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(a) requiring the person to remove the person’s overcoat, coat or1
jacket and any gloves, shoes or hat; and2
(b) an examination of those items.3
paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an4
employee, a self-employed person or otherwise).5
participant, in a controlled intelligence operation, means a person6
who is authorised under Part 4 to engage in controlled conduct for7
the purposes of the controlled intelligence operation.8
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act9
1988.10
person search warrant: see section 161.11
post-charge: see section 13.12
post-confiscation application: see section 17.13
pre-charge: see section 12.14
pre-confiscation application: see section 16.15
premises includes any land, place or conveyance.16
premises search warrant: see section 157.17
prescribed administrative action: see section 210.18
present, at or during an examination, has a meaning affected by19
subsection (2).20
proceeds of crime authority: see section 20.21
produced item means a document or thing produced:22
(a) under a notice to produce; or23
(b) during an examination.24
prosecuting authority means an individual, or authority, authorised25
by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory26
to prosecute an offence.27
prosecutor, of a witness, means an individual:28
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(a) who is a prosecuting authority or is employed or engaged by1
a prosecuting authority; and2
(b) who:3
(i) makes, or is involved in the making of, a decision4
whether to prosecute the witness for a relevant offence;5
or6
(ii) is one of the individuals engaging in such a prosecution7
of the witness.8
protected suspect: see subsection 15(3).9
record, when used as a noun, means:10
(a) a document (including any written or printed material); or11
(b) any other thing (including a sound recording, magnetic tape12
or disc, microform, photograph or film) by which words,13
images, sounds or signals (including electromagnetic14
emissions) are recorded or stored or from which information15
can be obtained;16
and includes part of a record.17
relevant confiscation proceeding: see section 19.18
relevant offence: see section 14.19
relevant to: the circumstances in which intelligence is relevant to20
serious and organised crime include where:21
(a) the intelligence is, or could be, relevant to combatting serious22
and organised crime; or23
(b) the intelligence may assist in determining whether:24
(i) there is a connection between a person, entity or group25
and serious and organised crime; or26
(ii) there is a connection between the activities of a person,27
entity or group and serious and organised crime.28
resolved: for when a charge for an offence, or a confiscation29
proceeding, is resolved: see section 21.30
returnable item: see section 232.31
rules means the rules made under section 275.32