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"acquisition of property" has the meaning given by section 43.
"Australia" , when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
"Australian law" means a law (whether written or unwritten) of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
"Commission means a Commission established by force of " section 9.
"Commonwealth judicial officer" means:
(a) a Justice of the High Court; or
(b) a judge or justice of a court created by the Parliament (other than the Federal Magistrates Court); or
(c) a Federal Magistrate.
"Commonwealth or State judicial officer" means:
(a) a Commonwealth judicial officer; or
(b) a judge or justice of a court of a State or Territory.
"constable" has the same meaning as in the Crimes Act 1914 .
"conveyance" has the meaning given by section 27.
"damage" , in relation to data, includes damage by erasure of data or addition of other data.
"dwelling house" has the meaning given by section 27.
"Federal Magistrate" means a Federal Magistrate of the Federal Magistrates Court.
"incapacity" has (other than in section 73) the same meaning as in section 72 of the Constitution.
Note: Incapacity has its ordinary meaning in section 73.
"just terms" has the meaning given by section 43.
"lawyer" means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor, or a legal practitioner, of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
"member" means a member of a Commission, and includes a presiding member.
"misbehaviour" has (other than in section 73) the same meaning as in section 72 of the Constitution.
Note: Misbehaviour has its ordinary meaning in section 73.
"official inquiry" has a meaning affected by section 19.
"official investigation" has a meaning affected by section 19.
"parliamentary presiding officer" means:
(a) the President of the Senate; or
(b) the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
"premises" includes the following:
(a) a structure, building, vessel, aircraft or vehicle;
(b) a place (whether or not enclosed or built on);
(c) a part of a thing referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
"presiding member" means a member of a Commission appointed as the presiding member by force of subsection 14(3).
"proved" , in relation to misbehaviour or incapacity, has the same meaning as in section 72 of the Constitution.
"search warrant" means a search warrant issued under subsection 28(1).