Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00009:clause:2_1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2015A00009
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 1
Character Range: 6694–8507

1  Section 5
Insert:
Commonwealth officer or employee means a person who:
 (a) is appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999; or
 (b) is appointed under another law of the Commonwealth; or
 (c) holds an office established by a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (d) is employed by a public authority of the Commonwealth; or
 (e) is a member of the Defence Force; or
 (f) is the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, an AFP employee or a special member of the Australian Federal Police (all within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979).
Commonwealth tenancy dispute means a matter:
 (a) involving a lease, licence or other arrangement to possess, occupy or use land and a dispute about:
 (i) the recovery of rent or other payments payable under or in relation to the lease, licence or other arrangement; or
 (ii) the termination of the lease, licence or other arrangement; or
 (iii) the possession, occupation or use of the land; and
 (b) in which the Commonwealth, or a person suing or being sued on behalf of the Commonwealth, is a party.
public authority of the Commonwealth means:
 (a) a body incorporated, whether before or after the commencement of this definition, for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth, being a body corporate employing staff on its own behalf; or
 (b) an authority or body, not being a body corporate, established, whether before or after the commencement of this definition, for a public purpose by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a law of the Commonwealth, being an authority or body employing staff on its own behalf; or
 (c) an incorporated company over which the Commonwealth, or a body or authority mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), is in a position to exercise control.