5Interpretation

#### 5 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. > Australia includes the Territories. > competent authority means a competent authority for the purposes of section 13, 14 or 15. > document includes: (a) any paper or other material on which there is writing; or (b) any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations that are: (i) capable of being given a meaning by persons qualified to interpret them; or (ii) capable of being responded to by a computer, a machine or an electronic device; or (c) any article or material (for example, a disk or a tape) from which information is capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other article or device. > enforcement officer means: (a) an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901; or (b) a member or a special member of the Australian Federal Police; or (c) an officer of the police force of a State or Territory; or (d) a person, or a person who is one of a class of persons, authorised in writing by the Minister to exercise the powers and perform the functions of an enforcement officer. > foreign passport means a passport issued by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country. > foreign travel document means: (a) a foreign passport; or (b) a document of identity issued for travel purposes by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country (whether or not also issued for another purpose). > Minister’s determination means an instrument made by the Minister for the purposes of this Act under section 24.