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#### 31 Interpretation
(1) In this Part:
> award includes:
(a) an interpretation of an award under Article 50; and
(b) a revision of an award under Article 51; and
(c) an annulment of an award under Article 52.
> Department means the Department of the Commonwealth primarily responsible for matters relating to foreign affairs.
> Investment Convention means the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States signed by Australia on 24 March 1975, the English text of which is set out in Schedule 3.
> Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
(2) Except so far as the contrary intention appears, a word or expression used in this Part and in the Investment Convention (whether or not a particular meaning is given to it in the Investment Convention) has, in this Part, the same meaning as it has in the Investment Convention.
(3) A reference in this Part to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the Investment Convention.