3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > Australia includes: (a) all the Territories; and (b) the Australian coastal sea. > Australian aircraft means: (a) an aircraft registered or required to be registered under regulations made under the Civil Aviation Act 1988; (b) an aircraft that is owned by, or is in the possession or control of, the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth; or (c) an aircraft of any part of the Defence Force, including an aircraft that is being commanded or piloted by a member of that Force in the course of the member’s duties as such a member. > Australian coastal sea means any sea or waters the sovereignty in respect of which is declared by the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 to be vested in the Crown in right of the Commonwealth, and includes the airspace over, and the seabed and subsoil beneath, any such sea or waters. > Australian ship means: (a) a ship registered in Australia; or (b) a ship that belongs to an arm of the Defence Force. > Convention means the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents, that was opened for signature at New York on 14 December 1973, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule. > Foreign Affairs Minister means the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967. (3) Except so far as the contrary intention appears, an expression that is used in this Act and in the Convention has, in this Act, the same meaning as in the Convention, whether or not a particular meaning is expressly assigned to it by the Convention and whether or not the Convention has entered into force in pursuance of paragraph 1 of article 17 of the Convention.