Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616:section:8:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00616
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 20761–23557

Minister administering Part III of the Defence Act 1903, and includes:
 (a) the Defence Force; and
 (b) the Australian Defence Force Cadets.
Department means:
 (a) a Department of State (including the Defence Department), excluding any part that is itself a Commonwealth entity; or
 (b) a Department of the Parliament that is established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
designated publication restriction means any of the following:
 (a) section 121 of the Family Law Act 1975;
 (b) section 91X of the Migration Act 1958;
 (c) section 110X of the Child Support (Registration and Collection) Act 1988;
 (d) a non‑publication order (within the meaning of Part XAA of the Judiciary Act 1903) of any court;
 (e) a suppression order (within the meaning of Part XAA of the Judiciary Act 1903) of any court;
 (f) an order under section 31, 38J or 38L of the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004;
 (g) an order under section 28 of the Witness Protection Act 1994;
 (h) an order under subsection 70(1) or (2) or 157(3) of the Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024;
 (ia) section 21C of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002;
 (j) a direction under subsection 25A(9) of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002;
 (k) section 29B of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002;
 (l) section 98 or 101, or subsection 233(3), of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022.
detriment has a meaning affected by section 13.
disclosable conduct has the meaning given by Subdivision B of Division 2 of Part 2.
disclose includes re‑disclose.
disclosure investigation means:
 (a) an investigation under Division 2 of Part 3; or
 (b) an investigation, in relation to a disclosure that is allocated under Division 1 of Part 3, by an investigative agency under a separate investigative power.
emergency disclosure means a public interest disclosure covered by item 3 of the table in subsection 26(1).
engage in conduct means:
 (a) do an act; or
 (b) omit to do an act.
examiner of ACIC has the meaning given by the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.
external disclosure means a public interest disclosure covered by item 2 of the table in subsection 26(1).
Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.
foreign country includes:
 (a) a colony or overseas territory; and
 (b) a territory outside Australia, where a foreign country is to any extent responsible for the international relations of the territory; and
 (c) a territory outside Australia that is to some extent self‑governing, but that is not recognised as an independent sovereign state by Australia.
foreign government means the government of a foreign country.
foreign public official has the same meaning as in Division 70 of the Criminal Code.
identifying information has the meaning given by