Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 3/7)
Character Range: 44826–47763

Act 1999, and includes sacred sites.
cultural heritage object means an object that is important for cultural, religious, ethnological, archaeological, historical, literary, artistic, scientific or technological reasons.
data includes:
 (a) information in any form; and
 (b) any program (or part of a program).
data storage device means a thing containing, or designed to contain, data for use by a computer.
de facto partner has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
Defence Department means the Department of State that deals with defence and that is administered by the Minister administering section 1 of the Defence Act 1903.
dentist means a dental practitioner within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973.
Deputy Commissioner means a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police.
federal aspect, in relation to an offence against a law of a State or of the Australian Capital Territory, has the meaning given by subsection 3AA(1).
Note: This subsection defines State to include the Northern Territory.
federal court means the High Court or a court created by the Parliament, other than a court of a Territory.
federal criminal detention has the meaning given by section 45A.
federal judicial proceeding has the meaning given by section 31.
Foreign Affairs Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967.
Foreign Affairs Minister means the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967.
have in possession includes having under control in any place whatever, whether for the use or benefit of the person of whom the term is used or of another person, and although another person has the actual possession or custody of the thing in question.
IGIS official (short for Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security official) means:
 (a) the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security; or
 (b) any other person covered by subsection 32(1) of the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986.
illicit goods means goods the possession of which is a contravention of a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
Immigration and Border Protection Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015.
Inspector of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission means the Inspector within the meaning of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022.
integrity purpose means the purpose of preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with any of the following:
 (a) misconduct (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988) of a serious nature by any of the following:
 (i) an official (as defined in section 13 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013) of a Commonwealth entity;
 (ii) a person employed by, or in the service of, a Privacy Act agency or a wholly‑owned Commonwealth company;
 (iii) a