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or article.
 (4) This Part applies to and in relation to a document or article regardless of who made it and what information it contains.

90.2  Definition of foreign principal

  Each of the following is a foreign principal:
 (a) a foreign government principal;
 (aa) a foreign political organisation;
 (b) a public international organisation within the meaning of Division 70 (see section 70.1);
 (c) a terrorist organisation within the meaning of Division 102 (see section 102.1);
 (d) an entity or organisation owned, directed or controlled by a foreign principal within the meaning of paragraph (aa), (b) or (c);
 (e) an entity or organisation owned, directed or controlled by 2 or more foreign principals within the meaning of paragraph (a), (aa), (b) or (c).

90.3  Definition of foreign government principal

  Each of the following is a foreign government principal:
 (a) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country;
 (b) an authority of the government of a foreign country;
 (c) an authority of the government of part of a foreign country;
 (d) a foreign local government body or foreign regional government body;
 (e) a company to which any of the subparagraphs of paragraph (a) of the definition of foreign public enterprise in section 70.1 applies;
 (f) a body or association to which either of the subparagraphs of paragraph (b) of the definition of foreign public enterprise in section 70.1 applies;
 (h) an entity or organisation owned, directed or controlled:
 (i) by a foreign government principal within the meaning of any other paragraph of this definition; or
 (ii) by 2 or more such foreign government principals that are foreign government principals in relation to the same foreign country.

90.4  Definition of national security

 (1) The national security of Australia or a foreign country means any of the following:
 (a) the defence of the country;
 (b) the protection of the country or any part of it, or the people of the country or any part of it, from activities covered by subsection (2);
 (c) the protection of the integrity of the country's territory and borders from serious threats;
 (d) the carrying out of the country's responsibilities to any other country in relation to the matter mentioned in paragraph (c) or an activity covered by subsection (2);
 (e) the country's political, military or economic relations with another country or other countries.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), this subsection covers the following activities relating to a country, whether or not directed from, or committed within, the country:
 (a) espionage;
 (b) sabotage;
 (c) terrorism;
 (d) political violence;
 (e) activities intended and likely to obstruct, hinder or interfere with the performance by the country's defence force of its functions or with the