4Extended definitions of court etc.

#### 4 Extended definitions of court etc. (1) A tribunal is taken for the purposes of a Part of this Act to be a court if the regulations so provide. (2) Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may specify, in relation to a particular tribunal, any one or more Parts of this Act other than this Part or Part 6. (3) A member of a tribunal that, under this section, is taken to be a court for the purposes of a Part of this Act is, for the purposes of that Part, taken to be a judge of such a court. (4) If the tribunal is established under a law of the Commonwealth, any reference in this Act to a federal court, in addition to the meaning given by paragraph 26(b) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, includes a reference to that tribunal. (5) In this section: > tribunal means a person or body authorised by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or New Zealand to take evidence on oath or affirmation, but does not include: (a) a court; or (b) a person exercising a power conferred on the person as a judge, magistrate, coroner or officer of a court.