Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189:section:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00189
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 1/13)
Character Range: 33868–36634

4  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
accountable authority has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Accreditation Registrar means:
 (a) if a person holds an appointment under subsection 56CK(1)—that person; or
 (b) otherwise—the Commission.
accredited action initiator has the meaning given by section 56AMC.
accredited data recipient has the meaning given by section 56AK.
accredited person means a person who holds an accreditation under subsection 56CA(1).
ACMA means the Australian Communications and Media Authority.
acquire includes:
 (a) in relation to goods—acquire by way of purchase, exchange or taking on lease, on hire or on hire‑purchase; and
 (b) in relation to services—accept.
actionable scam intelligence has the meaning given by section 58AI.
action service provider has the meaning given by subsection 56AMB(1).
adjusted turnover, of a body corporate during a period, means the sum of the values of all the supplies that the body corporate, and any body corporate related to the body corporate, have made, or are likely to make, during the period, other than:
 (a) supplies made from any of those bodies corporate to any other of those bodies corporate; or
 (b) supplies that are input taxed; or
 (c) supplies that are not for consideration (and are not taxable supplies under section 72‑5 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999); or
 (d) supplies that are not made in connection with an enterprise that the body corporate carries on; or
 (e) supplies that are not connected with the indirect tax zone.
Expressions used in this definition that are also used in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 have the same meaning as in that Act.
AEMC or Australian Energy Market Commission means the body established by section 5 of the Australian Energy Market Commission Establishment Act 2004 of South Australia.
AER or Australian Energy Regulator means the body established by section 44AE.
AER Chair means the Chair of the AER.
AER member means a member of the AER.
arrive at, in relation to an understanding, includes reach or enter into.
ASIC means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
associate, of an SPF consumer, means an associate (within the meaning of section 318 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936) of the SPF consumer who is:
 (a) a natural person who is in Australia or is ordinarily resident in Australia; or
 (b) a person who carries on a business having a principal place of business in Australia;
Australian Consumer Law means Schedule 2 as applied under Subdivision A of Division 2 of Part XI.
Australian law has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
Australian repairer: see section