3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Australia includes:

(a) the external Territories; and
(b) the Australian coastal sea.

Australian aircraft means:

(a) an aircraft registered under regulations made under the Civil Aviation Act 1988; or
(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:

(a) the territorial sea of Australia; and
(b) the sea on the landward side of the territorial sea of Australia.

Australian ship means:

(a) a ship registered in Australia; or
(b) an unregistered ship that has Australian nationality; or
(c) a ship that belongs to an arm of the Defence Force.

cannabis means the flowering or fruiting tops of the cannabis plant (excluding the seeds and leaves when not accompanied by the tops) from which the resin has not been extracted.

cannabis plant means any plant of the genus Cannabis.

cannabis resin means the separated resin, whether crude or purified, obtained from the cannabis plant.

coca bush means the plant of any species of the genus Erythroxylon.

commercial quantity:

(a) in relation to a narcotic drug—means a quantity not less than the quantity specified in Column 3 of Schedule 2 opposite to the reference to that drug in Column 1 of that Schedule; and
(b) in relation to a psychotropic substance referred to in Column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3—means a quantity not less than the quantity specified in Column 3 of that Part opposite to the reference to that drug.

conduct engaged in outside Australia does not include conduct engaged in on board:

(a) an Australian aircraft in flight outside Australia; or
(b) an Australian ship at sea.

Convention means the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances adopted in Vienna on 19 December 1988, a copy of whose English text is set out in Schedule 1, and includes that Convention as amended from time to time in relation to Australia.