includes the external Territories.

means:

(a) an aircraft registered, or required to be registered, under the Civil Aviation Regulations as an Australian aircraft; or

(b) a Commonwealth aircraft; or

(c) a defence aircraft.

means the day on which this Act commences.

means buildings, structures, installations or equipment, anywhere in Australia, that are provided by the Commonwealth, or a Commonwealth authority, for use in connection with aircraft navigation, but does not include any building, structure, installation or equipment forming part of a Commonwealt

means an aircraft, other than a defence aircraft, that is owned by, or in the possession or control of, the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority.

means an offence against a provision of Division 1 or 4 of Part 2.

means:

(a) firearms, ammunition, weapons and explosive substances; or

(b) any substance or thing that, because of its nature or condition, may endanger the safety of an aircraft or of people on board an aircraft.

means an aircraft of any part of the Defence Force, and includes an aircraft that is being commanded or piloted by a member of that Force in the course of his or her duties as such a member.

means:

(a) an aircraft (including a foreign aircraft) that is:

(i) engaged in a flight in the course of trade and commerce with other countries or among the States; or

means:

(a) an Australian aircraft (other than a Commonwealth aircraft or a defence aircraft) that is mainly used for the purpose of any of the following flights, or is engaged, or is intended or likely to be engaged, in such a flight:

has the same meaning as in the

Federal Airports Corporation Act 1986

.

means an aircraft other than an Australian aircraft, including such an aircraft owned or operated by the government of a foreign country.

means the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, ratified by Australia on 9 September 1972, and whose English text is set out in Schedule 1.

has the meaning given in section 9.

, in relation to an aircraft, has, for the purposes of section 10 and Division 4 of Part 2, the same meaning as in the Montreal Convention.

(Note: see Article 2 of the Montreal Convention)

, in relation to an aircraft, has, for the purposes of section 10 and Division 4 of Part 2, the same meaning as in the Montreal Convention.

(Note: see Article 2 of the Montreal Convention)

includes alighting on water.

means:

(a) a magistrate of a Territory other than the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or Norfolk Island; or

, in relation to an aircraft, means a person having duties or functions on board the aircraft.

means the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, ratified by Australia on 12 July 1973, and whose English text is set out in Schedule 2.