Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1981 No. 176, 1981 - SECT 19

19. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by inserting after the definition of ''approved bank'' in sub-section (1)
the following definition:

'' 'Australian authority' means an authority or body (including a body
corporate and a corporation sole)-

   (a)  established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by, or in accordance
        with the provisions of, a law of the Commonwealth or of the Australian
        Capital Territory; or

   (b)  established for a purpose of a State by, or in accordance with the
        provisions of, a law of the State,

and includes a Department of the Australian Public Service and a Department of
the Public Service of a State, but does not include the Corporation;'';

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of ''Australian
        consortium'' and ''Australian private organization'' and substituting
        the following definitions:

'' 'Australian organization' means-

   (a)  an Australian private organization;

   (b)  an Australian private consortium;

   (c)  an Australian authority; or

   (d)  an Australian public consortium;

'Australian private consortium' means an association of persons at least one
of whom is an Australian private organization, but does not include a
Corporation consortium;

'Australian private organization' means-

   (a)  a natural person or a partnership; or

   (b)  an Australian company,

carrying on business in Australia;

'Australian public consortium' means an association of persons at least one of
whom is an Australian authority, but does not include an Australian private
consortium or a Corporation consortium;'';

   (c)  by inserting after the definition of ''Corporation'' in sub-section
        (1) the following definition:

'' 'Corporation consortium' means an association consisting of the Corporation
and-

   (a)  an Australian private organization;

   (b)  an Australian authority; or

   (c)  2 or more persons at least one of whom is an Australian private
        organization or an Australian authority;'';

   (d)  by inserting after paragraph (a) of the definition of ''development
        project'' in sub-section (1) the following paragraph:

''(aa) the provision of services;'';

   (e)  by inserting after the definition of ''Managing Director'' in
        sub-section (1) the following definition:

'' 'organization' includes a person, a partnership, a company, an authority
and a consortium;''; and

   (f)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''private
        organization'' and substituting the following definition:

'' 'State' includes the Northern Territory.''.