Commonwealth Numbered Acts

INDUSTRY COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 9 of 1990 - SECT 3

3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Associate Commissioner" means an Associate Commissioner of the Commission;

"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission and includes a person
who is acting as Chairperson;

"Commission" means the Industry Commission established by this Act, and
includes a Division of that Commission performing functions of the Commission;

"Commissioner" means a Commissioner of the Commission and:

   (a)  includes the Chairperson and a person who is acting as a Commissioner;
        and

   (b)  except in sections 28 to 39 (inclusive), includes an Associate
        Commissioner who is a member of a Division;

"Commonwealth body" 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 in which the Commonwealth, a Territory, or a body so
        established, holds a controlling interest;

"Division" means a Division of the Commission constituted under section 41;

"duties" means duties of customs, other than duties to which the Customs
Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Act 1975 applies;

"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;

"subject of Commonwealth power" means any matter with respect to which the
Parliament has power to make laws, including, in particular, any of the
following:

   (a)  grants of financial assistance made, or to be made, by the
        Commonwealth to the States;

   (b)  trade and commerce:

   (i)  with other countries; or

   (ii) among the States; or

   (iii) between a State and a Territory;

   (c)  bounties to which paragraph 51 (iii) of the Constitution is
        applicable;

   (d)  banking to which paragraph 51 (xiii) of the Constitution is
        applicable;

   (e)  insurance to which paragraph 51 (xiv) of the Constitution is
        applicable;

   (f)  foreign corporations, and trading or financial corporations formed
        within the limits of the Commonwealth;

   (g)  appropriations for the purposes of the Commonwealth, within the
        meaning of section 81 of the Constitution;

   (h)  the government of a Territory.