Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00466:section:10:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00466
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 16305–19042

means a House of Representatives election or a Senate election within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918.
final transparency notice: see subsection 14C(4).
foreign country means any country other than Australia or an external Territory (whether or not an independent sovereign State).
foreign government means:
 (a) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country; or
 (b) an authority of the government of a foreign country; or
 (c) an authority of the government of part of a foreign country; or
 (d) a foreign local government body or foreign regional government body.
foreign government related entity means a person, other than an individual, who is related to a foreign principal that is a foreign government or a foreign political organisation in one or more of the following ways:
 (a) if the person is a company—one or more of the following applies:
 (i) the foreign principal holds more than 15% of the issued share capital of the company;
 (ii) the foreign principal holds more than 15% of the voting power in the company;
 (iii) the foreign principal is in a position to appoint at least 20% of the company's board of directors;
 (iv) the directors (however described) of the company are accustomed, or under an obligation (whether formal or informal), to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the foreign principal;
 (v) the foreign principal is in a position to exercise, in any other way, total or substantial control over the company;
 (b) if the person is not a company—either of the following applies:
 (i) the members of the executive committee (however described) of the person are accustomed, or under an obligation (whether formal or informal), to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the foreign principal;
 (ii) the foreign principal is in a position to exercise, in any other way, total or substantial control over the person;
 (c) if the person is a person other than a body politic and the foreign principal is a foreign political organisation:
 (i) a director, officer or employee of the person, or any part of the person, is required to be a member or part (however described) of that foreign political organisation; and
 (ii) that requirement is contained in a law, or in the constitution, rules or other governing documents by which the person is constituted or according to which the person operates.
Note: A transparency notice issued under Division 3 of this Part may state that a person is a foreign government related entity.
foreign government related individual means an individual:
 (a) who is neither an Australian citizen nor a permanent Australian resident; and
 (b) who is related to a foreign principal