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Special Prosecutors Act 1982
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3 Interpretation
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
appoint includes re‑appoint.
legal practitioner 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.
State includes the Northern Territory.
Territory does not include the Northern Territory.
(2) A reference in this Act to a prosecution for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth includes a reference to a proceeding by the Crown in right of the Commonwealth for the recovery of a pecuniary penalty under a law of the Commonwealth.