3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > armed force does not include an armed force forming part of the Defence Force of Australia. > Australia includes the external Territories. > foreign State means a place outside Australia that is: (a) an independent sovereign state; or (b) an area of land (whether or not it is self‑governing) that is not part of an independent sovereign state. > government, in relation to a foreign State or a part of a foreign State, means the authority exercising effective governmental control in that foreign State or that part of that foreign State. > incite includes urge, aid and encourage and also includes print or publish any writing that incites, urges, aids or encourages. > recruit includes procure, induce and incite. (2) A reference in this Act to a part of a foreign State shall be read as a reference to a political subdivision of a foreign State.