Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00160:section:9:p1
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Provision Reference: s 9 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 20904–23973

9  Definitions
In this Act:
Accreditation Rules means rules made under section 168 for the purposes of the provisions in which the term occurs.
accredited attribute service provider means an attribute service provider that is accredited under section 15 as an accredited attribute service provider.
accredited entity: each of the following is an accredited entity:
 (a) an accredited attribute service provider;
 (b) an accredited identity exchange provider;
 (c) an accredited identity service provider;
 (d) if Accreditation Rules are made for the purposes of paragraph 14(1)(d)—an entity that is accredited to provide services of a kind prescribed by the Accreditation Rules for the purposes of that paragraph.
accredited identity exchange provider means an identity exchange provider that is accredited under section 15 as an accredited identity exchange provider.
accredited identity service provider means an identity service provider that is accredited under section 15 as an accredited identity service provider.
accredited service, of an accredited entity, means the services provided, or proposed to be provided, by the entity in the entity's capacity as a particular kind of accredited entity.
Note: Conditions may be imposed on an entity's accredited services, including specifying the manner in which such services must be provided or excluding specific services from the entity's accreditation altogether (see section 17).
Example: Acme Co is an accredited identity service provider. Under its conditions of accreditation, its accredited service is generating, managing, maintaining and verifying information relating to the identity of an individual. Its conditions exclude from its accreditation the provision of the following services:
(a) generating, binding, managing and distributing authenticators to an individual;
(b) binding, managing and distributing authenticators generated by an individual.
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.
affected entity: see section 137.
AFP Minister means the Minister administering the Australian Federal Police Act 1979.
AGDIS Register means the register kept under section 121.
APP entity has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
APP‑equivalent agreement: see section 34.
attribute of an individual: see section 10.
attribute service provider means an entity that provides, or proposes to provide, a service that verifies and manages an attribute of an individual.
Australia when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian entity means any of the following:
 (a) an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia;
 (b) a body corporate incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory;
 (c) a Commonwealth entity, or a Commonwealth company, within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013;
 (d) a person or body that is an agency