# Effect of limited meaning of enter Australia etc.

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6 Effect of limited meaning of enter Australia etc.
               To avoid doubt, although subsection 5(1) limits, for the purposes of
               this Act, the meanings of enter Australia, leave Australia and









               remain in Australia and as well, because of section 18A of the
               Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the meaning of parts of speech and
               grammatical forms of those phrases, this does not mean:
                 (a) that, for those purposes, the meaning of in Australia, to
                     Australia or any other phrase is limited; or
                 (b) that this Act does not extend to parts of Australia outside the
                     migration zone; or
                 (c) that this Act does not apply to persons in those parts.
               Note:      See also subsection 9A(3), which deals with when a person is taken to
                          be in Australia, to travel to Australia, to enter Australia or to leave
                          Australia. Section 9A concerns offshore resources activities.