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PUBLIC INTEREST MONITOR ACT 2011 (NO. 72 OF 2011) - SECT 4

Definitions

In this Act—

"assistance order" has the same meaning as it has in the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 ;

"Australian legal practitioner" has the same meaning as it has in the Legal Profession Act 2004 ;

"coercive powers order" has the same meaning as it has in the Major Crime (Investigative Powers) Act 2004 ;

"covert search warrant" means a covert search warrant under Part 2 of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 ;

"Deputy Public Interest Monitor" means a Deputy Public Interest Monitor appointed under section 7;

"emergency authorisation" has the same meaning as it has in the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 ;

"preventative detention order" has the same meaning as it has in Part 2A of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 ;

"prohibited contact order" has the same meaning as it has in Part 2A of the Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003 ;

"Principal Public Interest Monitor" means the Principal Public Interest Monitor appointed under section 6;

"Public Interest Monitor" means—

        (a)     the Principal Public Interest Monitor; or

        (b)     a Deputy Public Interest Monitor;

"relevant application" means an application for—

        (a)     a coercive powers order;

        (b)     a surveillance device warrant;

        (c)     a retrieval warrant;

        (d)     an assistance order;

        (e)     an approval of an emergency authorisation;

        (f)     a telecommunications interception warrant;

        (g)     a covert search warrant;

        (h)     a preventative detention order;

              (i)     a prohibited contact order;

        (j)     an extension, variation, renewal or revocation of an order, warrant or approval referred to in paragraphs (a) to (i);

"retrieval warrant" has the same meaning as it has in the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 ;

"surveillance device warrant" has the same meaning as it has in the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 ;

"telecommunications interception warrant" has the same meaning as warrant has in the Telecommunications (Interception) (State Provisions) Act 1988 .



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