Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1997 - SECT 531B

                   In this Act:

"author ised information officer" means:

                     (a)  the Secretary of the Department; or

                     (b)  a Deputy Secretary of the Department; or

                     (c)  an individual:

                              (i)  who is an SES employee in the Department; and

                             (ii)  whose duties relate to the National Broadband Network Task Force; or

(d)a person for whom an appointment as an authorised information officer is in force under section 531M.

"entrusted company officer" , in relation to a company, means:

                     (a)  a director of the company; or

                     (b)  an employee of the company; or

                     (c)  an individual engaged as a consultant to the company; or

                     (d)  an individual engaged to provide services to the company; or

                     (e)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged as a consultant to the company; or

                      (f)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged to provide services to the company; or

                     (g)  an individual who is a partner in, or employee of, a partnership engaged as a consultant to the company; or

                     (h)  an individual who is a partner in, or employee of, a partnership engaged to provide services to the company; or

                      (i)  an individual who is an officer or employee of a body politic that provides services to the company; or

                      (j)  an individual engaged as a consultant to a body politic that provides services to the company; or

                     (k)  an individual engaged to provide services to a body politic that provides services to the company; or

                      (l)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged as a consultant to a body politic that provides services to the company; or

                    (m)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged to provide services to a body politic that provides services to the company; or

                     (n)  an individual who is a partner in, or employee of, a partnership engaged as a consultant to a body politic that provides services to the company; or

                     (o)  an individual who is a partner in, or employee of, a partnership engaged to provide services to a body politic that provides services to the company; or

                     (p)  an employee or director of a body corporate that provides services to the company; or

                     (q)  an individual engaged as a consultant to a body corporate that provides services to the company; or

                      (r)  an individual engaged to provide services to a body corporate that provides services to the company; or

                      (s)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged as a consultant to a body corporate that provides services to the company; or

                      (t)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged to provide services to a body corporate that provides services to the company; or

                     (u)  an individual who is a partner in, or employee of, a partnership engaged as a consultant to a body corporate that provides services to the company; or

                     (v)  an individual who is a partner in, or employee of, a partnership engaged to provide services to a body corporate that provides services to the company.

The paragraphs of this definition are to be read independently of each other.

"entrusted public official" means:

                     (a)  a Minister; or

                     (b)  a Secretary of a Department; or

                     (c)  an officer or employee of the Commonwealth; or

                     (d)  a member of a committee established under the executive power of the Commonwealth; or

                     (e)  an ACCC official; or

                      (f)  an ACMA official; or

                     (g)  the Director‑General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation; or

                     (h)  an individual engaged as a consultant to the Commonwealth; or

                      (i)  an individual engaged to provide services to the Commonwealth; or

                      (j)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged as a consultant to the Commonwealth; or

                     (k)  an employee or director of a body corporate engaged to provide services to the Commonwealth; or

                      (l)  an individual who is a partner in, or an employee of, a partnership engaged as a consultant to the Commonwealth; or

                    (m)  an individual who is a partner in, or an employee of, a partnership engaged to provide services to the Commonwealth.

The paragraphs of this definition are to be read independently of each other.

"matter preparatory to the publication of a designated request for proposal notice" includes a matter preparatory to the publication of a variation of a designated request for a proposal notice.

"protected carrier information" means:

                    (aa)  any information that was given by a carrier to an authorised information officer during the period:

                              (i)  beginning on 27 February 2008; and

                             (ii)  ending 12 months after the commencement of this Part;

                            where, after the information was given, an authorised information officer gave the carrier a written undertaking, on behalf of the Commonwealth, that:

                            (iii)  after the commencement of this Part, the information would be treated as protected carrier information for the purposes of this Part; and

                            (iv)  the information would not be disclosed by an authorised information officer before the commencement of this Part; or

                     (a)  any information that was given to an authorised information officer under section 531F; or

                     (b)  any information that was disclosed under paragraph 531G(2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g), subsection 531H(1) or paragraph 531K(2)(a) or (b).