Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014:section:23aa:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00014
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23AA (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 85345–88108

23AA  Income of persons connected with certain projects of United States Government
 (1) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears:
approved project means the establishment, maintenance or operation of the North West Cape naval communication station, of the Joint Defence Space Research Facility, of the Sparta project, of the Joint Defence Space Communications Station or of a Force Posture Initiative.
civilian accompanying the United States Forces means a person (not being a member of the United States Forces, an Australian citizen or a person ordinarily resident in Australia) who:
 (a) is an employee:
 (i) of the United States Forces; or
 (ii) of, or of a body conducting, a club or other facility established for the benefit or welfare of members of the United States Forces or of persons accompanying those Forces and which is recognized by the Government of the United States of America as a non‑appropriated fund activity; or
 (b) is serving with an organization that, with the approval of the Government of the Commonwealth, accompanies the United States Forces in Australia.
dependant, in relation to a person, means:
 (a) the spouse of that person; or
 (b) a relative, other than the spouse, of that person who is wholly or mainly dependent for support on that person;
but, in the case of a person who, immediately before becoming such a spouse or relative, was ordinarily resident in Australia, does not include that person so long as that person continues to be ordinarily resident in Australia.
Force Posture Agreement means the Force Posture Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the United States of America done at Sydney on 12 August 2014, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Treaty could in 2014 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Force Posture Initiative has the same meaning as in the Force Posture Agreement.
Note: As well as some announced initiatives, this includes future initiatives that Australia and the United States mutually decide to be Force Posture Initiatives for the purposes of that Agreement.
foreign contractor means a person who is a party to a prescribed contract and is not:
 (a) a company incorporated in Australia;
 (b) an Australian citizen; or
 (c) a person, other than a company, who is ordinarily resident in Australia.
foreign employee means a person who:
 (a) is an employee of a foreign contractor; or
 (b) is a director of a company that is a foreign contractor;
and is not an Australian citizen or ordinarily resident in Australia.
prescribed contract means:
 (a) a contract to which the Government of the United States of America is a party in connexion with an approved