Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095:section:3a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00095
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3A
Character Range: 46836–47734

3A  Prescribed authorities: Commonwealth‑controlled companies
 (1) A Commonwealth‑controlled company is a prescribed authority unless:
 (a) it is excluded by subsection (2); or
 (b) under the regulations it is to be taken not to be a prescribed authority.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), a Commonwealth‑controlled company is excluded for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) if:
 (a) the company was a Commonwealth‑controlled company immediately before the commencement of Part 6 of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994; and
 (b) immediately before that commencement the company was not a prescribed authority for the purposes of this Act as then in force.
 (3) A Commonwealth‑controlled company that, but for this subsection, would be excluded by subsection (2) is not so excluded if the regulations declare that the company is to be taken to be a prescribed authority.