treaty.
traditional inhabitants has the same meaning as in the Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984.
transitory person means:
 (a) a person who was taken to another country under repealed