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Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 4/4)
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that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.
Note: Subsection 41(3) places limitations on the making of regulations for the purposes of paragraph (b) of this definition.
Torres Strait Treaty means the Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters done at Sydney on 18 December 1978.
Note: The text of the Treaty is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1985 No. 4.
 (2) A reference in this Act to an offence shall be read as including a reference to an offence against section 6 of the Crimes Act 1914, or against section 11.1 or 11.4 of the Criminal Code, in relation to this Act.
 (3) A reference in this Act to a member of the Australian Federal Police or to a member of a police force shall be read as including a reference to a special member of the Australian Federal Police.
 (4) Except so far as the contrary intention appears, an expression that is used both in this Act and in the Protocol (whether or not a particular meaning is assigned to it by the Protocol) has, in this Act, the same meaning as in the Protocol.
 (5) For the purposes of this Act, where any controlled material is disposed of from a vessel, an aircraft or a platform into part of the seabed or its subsoil, that controlled material shall be taken to have been disposed of into the sea above that part.