Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/12)
Character Range: 24282–26940

3  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
ABN has the meaning given by section 41 of the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
accredited pathology laboratory means premises in respect of which there is in force an approval under section 23DN.
accredited podiatrist means a podiatrist who is accredited by the Minister in writing under section 3AAA.
approved accreditor has the meaning given by paragraph 23DZZIAA(1)(b).
approved billing agent means a person or body in respect of whom an approval under section 20AB is in force.
approved form means a form approved by the Minister, by writing signed by him or her, for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs.
approved pathology authority means a person in respect of whom there is in force an undertaking given by the person, and accepted by the Minister, under section 23DF.
approved pathology practitioner means a person in respect of whom there is in force an undertaking given by the person, and accepted by the Minister, under section 23DC.
associate, of a person in relation to a professional service: see subsection 19AD(4).
Australia includes Norfolk Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Territory of Christmas Island.
Australian resident means a person who resides in Australia and who is:
 (a) an Australian citizen; or
 (b) a person who is, within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958, the holder of a permanent visa; or
 (ba) a person who has been granted, or who is included in, a return endorsement or a resident return visa in force under the Migration Act 1958; or
 (c) a New Zealand citizen who is lawfully present in Australia; or
 (d) a person (not being a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (ba) or (c)) who is lawfully present in Australia and whose continued presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by law; or
 (f) a person who:
 (i) is, within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958, the holder of a temporary visa; and
 (ia) is not covered by regulations made under subsection 6A(1); and
 (ii) has applied for a permanent visa under that Act and the application has not been withdrawn or otherwise finally determined; and
 (iii) has not, both:
 (A) on or after the commencement of this paragraph, made an application for a protection visa under that Act (whether or not the person has applied for any other visa), other than an application that has been withdrawn or otherwise finally determined; and
 (B) whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph, made an application for a parent visa under that Act (whether or not the person has