3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

another Contracting Party means a Contracting Party to the Convention other than Australia.

Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

Australian fishing zone has the same meaning as in the Fisheries Management Act 1991.

Australian national means:

(a) an Australian citizen; or
(b) a body corporate established by or under a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.

Australian vessel means:

(a) a vessel that is registered in Australia;
(b) a vessel that is under the control or in the possession of any one or more of the following:
(i) the Commonwealth (including an arm of the Defence Force) or a State or Territory;
(ii) a corporation established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory;
(iii) a company or other body corporate incorporated under a law in force in a State or Territory, being a company or other body corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest; or
(c) a vessel (other than a vessel referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)) that has Australian nationality.

authority of another Contracting Party means a permit, licence or other authority issued or given by another Contracting Party under a law of that other Contracting Party or (whether under a law or otherwise) for purposes of, and in accordance with, the Convention, or an arrangement made by another Contracting Party for purposes of, and in accordance with, the Convention.

conservation measures means measures for the conservation of Antarctic marine living resources that are adopted from time to time by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources under Article IX of the Convention and by which Australia accepts in accordance with that Article to be bound.

contravention, in relation to this Act, a provision of this Act, or a condition of a permit, includes a failure to comply with this Act, that provision or that condition.

Convention means the Convention entitled “Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources” that was opened for signature at Canberra on 1 August 1980, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule.

Convention area means the area south of the Antarctic Convergence.