4Interpretation

#### 4 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > amended: for when an applied law is amended, see subsection 18E(4). > applied law means: (a) an applied State law; or (b) an applied Territory law. > applied law jurisdiction: see section 5. > applied State law means a law of an applied law jurisdiction that is a State, as in force in Norfolk Island under section 18A. > applied Territory law means a law of an applied law jurisdiction that is a Territory, as in force in Norfolk Island under section 18A. > Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes Norfolk Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Territory of Christmas Island. > authority includes a body corporate, or an unincorporated body, established for a public purpose. > Chief Justice means the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. > civil matter means any matter that may be determined by the Supreme Court other than in the exercise of its criminal jurisdiction. > Commonwealth Minister means a Minister of State of the Commonwealth. > constable means: (a) a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or (b) a member of the Police Force of Norfolk Island. > court officer, of a State or Territory that is an applied law jurisdiction, means a person holding, occupying or exercising the powers of: (a) any of the following offices in a court of that jurisdiction: (i) Judge; (ii) Magistrate (however described); (iii) Master; (iv) Registrar (however described); (v) Clerk (however described); (vi) Sheriff (however described); (vii) Bailiff (however described); or (b) any other office, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph, of a court of that jurisdiction. > enactment means: (a) a section 19A Ordinance; or (b) an Ordinance continued in force by this Act; or (c) a Legislative Assembly law continued in force by this Act. > final transition time means the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015. > host jurisdiction means any of the following: (a) a State; (b) the Australian Capital Territory; (c) the Northern Territory. > interim transition time means the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015. > Judge means a Judge of the Supreme Court (including the Chief Justice). > law of an applied law jurisdiction: see subsection 18A(6). > Legislative Assembly means the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island that was in existence before the interim transition time. > Legislative Assembly law means a law (however described or entitled) passed by the Legislative Assembly, and assented to under this Act, before the interim transition time. > Magistrate of the Territory means a person appointed as a magistrate under a law in force in the Territory. > Norfolk Island: see the definition of Territory. > Norfolk Island Regional Council means a body that is: (a) established by or under a law in force in the Territory; and (b) declared by a section 19A Ordinance to be the Norfolk Island Regional Council for the purposes of this definition. > power includes a function or duty, and, in that context, exercise means perform. > prescribed State or Territory means a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of subsection 60AA(1). > prison includes a lock‑up or other place of lawful detention. > Registrar means the Registrar, or the Deputy Registrar, of the Supreme Court. > responsible Commonwealth Minister means the Commonwealth Minister who administers this Act. > section 19A Ordinance means an Ordinance made under section 19A after the interim transition time. > Sheriff means the Sheriff, or the Deputy Sheriff, of the Territory. > Supreme Court means the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island referred to in section 52. > Territory, or Norfolk Island, means the Territory of Norfolk Island and, when used in a geographical sense, means the area described in Schedule 1. (3) A reference in this Act to a law, or to regulations, in force immediately before a particular date shall be read as including a reference to any provisions of the law, or of the regulations, that are not to come into operation until that date or a later date.