Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:2:p44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 44/97)
Character Range: 1719569–1722327

of this Division in the same way as for the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001.

490.5  Proof of certain matters unnecessary
  In a prosecution for an offence against this Division, it is not necessary to prove:
 (a) the occurrence of any of the following:
 (i) the defendant receiving or giving a benefit;
 (ii) another person receiving or giving a benefit;
 (iii) loss to another person; or
 (b) that the defendant intended that a particular person receive or give a benefit, or incur a loss.

490.6  Consent to commencement of proceedings
 (1) Proceedings for an offence against this Division must not be commenced without the Attorney‑General's written consent if:
 (a) the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs wholly in a foreign country; and
 (b) at the time of the alleged offence, the person alleged to have committed the offence is none of the following:
 (i) an Australian citizen;
 (ii) a resident of Australia;
 (iii) a body corporate incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
 (2) However, a person may be arrested for, charged with, or remanded in custody or released on bail in connection with an offence against this Division before the necessary consent has been given.

490.7  Saving of other laws
  This Division is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or any law of a State or Territory.

Dictionary

ABN (short for Australian Business Number) has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
accounting document means:
 (a) any account; or
 (b) any record or document made or required for any accounting purpose; or
 (c) any register under the Corporations Act 2001, or any financial report or financial records within the meaning of that Act.
aggravated burglary means an offence against section 132.5.
aggravated robbery means an offence against section 132.3.
alien means a person who is an alien for the purposes of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution.
ancillary offence means:
 (a) an offence against section 11.1, 11.4 or 11.5; or
 (b) an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, to the extent to which the offence arises out of the operation of section 11.2, 11.2A or 11.3.
attack directed against a civilian population means a course of conduct involving the multiple commission of any one or more proscribed inhumane acts against any civilian population pursuant to, or in furtherance of, a state or organisational policy to engage in that course of conduct.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian aircraft means:
 (a) an aircraft registered, or required to be registered, under regulations made under the Civil Aviation