Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00290:section:4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00290
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4
Character Range: 2713–5541

4  Definitions

 (1) In this Act:

Commonwealth includes the following:
 (a) a Federal Court;
 (b) a Department of the Parliament established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999;
 (c) a body (not being a body corporate) established or continued in existence for a public purpose by or under a Commonwealth law, other than a body established by or under:
 (i) the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988; or
 (ii) the Norfolk Island Act 1979; or
 (iii) the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978.

Commonwealth authority means a body corporate established or continued in existence for a public purpose by or under a Commonwealth law, but does not include:
 (a) a corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006; or
 (b) an organisation registered or an association recognised under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009; or
 (c) a body specified in the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

organised includes directed and supervised.

recreational drug means a drug consumed voluntarily for non‑medicinal purposes and includes alcohol.

voluntary basis has the meaning given by subsections (2) and (3).

Meaning of voluntary basis

 (2) An individual does work for the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority on a voluntary basis if the individual:
 (a) either:
 (i) receives no remuneration for doing the work other than the reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred by the individual in doing the work; or
 (ii) receives remuneration for doing the work less than the amount, if any, prescribed or determined in accordance with the regulations; and
 (b) does not do the work under a court order.

 (3) An individual also does work for the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority on a voluntary basis if:
 (a) the individual continues to receive remuneration from the individual's usual employer while doing the work but receives no other remuneration for doing the work other than:
 (i) reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred by the individual in doing the work; or
 (ii) remuneration less than the amount, if any, prescribed or determined in accordance with the regulations; and
 (b) the work is of a kind that is usually done for the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth authority by persons who either:
 (i) receive no remuneration for doing the work other than the reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred in doing the work; or
 (ii) receive remuneration for doing the work less than the amount, if any, prescribed or determined in accordance with the regulations; and
 (c) the individual does not do the work under a court order.

Acts and omissions of individuals covered

 (4) A reference in this Act to a thing done by an individual includes a reference to the omission by an individual to do a thing.