Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
"Associate Commissioner" means an Associate Commissioner appointed under section 25.
"Chair" means the Chair of the Commission.
"Commission" means the Productivity Commission established by this Act, and includes a Division of the Commission performing functions of the Commission.
(a) the Chair; or
(b) a Commissioner appointed under section 24.
"Commonwealth authority" means:
(a) a body (whether incorporated or not) established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; or
(b) a company or other body corporate in which the Commonwealth, a Territory or a body referred to in paragraph (a) has a controlling interest.
"CSC" (short for Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) has the same meaning as in the Governance of Australian Government Superannuation Schemes Act 2011 .
"Division" means a Division of the Commission established under section 40.
(a) a body consisting of representatives of 2 or more government bodies; and
(b) an international government body.
"hearing" means a hearing held for the purposes of an inquiry.
"industry" means industry of any kind (including any business or activity relating to goods or services), and a reference to industry is a reference to industry in general, a particular industry, a part of an industry, or a group or groups of particular industries.
"inquiry" means an inquiry held under this Act.
(a) a Commissioner (including the Chair); or
(b) an Associate Commissioner.
"subject of Commonwealth power" means any matter with respect to which the Parliament has power to make laws.
(2) For the purposes of this Act:
(a) the Chair may be referred to as the Chair, Chairperson, Chairman or Chairwoman or by any other such term as the person occupying the office so chooses; and
(b) the Deputy Chair may be referred to as the Deputy Chair, Deputy Chairperson, Deputy Chairman or Deputy Chairwoman or by any other such term as the person occupying the office so chooses.
(3) If a person occupying either of the offices mentioned in subsection (2) does not make known his or her choice of term, the person may be referred to by whichever of the following terms that a person addressing that person considers appropriate, as the case requires:
(b) Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson;
(c) Chairman or Deputy Chairman;
(d) Chairwoman or Deputy Chairwoman.