5Interpretation

5 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Area A of the Zone of Cooperation means the area described as Area A in Annex A of the Treaty.

Joint Authority means the body established by Article 7 of the Treaty.

Ministerial Council means the body established by Article 5 of the Treaty.

Treaty means the Treaty between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the Zone of Cooperation in an Area between the Indonesian Province of East Timor and Northern Australia, done over the Zone of Cooperation on 11 December 1989, being the Treaty the text of which is set out in Schedule 1, and includes that Treaty:

(a) as amended from time to time; and

(b) as read with the Notes exchanged between Australia and the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor at Dili, on 10 February 2000, the text of which is set out in Schedule 2.

(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or an expression that is defined in the Treaty, when used in this Act, has the same meaning as in the Treaty.