Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00282:clause:1_23a:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00282
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 23A (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 3862–6556

23A  Definitions for this Division and Division 3
 (1) In this Division and Division 3:
Class A record means any of the following records except a record that is an excluded record:
 (a) the Journals of the Senate in the possession of the Senate;
 (b) the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives in the possession of the House of Representatives;
 (c) a record that is:
 (i) laid before, or tabled in; and
 (ii) in the possession of;
  the Senate or the House of Representatives;
 (d) a record:
 (i) that is presented to a committee; and
 (ii) that is in the possession of the committee, the Senate or the House of Representatives; and
 (iii) that the committee, the Senate or the House of Representatives respectively has not authorised to be published;
 (e) a record that:
 (i) was prepared by an officer of a Parliamentary Department or a person employed in, or performing duties for, a Parliamentary Department; and
 (ii) either minutes the proceedings of a committee or relates to a record that was presented to a committee; and
 (iii) is in the possession of the committee, the Senate, the House of Representatives or a Parliamentary Department.
Class B record means a record in the possession of the Senate, the House of Representatives or a Parliamentary Department that is not any of the following:
 (a) a Class A record;
 (b) a Class C record;
 (c) an excluded record.
Class C record means any of the following records in the possession of the Senate, the House of Representatives or a Parliamentary Department except a record that is an excluded record:
 (a) a record containing information that section 64V of the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 prohibits an entrusted person from disclosing (except for purposes described in subsection 64V(3) or (4B));
 (b) a record determined under subsection (2) of this section.
committee means:
 (a) a committee of the Parliament that consists of Senators and Members of the House of Representatives; or
 (b) a committee of the Senate or of the House of Representatives.
excluded record means a record in:
 (a) the library collection for which the Parliamentary Librarian has responsibility; or
 (b) the art collection of the Parliament.
Head of the Department means:
 (a) in the case of records that are in the possession of the Department of the Senate—the Clerk of the Senate; or
 (b) in the case of records that are in the possession of the Department of the House of Representatives—the Clerk of the House of Representatives; or
 (c) in the case of records that are in the possession of the Department of Parliamentary Services (except records described in paragraph (d))—the Secretary of that Department; or
 (d) in the case