Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH SERVICES DELIVERY AGENCY ACT 1997 - SECT 3

                   In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Agency" means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency established by this Act.

"benefit" includes:

                     (a)  a pension, allowance, concession or payment; and

                     (b)  a card entitling its holder to a concession or a payment of any kind.

"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under section 29.

"Commonwealth authority" means:

                     (a)  a Department of State; or

                     (b)  a body, other than the Agency, established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth.

"Commonwealth service" means a service, benefit, program or facility for some or all members of the public that is provided for by the Commonwealth, whether under an enactment or otherwise.

"employee" means a member of the Agency’s staff referred to in subsection 35(1).

"enactment" means:

                     (a)  an Act; or

                     (b)  an instrument (including rules, regulations and by‑laws) made under an Act.

"principal officer" means:

                     (a)  for a Department of State—the person who is the Secretary of the Department for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 ; or

                     (b)  for any other Commonwealth authority—the person identified by the regulations as the principal officer of the authority.

"service arrangements" means arrangements entered into under section 7.