7Definitions

#### 7 Definitions In this Act: > acquisition of property has the meaning given by section 43. > Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories. > Australian law means a law (whether written or unwritten) of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory. > Commission means a Commission established by force of section 9. > Commonwealth judicial officer means: (a) a Justice of the High Court; or (b) a judge or justice of a court created by the Parliament. > Commonwealth or State judicial officer means: (a) a Commonwealth judicial officer; or (b) a judge or justice of a court of a State or Territory (other than a Judge or acting Judge of the Local Court of the Northern Territory). > constable has the same meaning as in the Crimes Act 1914. > conveyance has the meaning given by section 27. > damage, in relation to data, includes damage by erasure of data or addition of other data. > dwelling house has the meaning given by section 27. > incapacity has (other than in section 73) the same meaning as in section 72 of the Constitution. > Note: Incapacity has its ordinary meaning in section 73. > just terms has the meaning given by section 43. > lawyer means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor, or a legal practitioner, of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory. > member means a member of a Commission, and includes a presiding member. > misbehaviour has (other than in section 73) the same meaning as in section 72 of the Constitution. > Note: Misbehaviour has its ordinary meaning in section 73. > official inquiry has a meaning affected by section 19. > official investigation has a meaning affected by section 19. > parliamentary presiding officer means: (a) the President of the Senate; or (b) the Speaker of the House of Representatives. > premises includes the following: (a) a structure, building, vessel, aircraft or vehicle; (b) a place (whether or not enclosed or built on); (c) a part of a thing referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). > presiding member means a member of a Commission appointed as the presiding member by force of subsection 14(3). > proved, in relation to misbehaviour or incapacity, has the same meaning as in section 72 of the Constitution. > search warrant means a search warrant issued under subsection 28(1).