Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS REGULATIONS 1990 - REG 11

         (1)   In these Regulations, public employee means a person employed by the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or the Territory of Norfolk Island or by a public authority, whether the person is so employed under a law, or under a contract of service or apprenticeship.

         (2)   Without limiting subregulation (1):

                (a)    a member of the Parliament; or

               (b)    a justice or judge of a court; or

                (c)    a person (other than a person mentioned in subregulation (4)) who is the holder of an office established by a law;

of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory, is to be taken, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be employed by the Commonwealth, a State or Territory as the case may be.

         (3)   Without limiting subregulation (1), a member of the Defence Force is to be taken, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be employed by the Commonwealth.

         (4)   Without limiting subregulation (1), a person is to be taken, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be employed by a public authority if:

                (a)    the person constitutes, or is a member of, the authority; or

               (b)    where the authority is a body corporate -- the person is a director of the body corporate.