4Interpretation

#### 4 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > applicable provision, in relation to a jurisdiction, means a provision of: (a) the Corporations Law, or Corporations Regulations, of that jurisdiction; or (b) the ASIC Law, or ASIC Regulations, of that jurisdiction; or (c) in the case of the Capital Territory—a Commonwealth law as applying, of its own force or because of another Commonwealth law, in relation to: (i) an offence against; or (ii) an act, matter or thing arising under or in respect of; a provision that, because of any other application or applications of this definition, is an applicable provision of the Capital Territory or any other jurisdiction; or (d) in the case of a jurisdiction other than the Capital Territory—a Commonwealth law as applying, because of a law of that jurisdiction, in relation to: (i) an offence against; or (ii) an act, matter or thing arising under or in respect of; a provision that, because of any other application or applications of this definition, is an applicable provision of that or any other jurisdiction. > ASIC Law and ASIC Regulations have the meaning provided for by Division 2 of Part 1 of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 1989. > Capital Territory means the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay Territory. > Commonwealth administrative laws means the provisions of the following Acts: (a) the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975; (b) the Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977; (c) the Freedom of Information Act 1982; (d) the Ombudsman Act 1976; (e) the Privacy Act 1988; and the provisions of the regulations under those Acts. > Commonwealth law means any of the written or unwritten laws of the Commonwealth, including laws about the exercise of prerogative powers, rights and privileges, other than the Corporations Law of the Capital Territory, the ASIC Law of the Capital Territory or provisions prescribed by regulations under section 73. > jurisdiction means a State or the Capital Territory. > modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions. > State includes the Northern Territory. > Territory does not include the Northern Territory. (2) For the purposes of this Act, the Jervis Bay Territory is taken to be part of the Australian Capital Territory.