Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:10:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 6/23)
Character Range: 1140157–1143007

Division is not intended to exclude or limit the operation of any other law of the Commonwealth or any law of a State or Territory.

Division 273B—Protection of children

Subdivision A—Preliminary

273B.1  Definitions
  In this Division:
child sexual abuse offence means:
 (a) a Commonwealth child sex offence within the meaning of the Crimes Act 1914; or
 (b) a State or Territory registrable child sex offence.
Commonwealth officer means any of the following:
 (a) a Minister;
 (b) a Parliamentary Secretary;
 (c) an individual who holds an appointment under section 67 of the Constitution;
 (d) an APS employee;
 (e) an individual employed by the Commonwealth otherwise than under the Public Service Act 1999;
 (f) a member of the Australian Defence Force;
 (g) a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police;
 (h) an individual (other than an official of a registered industrial organisation) who holds or performs the duties of an office established by or under a law of the Commonwealth, other than:
 (i) the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006; or
 (ii) the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988; or
 (iii) the Corporations Act 2001; or
 (iv) the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978;
 (i) an officer or employee of a Commonwealth authority;
 (j) an individual who is:
 (i) a contractor or subcontractor of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or
 (ii) an officer or employee of a contractor or subcontractor of the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority; or
 (iii) assigned to work for the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority under a labour hire arrangement;
 (k) an individual (other than an official of a registered industrial organisation) who exercises powers, or performs functions, conferred on the person by or under a law of the Commonwealth, other than:
 (i) the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006; or
 (ii) the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988; or
 (iii) the Corporations Act 2001; or
 (iv) the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978; or
 (v) a provision specified in the regulations;
 (l) an individual who exercises powers, or performs functions, conferred on the individual by or under a law in force in Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (whether the law is a law of the Commonwealth or a law of the Territory concerned).
State or Territory registrable child sex offence means an offence:
 (a) that a person becomes, or may at any time have become, a person whose name is entered on a child protection offender register (however described) of a State or Territory for committing; and
 (b) in respect of which:
 (i) a person under 18 was a victim or an intended victim; or
 (ii) the offending involved child abuse material.

273B.2