Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 8778–11613

3  Definitions
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
AFP means the Australian Federal Police.
agency means ASIS, AGO or ASD.
agency head means:
 (a) in relation to ASIS—the Director‑General of ASIS; and
 (b) in relation to AGO—the Director of AGO; and
 (c) in relation to ASD—the Director‑General of ASD.
AGO means that part of the Defence Department known as the Australian Geospatial‑Intelligence Organisation.
APS Agency means an Agency within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999.
ASD means the Australian Signals Directorate.
ASD contract means a contract, to which ASD is a party, under which services are to be, or were to be, provided to ASD.
ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
ASIS means the Australian Secret Intelligence Service.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian person means a person who is:
 (a) an Australian citizen; or
 (b) a permanent resident.
authority, of another country, has a meaning affected by subsection (2).
Chair means the Chair of the Committee.
Committee means the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
Commonwealth authority includes:
 (a) an Agency within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999; and
 (b) a Department within the meaning of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999; and
 (c) the Defence Force; and
 (d) a body (whether incorporated or not) established, or continued in existence, for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth; and
 (e) a body corporate in which the Commonwealth or a body referred to in paragraph (d) has a controlling interest.
Commonwealth body, for the purposes of Division 1A of Part 6, has the meaning given by subsection 41BA(5).
Commonwealth enforcement body, for the purposes of Division 1A of Part 6, has the meaning given by subsection 41BA(5).
computer has the same meaning as in the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018.
contracted service provider, for an ASD contract, means:
 (a) a person who is a party to the ASD contract and who is responsible for the provision of services to ASD under the ASD contract; or
 (b) a subcontractor for the ASD contract.
coronial inquiry means a coronial inquiry, coronial investigation or coronial inquest under a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory.
court includes a tribunal, authority or person that has power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.
cybercrime means activities that involve committing a serious crime by, or facilitated by, the use of electromagnetic energy, whether guided or unguided or both.
cyber security incident has the meaning given by subsection 41BA(4).
Defence Department means the Department of State that deals with defence and that is administered by the Defence Minister.
Defence Minister