18—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
(1) Section 4—after the definition of "CE" insert:
"Commonwealth Criminal Code" means the Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the Commonwealth, or a law of the Commonwealth that replaces that Code;
(2) Section 4—after the definition of "supervision order" insert:
"terrorism intelligence authority" means a terrorism intelligence authority designated by regulations under section 74B of the Police Act 1998
;
"terrorism notification" means a terrorism notification under section 74B of the Police Act 1998
;
"terrorist act" has the same meaning as in Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code;
"terrorist offence" means—
(a) an offence against Division 72 Subdivision A of the Commonwealth Criminal Code (International terrorist activities using explosive or lethal devices); or
(b) a terrorism offence against Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code (Terrorism) where the maximum penalty is 7 or more years imprisonment; or
(c) an offence against Part 5.5 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code (Foreign incursions and recruitment), except an offence against subsection 119.7(2) or (3) (Publishing recruitment advertisements); or
(d) an offence against the repealed Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978 of the Commonwealth, except an offence against paragraph 9(1)(b) or (c) of that Act (Publishing recruitment advertisements); or
(e) an offence of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
"terror suspect"—see section 5A;
(3) Section 4—after its present contents as amended by this section (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:
(2) A reference to the Attorney-General in a provision of this Act relating to any application or proceedings will be read as a reference to—
(a) in the case of an application or proceedings involving a terror suspect—the Commonwealth Attorney-General or the State Attorney-General; or
(b) in any other case—the State Attorney-General.