Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFICE OF NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS ACT 1977 - SECT 3

                   In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Commonwealth authority" means:

                     (a)  an authority or body, whether a body corporate or not, established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a law of a Territory; or

                     (b)  an authority or body established for such a purpose by or under an order or direction made or given by the Governor‑General, by a Minister or by an authority or body referred to in paragraph (a).

"Department" means a Department of State.

"Department of Defence" means the Department administered by the Minister administering section 1 of the Defence Act 1903 .

"Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade" means the Department administered by the Minister administering the Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Act 1967 .

"Director-General" means the person holding office as the Director-General of the Office of National Assessments.

"Office" means the Office of National Assessments referred to in section 4.

"prescribed Commonwealth officer" means:

                     (a)  a Secretary of a Department;

                     (b)  the Chief of the Defence Force;

                     (c)  the service chief of an arm of the Defence Force;

                     (d)  the Director‑General of Security; or

                     (e)  any other person employed by the Commonwealth (whether under the Public Service Act 1999 or otherwise) who is authorized by the Minister to exercise the powers of a prescribed Commonwealth officer under subsection 5(2).