Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN TRADE COMMISSION ACT 1985 - SECT 3

             (1)  In this Act:

"Australia" includes the Territories to which this Act extends.

"Australian organisation" means:

                     (a)  any of the following entities carrying on a business in Australia:

                              (i)  a natural person;

                             (ii)  a partnership;

                            (iii)  a company incorporated or formed in Australia; or

                     (b)  an authority or body (including a body corporate and a corporation sole):

                              (i)  established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a law of the Commonwealth or of the Australian Capital Territory; or

                             (ii)  established for a purpose of a State by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a law of the State;

                            and includes an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 ) and a Department of the Public Service of a State, but does not include the Commission.

"CEO" means the Chief Executive Officer referred to in section 7B.

"Commission" means the Australian Trade Commission established by section 7.

"corporate plan" means a plan developed by the CEO in accordance with section 64, and includes such a plan as varied in accordance with section 66.

"Department of State" , in relation to the Northern Territory, means a Department of that Territory.

"overseas development project" means a project by way of:

                     (a)  the construction of works; or

                     (b)  the provision of services; or

                     (c)  the design, supply or installation of equipment or facilities; or

                     (d)  the testing in the field of agricultural practices;

(including any necessary preliminary studies, investigations or planning) that is to be carried out in a foreign country.

"State" includes the Northern Territory.

             (2)  In this Act, a reference to trade between Australia and foreign countries includes a reference to any transaction (including the rendering of a service) involving a consideration in money or money's worth accruing from a person in the course of carrying on business or other activities outside Australia to a person carrying on business or other activities in Australia.

             (4)  Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997 includes a reference to the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 to the extent that that Act continues to apply because of item 2 of Schedule 1 to the Export Market Development Grants (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 .

             (5)  In any other Act, a reference to an employee of the Australian Trade Commission is a reference to a person engaged by the CEO under section 74 of the Public Service Act 1999 .