Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00055:section:6:p16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00055
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 16/17)
Character Range: 67364–69971

commercial credit in relation to which the insurer has provided insurance to a credit provider.
trade insurer means an organisation, or small business operator, that carries on a business or undertaking that involves providing insurance to credit providers in relation to commercial credit provided by providers to other persons.
trading corporation means a trading corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution.
 (1A) In order to avoid doubt, it is declared that an ACT enactment is not a Commonwealth law for the purposes of this Act.
 (3) For the purposes of this Act, an act or practice breaches a rule issued under section 17 if, and only if, it is contrary to, or inconsistent with, the rule.
 (4) The definition of individual in subsection (1) shall not be taken to imply that references to persons do not include persons other than natural persons.
 (5) For the purposes of this Act, a person shall not be taken to be an agency merely because the person is the holder of, or performs the duties of:
 (a) a prescribed office; or
 (b) an office prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of subparagraph 4(3)(b)(i) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982; or
 (c) an office established by or under a Commonwealth law, or a law of a State or Territory that applies in an external Territory, for the purposes of an agency;
 (d) a judicial office or of an office of magistrate; or
 (e) an office of a member of a tribunal:
 (i) that is established by or under a Commonwealth law, or a law of a State or Territory that applies in an external Territory; and
 (ii) that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph.
 (5A) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, exempt a body, office or appointment for the purposes of paragraph (ca) or (ea) of the definition of agency in subsection (1).
 (6) For the purposes of this Act, the Defence Department shall be taken to include the Defence Force.
 (7) Nothing in this Act prevents a complaint from:
 (a) being both a file number complaint and an APP complaint; or
 (b) being both a file number complaint and a credit reporting complaint; or
 (c) being both a file number complaint and a code complaint; or
 (e) being both a code complaint and a credit reporting complaint; or
 (f) being both an APP complaint and a credit reporting complaint; or
 (g) being both an APP complaint and a code complaint.
 (8) For the purposes of this Act, the question whether bodies corporate are related to each other is determined in the manner in which that question is determined under the Corporations Act 2001.
 (9)