Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00820:section:9:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00820
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 9 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 14176–17145

9  Definitions
  In this Act:
access has a meaning affected by section 10.
accreditation authority means:
 (a) for an entity applying for accreditation, or accredited, as an ADSP—the Commissioner; or
 (b) for a Commonwealth body, State body or Territory body, or the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, applying for accreditation, or accredited, as an accredited user—the Minister; or
 (c) for another entity applying for accreditation, or accredited, as an accredited user—the Commissioner.
accredited entity: see subsection 11(4).
accredited user: see subsection 11(4).
ADSP: see subsection 11(4).
ADSP‑controlled access: see subsection 16B(6).
ADSP‑enhanced data: see subsection 11A(3).
adverse or qualified security assessment means an adverse security assessment, or a qualified security assessment, within the meaning of Part IV of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.
ancillary contravention of a civil penalty provision means a contravention that arises out of the operation of section 92 of the Regulatory Powers Act.
ancillary offence has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code.
APP entity has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
APP‑equivalence term: see subsection 16E(2).
appointed member: see paragraph 62(1)(e).
approved contract: see subsection 123(3).
approved form for a provision of this Act, the rules or a data code means a form approved by the Commissioner for the purposes of the provision under section 132.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian aircraft has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code.
Australian entity means an entity that is any of the following:
 (a) a Commonwealth body, a State body or a Territory body;
 (b) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory;
 (c) an Australian university.
Australian ship has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code.
Australian university means a registered higher education provider:
 (a) that, for the purposes of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011, is registered in the "Australian University" provider category; and
 (b) that is established by or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
authorised officer: see section 137.
biometric data:
 (a) means personal information about any measurable biological or behavioural characteristic relating to an individual that could be used to identify the individual or verify the individual's identity; and
 (b) includes a biometric template containing representations of information mentioned in paragraph (a).
Note: Data that is not personal information cannot be biometric data. For example, an eye colour, by itself, is not biometric data.
breach: a data scheme entity breaches this Act if the data scheme entity engages in conduct that contravenes, or is inconsistent with, this Act.
Circuit Court means the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2).
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as