Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2018C00169
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/7)
Character Range: 9045–11818

4  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ACC means the Australian Crime Commission.
account means any facility or arrangement through which a financial institution accepts deposits or allows withdrawals and includes a facility or arrangement for:
 (a) a fixed term deposit; and
 (b) a safety deposit box.
ADI (authorised deposit‑taking institution) means:
 (a) a body corporate that is an ADI for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959; or
 (b) the Reserve Bank of Australia; or
 (c) a person who carries on State banking within the meaning of paragraph 51(xiii) of the Constitution.
AFP member means a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police.
agent includes, if the agent is a corporation, the officers and agents of the corporation.
appropriate officer means the DPP or a person in a class of persons declared by the regulations to be within this definition.
approved means approved by the Minister in writing for the purposes of the provision in which the term occurs.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Bankruptcy Act means the Bankruptcy Act 1966.
benefit includes service or advantage.
commencement of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 means the commencement of sections 3 to 338 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police.
Confiscated Assets Special Account means the Account continued in existence under section 34A.
confiscation order means a forfeiture order or a pecuniary penalty order.
co‑operative housing society means a society registered or incorporated as a co‑operative housing society or similar society under a law of a State or Territory.
corresponding law means a law of a State that is declared by the regulations to be a law that corresponds to this Act.
Crimes Act means the Crimes Act 1914.
criminal investigation, in relation to a foreign serious offence, has the same meaning as in the Mutual Assistance Act.
criminal proceeding, in relation to a foreign serious offence, has the same meaning as in the Mutual Assistance Act.
Customs Act means the Customs Act 1901.
Customs officer means an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act.
director, in relation to a financial institution or a corporation, means:
 (a) if the institution or corporation is a body corporate incorporated for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory—a constituent member of the body corporate;
 (b) any person occupying or acting in the position of director of the institution or corporation, by whatever name called and whether or not validly appointed to occupy or duly authorised to act in the position; and
 (c) any person in accordance with whose directions or