Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00463:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00463
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 16572–19461

4  Definitions
 (1) In this Act:
arranges: see section 5A.
Article 3(1) US Defence Article has the meaning given by section 5.
Note: See also section 35 (about transition to the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty).
Article 3(3) US Defence Article has the meaning given by section 5.
Note: See also section 35 (about transition to the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty).
ASD means the Australian Signals Directorate.
ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
ASIS means the Australian Secret Intelligence Service.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian Community facility means a facility covered by Article 4(1)(a) of the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty.
Australian Community member means:
 (a) a body corporate that holds an approval under section 27; or
 (b) a person covered by Article 4(1)(b) of the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty; or
 (c) a person:
 (i) who is employed, or is engaged under a contract for services, by a body corporate that holds an approval under section 27; and
 (ii) who satisfies the requirements prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph.
Australian Military Sales Program item means DSGL goods or DSGL technology specified in a determination in force under section 5AA.
Australian person means:
 (a) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (b) an authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (c) an individual who is an Australian citizen; or
 (d) an individual who is a permanent resident of Australia; or
 (e) a body corporate incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under section 39.
constitutional DSGL services: see subsection 5B(2).
constitutional supply: see subsection 5B(1).
covered security clearance means a security clearance that:
 (a) is given:
 (i) by the Australian Government Security Vetting Agency or by another Commonwealth agency that is authorised or approved by the Commonwealth to issue security clearances; or
 (ii) by or on behalf of the Government of Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom or the United States of America, or an authority of any of those governments; and
 (b) is of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
Defence and Strategic Goods List means the document:
 (a) formulated by the Minister, and published, as mentioned in paragraph 112(2A)(aa) of the Customs Act 1901; and
 (b) known as the Defence and Strategic Goods List;
as amended by the Minister and in force from time to time.
defence services, in relation to goods or in relation to technology relating to goods, means the giving of assistance (including training) in relation to the design, development, engineering, manufacture, production, assembly, testing, repair, maintenance, modification,