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Terms used in this Act

In force

In this Act —

Australian court means any court established by or under a law of an Australian jurisdiction (including a court conducting committal proceedings for an indictable offence);

Australian jurisdiction means —

(a)

a State;

(b)

a Territory; or

(c)

the Commonwealth;

Australian tribunal means any tribunal (other than a court) established by or under a law of an Australian jurisdiction that has the power to take evidence from witnesses before it on oath or affirmation (including a Royal Commission or other special commission of inquiry);

country includes —

(a)

a federation and a state, territory, province or other part of a federation; and

(b)

an Australian jurisdiction;

document means any record of information, and includes —

(a)

anything on which there is writing;

(b)

anything on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them;

(c)

anything from which sounds, images or writings can be reproduced with or without the aid of anything else; and

(d)

a map, plan, drawing or photograph;

electronic communication includes a communication of information in the form of data, text, images or sound (or any combination of these) by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy, or both;

general law means the common law and equity;

matter includes —

(a)

an article, report, advertisement or other thing communicated by means of a newspaper, magazine or other periodical;

(b)

a program, report, advertisement or other thing communicated by means of television, radio, the Internet or any other form of electronic communication;

(c)

a letter, note or other writing;

(d)

a picture, gesture or oral utterance; and

(e)

any other thing by means of which something may be communicated to a person;

offer to make amends means an offer to make amends under Part 3 Division 1;

parliamentary body means —

(a)

a parliament or legislature of any country;

(b)

a house of a parliament or legislature of any country;

(c)

a committee of a parliament or legislature of any country;

(d)

a committee of a house or houses of a parliament or legislature of any country;

substantially true means true in substance or not materially different from the truth;

Territory means the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory;

this jurisdiction means Western Australia.

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