4Interpretation

#### 4 Interpretation (1) In this Act: > amended Hague Rules has the meaning given in section 7. > Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories. > Brussels Convention means the International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules of Law relating to Bills of Lading, done at Brussels on 25 August 1924. > Hamburg Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Carriage of Goods by Sea, being Annex I of the Final Act of the United Nations Conference on the Carriage of Goods by Sea done at Hamburg on 31 March 1978. > Hamburg Rules has the meaning given in section 12. > marine insurers means insurers who provide marine insurance, whether or not they also provide other kinds of insurance, and includes Australian representatives of member Associations of the International Group of Protection and Indemnity Associations. > maritime law associations means law associations with an interest in maritime law, whether or not they are also interested in other areas of law. > SDR Protocol means the Protocol amending the Brussels Convention, as amended by the Visby Protocol, done at Brussels on 21 December 1979. > Visby Protocol means the Protocol amending the Brussels Convention, done at Brussels on 23 February 1968. (2) A reference in this Act to a non‑negotiable document includes a reference to a sea waybill.