FOREIGN INTERFERENCE (COUNTERMEASURES)
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- “foreign legislature” has the meaning given by section 4;
- “foreign political organisation” has the meaning given by section 4;
- “foreign principal” has the meaning given by section 4;
- “foreign public enterprise” has the meaning given by section 4;
- “foreign volunteers report” has the meaning given by section 85(3);
- “foreigner” has the meaning given by section 4;
- “general election” means a general election of Members of Parliament after a dissolution of Parliament;
- “gift” means any of the following:
- (a) any disposal of property made by a person to another person (including by will), being a disposal made without consideration in money or money’s worth or with inadequate consideration;
- (b) the provision of a service for no consideration or for inadequate consideration, other than the provision of voluntary labour or voluntary professional services to a political party by an officer or a member of the party;
- “Government” includes any part of the Government and an Organ of State (such as the Cabinet);
- “in the public interest” has the meaning given by section 7;
- “influence” includes affecting, directly or indirectly, in any way;
- “information or material” means information or material in any form, such as (but not limited to)—
- (a) oral, written, electronic or digital form; and
- (b) visual, pictorial or graphic form (for example, an anthropomorphic or humanlike depiction),
- and includes information or material in any combination of forms;