Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551:section:3:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00551
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 14219–16940

article containing or infected by a virus or bacterium.
permit means a permit in force under Part 2 of this Act.
plant includes a native plant.
property means property of any description and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes aircraft and vessels.
recognised foreign authority means a permit, authority or arrangement that:
 (a) authorises the carrying on of an activity in the Antarctic; and
 (b) either:
 (i) has been issued, given or made by a Party (other than Australia) to the Madrid Protocol that has accepted under that Protocol the same obligations as Australia in relation to the carrying on of that activity in the Antarctic; or
 (ii) has been issued, given or made by a Party (other than Australia) to the Seals Convention that has accepted under that Convention the same obligations as Australia in relation to the carrying on of that activity in the Antarctic.
Seals Convention means the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals (a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1) as affected by the amendments to the Annex to the Convention that:
 (a) were recommended by the representatives of the Contracting Parties to the Convention at their 1988 Meeting to Review the Operation of the Convention; and
 (b) were included in paragraphs 21, 31 and 36 of their Report of that meeting, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 2; and
 (c) became effective on 27 March 1990.
specially protected species means a specially protected species of native seal, native bird, native invertebrate or native plant declared under section 7C.
take:
 (a) in relation to a native bird or native seal—includes catch or capture; and
 (b) in relation to native plants—means to remove or damage such quantities of the plants that their local distribution or abundance would be significantly affected; and
 (c) in relation to native invertebrates—means to remove or damage such quantities of the invertebrates that their local distribution or abundance would be significantly affected.
Territory means the Australian Antarctic Territory.
this Act includes the regulations.
Treaty means the Antarctic Treaty set out in the Schedule to the Antarctic Treaty Act 1960, including any modification or amendment of that Treaty made after the commencement of this section and for the time being in force as to Australia.
vehicle includes a hovercraft.
vessel means a vessel or boat of any description and includes any floating structure, but does not include a hovercraft.
 (3) A reference in this Act to an offence shall be read as including a reference to an offence against section 6 of the Crimes Act 1914, or against section 11.1, 11.4 or 11.5 of the Criminal Code,