Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:2:p49
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 49/97)
Character Range: 1732167–1734895

Convention means the Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, adopted at Geneva on 12 August 1949, a copy of the English text of which (not including the annexes) is set out in Schedule 1 to the Geneva Conventions Act 1957.
forced labour has the same meaning as in Division 270 (see section 270.6).
forced marriage has the meaning given by section 270.7A.
foreign country includes:
 (a) a colony or overseas territory; and
 (b) a territory outside Australia, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; and
 (c) a territory outside Australia that is to some extent self‑governing, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Australia.
foreign intelligence agency means an intelligence or security service (however described) of a foreign country.
Fourth Geneva Convention means the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, adopted at Geneva on 12 August 1949, a copy of the English text of which (not including the annexes) is set out in Schedule 4 to the Geneva Conventions Act 1957.
Geneva Conventions means the First Geneva Convention, the Second Geneva Convention, the Third Geneva Convention and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
genocide means an offence under Subdivision B of Division 268.
Hague Declaration means the Hague Declarations Concerning the Prohibition of Using Bullets which Expand or Flatten Easily in the Human Body, adopted at the Hague on 29 July 1899.
harm means physical harm or harm to a person's mental health, whether temporary or permanent. However, it does not include being subjected to any force or impact that is within the limits of what is acceptable as incidental to social interaction or to life in the community.
harm to a person's mental health includes significant psychological harm, but does not include mere ordinary emotional reactions such as those of only distress, grief, fear or anger.
hors de combat: a person is hors de combat if:
 (a) any of the following apply:
 (i) the person is in the power of an adverse party;
 (ii) the person clearly expresses an intention to surrender;
 (iii) the person has been rendered unconscious or is otherwise incapacitated by wounds or sickness and is therefore incapable of defending himself or herself; and
 (b) the person abstains from any hostile act and does not attempt to escape.
ICC Statute means the Statute of the International Criminal Court done at Rome on 17 July 1998, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1 to the International Criminal Court Act 2002.
identification documentation has the meaning given by section 370.1.