Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00049:section:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00049
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 24515–27566

7  Definitions
  In this Act:
accountable authority has the same meaning as in the PGPA Act.
AFP means the Australian Federal Police.
AFP Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979).
agency head: see subsection 11(1).
annual report: see subsections 198(1) and 271(1).
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.
Australian Geospatial‑Intelligence Organisation means that part of the Defence Department known as the Australian Geospatial‑Intelligence Organisation.
Australian travel document has the same meaning as in the Australian Passports Act 2005.
authorised discloser: see subsection 227(1).
authorised officer means:
 (a) the Commissioner; or
 (b) a Deputy Commissioner; or
 (c) a person appointed under section 267 (appointment of authorised officers).
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission.
Note: See section 251.
civil penalty proceeding means a proceeding for a civil penalty in relation to a contravention of a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
Commissioner means the National Anti‑Corruption Commissioner.
Note: See section 16.
Committee means the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the National Anti‑Corruption Commission for the time being constituted under Division 1 of Part 10.
Commonwealth agency: see section 11.
Commonwealth company has the same meaning as in the PGPA Act.
Commonwealth contract: see subsection 13(2).
Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the PGPA Act.
Commonwealth integrity agency: see section 15.
completion report: see paragraph 52(b).
confiscation proceeding: see section 136.
constable means:
 (a) a member or special member of the AFP; or
 (b) a member of the police force or police service of a State or Territory.
container includes:
 (a) a trailer or other like receptacle, whether with or without wheels, that is used for the movement of goods from one place to another; and
 (b) any baggage; and
 (c) any other thing that is or could be used for the carriage of goods, whether or not designed for that purpose.
contract includes any arrangement, agreement, deed or understanding.
contracted service provider: see section 13.
contravenes:
 (a) for a certificate issued under section 235—see subsection 235(9); and
 (b) for an international relations certificate—see subsection 236(8).
conveyance includes an aircraft, vehicle or vessel.
corporate Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the PGPA Act.
corrupt conduct: see section 8.
corruption investigation: see subsection 41(2).
corruption issue: see section 9.
criminal proceeding means a prosecution for an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
Defence Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part III of the Defence Act 1903.
Defence Intelligence Organisation means that part of the Defence Department known as the Defence Intelligence Organisation.
Deputy Commissioner means a National Anti‑Corruption