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Northern Territory), being a body employing staff on its own behalf;
          (b) an authority or body, not being a body corporate, established, whether before or after the commencement of sub-section 5 (8) of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, for a public purpose by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an Act, regulations made under an Act or a law of a Territory (other than the Northern Territory), being an authority or body employing staff on its own behalf;
          (c) a company or other body corporate incorporated, whether before or after the commencement of sub-section 5 (8) of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, under a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, being a company or body corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest; or
          (d) an authority or body established, whether before or after the commencement of sub-section 5 (8) of the Public Service Reform Act 1984 and whether by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an Act, regulations made under an Act or a law of

          a Territory or otherwise, and whether a body corporate or not, being an authority or body that is financed in whole or in substantial part, either directly or indirectly, by money provided by the Commonwealth and employs staff on its own behalf;".
(9) Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the definition of "Department" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
     "'designated group' means any of the following classes of persons:
        (a) members of the Aboriginal race of Australia or persons who are descendants of indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands;
        (b) persons who have migrated to Australia and whose first language is a language other than English, and the children of such persons;
        (c) persons who are physically or mentally disabled; and
        (d) any other class of persons declared by the regulations to be a designated group for the purposes of this definition;".

Officers of the Parliament
6. Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from paragraph (2a) (a) "persons temporarily employed" and substituting "employees"; and
     (b) by omitting from paragraph (2a) (b) "persons temporarily employed" (wherever occurring) and substituting "employees".

Termination of employment
7. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (c) "Governor-General" and substituting "Prime Minister".

Delegation by Board
8. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "the Chairman of the Board, to another member of the Board, to an officer or employee or to a person appointed to an office, under a law of the Commonwealth, by the Governor-General or a Minister" and substituting "a person (not being