Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562:section:4:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 4/5)
Character Range: 16087–18898

relation to an offence against this Act or the regulations; and
 (c) an offence against section 11.1, 11.4 or 11.5 of the Criminal Code in relation to an offence against this Act or the regulations.
permit means a permit under section 13, 16, 16A or 16B.
Physical Protection Convention  means the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, being the Convention which was signed on behalf of Australia on 22 February 1984, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 4, and, subject to subsection (3), includes that Convention as amended from time to time.
prescribed authority of the Commonwealth means an authority of the Commonwealth prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
prescribed international agreement means:
 (a) an agreement the title of which is set out in Schedule 5; or
 (b) an agreement between Australia and a foreign country or foreign countries in relation to nuclear safeguards or the peaceful use of nuclear material or associated items, being an agreement that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
and, subject to subsection (3), includes such an agreement as amended from time to time.
Register means the Register of Permit and Authority Holders kept in accordance with section 69.
reprocess, in relation to irradiated nuclear material, means separate uranium or plutonium from fission products in the material.
Supplementary Agency Agreement has the meaning given by section 4A.
surveillance device means a seal, camera, closed‑circuit television system or other device that is being used, pursuant to a condition of a permit or pursuant to an order or direction under section 73, to detect:
 (a) movements of nuclear material or an associated item; or
 (aa) movements of a person or thing past or through a containment device; or
 (ab) circumvention of a containment device or surveillance device; or
 (b) interference with a containment device or surveillance device; or
 (c) the falsification of records relating to:
 (i) the location of nuclear material or an associated item; or
 (ii) the quantity of nuclear material or associated material at a particular location.
 (2) A reference in the definition of prescribed international agreement in subsection (1) to a foreign country includes a reference to an international organisation.
 (3) An amendment to the Agency Agreement, the Agency Statute, the Non‑Proliferation Treaty, the Physical Protection Convention or a prescribed international agreement:
 (a) does not have effect for the purposes of this Act unless the amendment is declared by the regulations to have effect for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) takes effect for the purposes of this Act from the day on which the regulations referred to in paragraph (a) take effect or such