Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00861:section:101:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00861
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 101 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 258699–261402

101  Interpretation
 (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
confession includes any admission or incriminating statement.
interview, in relation to a person, includes asking the person questions in the course of investigating a service offence.
investigating officer means:
 (a) a police member; or
 (b) an officer, warrant officer or non‑commissioned officer (not being a police member) engaged in the investigation of a service offence.
relevant act, in relation to a service offence, means:
 (a) an act or omission that constituted, or was done or omitted to be done, as the case requires, in connection with, the commission of the service offence; or
 (b) an act or omission believed by an investigating officer investigating the service offence to have constituted, or to have been done or omitted to have been done, as the case requires, in connection with, the commission of the service offence.
relevant person, in relation to a relevant act, means a person who was seen by another person doing or omitting to do, as the case requires, the relevant act.
serious service offence means a service offence punishable by a maximum punishment, or a fixed punishment, of imprisonment for life or a period exceeding 6 months.
suspect, in relation to a relevant act, means a person whom an investigating officer investigating the service offence in relation to the relevant act believes may be a person who did or omitted to do, as the case requires, the relevant act.
tape recording includes sound recording and video recording.
telephone includes telex, radio or similar facilities.
witness, in relation to a relevant act, means a person who saw another person doing or omitting to do, as the case requires, the relevant act.
 (2) For the purposes of this Part, a person is in custody in respect of a service offence if the person is being detained as a person charged with the service offence or as a person arrested for, but not yet charged with, the service offence.
 (3) If a person is not in custody in respect of a particular service offence (in this subsection referred to as the relevant service offence), but:
 (a) is in custody, or is undergoing detention or imprisonment, in respect of another service offence or is in custody for another reason; or
 (b) in connection with the investigation of the relevant service offence, is in the company of an investigating officer;
and an investigating officer concerned in the investigation of the relevant service offence:
 (c) in the case of a person to whom paragraph (a) applies—has come to the belief, or has given the person reasonable grounds for believing that the person has come to the belief, that it is probable that the