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Printing and Newspapers Act 1981
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### sec.5 Definitions
In this Act—
Business Names Register means the register established and maintained under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Cwlth) , section 22 .
s 5 def Business Names Register ins 2011 No. 34 s 31 sch 1
document includes a book, pamphlet, leaflet, circular, advertisement, poster or magazine or other periodical publication, but does not include a newspaper.
Minister ...
s 5 def Minister om R1 (see RA s 39)
newspaper includes a paper or pamphlet containing any public news, intelligence, occurrences or any remarks or observations thereon or upon any political matter, printed for sale or distribution, and published periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding 31 days between the publication of any 2 such papers or pamphlets or parts or numbers, but does not include any document published in the course of his or her duty by the Government Printer, or any paper containing only matter wholly of a commercial nature.
print includes representing or reproducing in any document or newspaper any words, symbols or pictures in any visible form.
sell includes auction, barter, exchange or supply or cause, permit, or attempt, any of those things, and also offer or attempt to sell, and supply or receive for sale, or have in possession for sale, or expose for sale, or send, forward, or deliver for sale or have on sale, or cause, suffer or allow to be sold or offered for sale, or dispose or offer for disposal under any hire purchase agreement.
s 5 amd 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1