Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts In this
Act —
“Australian court” means any court
established by or under a law of an Australian jurisdiction (including a court
conducting committal proceedings for an indictable offence);
“Australian jurisdiction”
means —
(a) a
State;
(b) a
Territory; or
(c) the
Commonwealth;
“Australian tribunal” means any
tribunal (other than a court) established by or under a law of an Australian
jurisdiction that has the power to take evidence from witnesses before it on
oath or affirmation (including a Royal Commission or other special commission
of inquiry);
“country” includes —
(a) a
federation and a state, territory, province or other part of a federation; and
(b) an
Australian jurisdiction;
“document” means any record of
information, and includes —
(a)
anything on which there is writing;
(b)
anything on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a
meaning for persons qualified to interpret them;
(c)
anything from which sounds, images or writings can be reproduced with or
without the aid of anything else; and
(d) a
map, plan, drawing or photograph;
“electronic communication” includes a
communication of information in the form of data, text, images or sound (or
any combination of these) by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic
energy, or both;
“general law” means the common law and
equity;
“matter” includes —
(a) an
article, report, advertisement or other thing communicated by means of a
newspaper, magazine or other periodical;
(b) a
program, report, advertisement or other thing communicated by means of
television, radio, the Internet or any other form of electronic communication;
(c) a
letter, note or other writing;
(d) a
picture, gesture or oral utterance; and
(e) any
other thing by means of which something may be communicated to a person;
“offer to make amends” means an offer
to make amends under Part 3 Division 1;
“parliamentary body”
means —
(a) a
parliament or legislature of any country;
(b) a
house of a parliament or legislature of any country;
(c) a
committee of a parliament or legislature of any country;
(d) a
committee of a house or houses of a parliament or legislature of any country;
“substantially true” means true in
substance or not materially different from the truth;
“Territory” means the Australian
Capital Territory or the Northern Territory;
“this jurisdiction” means Western
Australia.