Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For paragraph (a) of the definition of Agency in section 5 of the Act:
(a) a person who performs a financial task for a Department of State is allocated to that Department; and
(b) a member of the Defence Force is allocated to the Department of Defence, unless the member's services are made available to assist the Chief Executive Officer of the Defence Materiel Organisation; and
(c) an officer, instructor or cadet in the Australian Air Force Cadets, the Australian Army Cadets, or the Australian Navy Cadets is allocated to the Department of Defence; and
(d) a person employed, under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 , on the staff of an office‑holder or a Senator or Member is allocated to the Department of State to which the money out of which the person's remuneration is paid is appropriated; and
(e) a person performing, or assisting in the performance of, the functions of the Independent Auditor under Part 7 of the Auditor‑General Act 1997 is allocated to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
(2) For paragraph (b) of the definition of Agency in section 5 of the Act, a person who performs a financial task for a Department of the Parliament is allocated to that Department.
(3) In subregulation (1):
"Australian Air Force Cadets" means the body continued in existence by section 8 of the Air Force Act 1923 .
"Australian Army Cadets" means the body continued in existence by section 62 of the Defence Act 1903 .
"Australian Navy Cadets" means the body continued in existence by section 38 of the Naval Defence Act 1910 .