Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Act extends to Norfolk Island.
(2) A reference in this Act to "Australia" includes a reference to Norfolk Island.
Extension to other external Territories
(3) This Act extends to such other external Territories (if any) as are prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.
(4) Without limiting subsection (3), if an external Territory is prescribed for the purposes of this section, regulations prescribing the external Territory may provide that:
(a) only some of the provisions of this Act apply in the external Territory; and
(b) provisions that apply in the external Territory only apply in specified circumstances.
(a) an external Territory is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section; and
(b) in a provision of this Act that applies (either generally or in particular circumstances) in the external Territory there is a reference to "Australia" or a reference to a term the definition of which includes a reference to "Australia";
then, unless the contrary intention appears, the reference to "Australia" in that provision as so applying, or in that definition as applying for the purposes of that provision as so applying, includes a reference to that external Territory.
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 definition of Australia
(6) To avoid doubt, this section applies despite paragraph
17(a) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (definition of Australia ).