4Definitions

#### 4 Definitions (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > approval means an approval under section 13. > Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories (other than Norfolk Island). > business premises means premises that: (a) are used for, or in connection with, the supply of fuel or a fuel additive; and (b) are open to the public on a regular basis. > civil penalty provision means a subsection, or a section that is not divided into subsections, that has set out at its foot the words “civil penalty” and one or more amounts in penalty units. > Commonwealth entity means any of the following: (a) the Commonwealth; (b) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under an Act; (c) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together: (i) the Commonwealth; (ii) a body covered by paragraph (b). > constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies. > constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce: (a) among the States; or (b) between a State and a Territory; or (c) between 2 Territories. > court means any court. > Court means: (a) the Federal Court of Australia; or (b) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory. > emergency approval means an approval referred to in subsection 13(2). > emergency law means: (a) the Liquid Fuel Emergency Act 1984; or (b) a law specified in an instrument made under subsection (2). > enforcement warrant means: (a) a warrant issued under section 60; or (b) a warrant signed by a magistrate under section 61. > evidential material means: (a) in relation to an offence against this Act: (i) a thing with respect to which the offence has been committed or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, of having been committed; or (ii) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting will afford evidence as to the commission of the offence; or (iii) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting is intended to be used for the purpose of committing the offence; and (b) in relation to a contravention of a civil penalty provision: (i) a thing with respect to which the civil penalty provision has been contravened or is suspected, on reasonable grounds, of having been contravened; or (ii) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting will afford evidence as to the contravention of the civil penalty provision; or (iii) a thing that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting is intended to be used for the purpose of contravening the civil penalty provision. > fuel has the meaning given by the regulations. > fuel additive has the meaning given by the regulations. > fuel quality information standard means a standard under section 22A. > fuel standard means a standard under section 21. > Note: See also section 5. > Fuel Standards Consultative Committee means the committee established by section 24. > infringement notice means an infringement notice given under section 65L. > inspector means a person appointed as an inspector under section 38. > monitoring warrant means a warrant issued under section 59. > offence against this Act includes an offence against section 137.1 or 137.2 of the Criminal Code that relates to this Act. > Note: See also section 11.6 of the Criminal Code. > premises means: (a) an area of land or any other place (whether or not it is enclosed or built on); or (b) a building or other structure; or (c) a vehicle, vessel or aircraft; or (d) a part of any such premises. > Register means the Register of Prohibited Fuel Additives kept under section 32. > regulated person has the meaning given by subsection 13(1). > Secretary means the Secretary of the Department. > supply means supply (including re‑supply) by way of sale, exchange or gift. > thing includes a substance, and a thing in electronic or magnetic form. > warrant means a monitoring warrant or an enforcement warrant. (2) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, specify a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory for the purposes of the definition of emergency law in subsection (1).