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for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1922.";

   (b) by omitting paragraphs (b) and (c) of the definition of "prescribed authority" in subsection (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:

        "(b) a Commonwealth-controlled company (other than Qantas Airways Limited or a company that is a subsidiary of that company) that is a prescribed authority by virtue of section 3AB;

        (ba) a body corporate, or an unincorporated body, established by the Governor-General or by a Minister and declared by the regulations to be a prescribed authority;

     (bb) a chief executive officer of a court or tribunal;

        (c) the person holding, or performing the duties of, an office established by an enactment, other than:

            (i) the chief executive officer of a court or tribunal or a person who, for the purposes of this Act, is to be taken to be a member of the staff of the chief executive officer of a court or tribunal; or

            (ii) a person who, under subsection (3) or the regulations, is not to be taken to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of this Act;";

   (c) by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "Department" and substituting the following definition:

   " 'Department' means a Department of the Australian Public Service referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of 'Department' in subsection 7(1) of the Public Service Act 1922, but does not include the branch of the Australian Public Service comprising the transitional staff as defined by section 3 of the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988;";

(d) by adding at the end the following subsections:

    "(14) For the purposes of this Act:

      (a) the officers (other than the chief executive officer) of a court or tribunal; and

      (b) the members of the staff of the registry or registries of a court or tribunal; and

      (c) officers or employees of a Department, or of an authority of the Commonwealth, whose services are made available to a court or tribunal; and

      (d) persons declared by the regulations to be members of the staff of a court or tribunal for the purposes of this Act;

   are to be taken to be members of the staff of the chief executive officer of the court or tribunal.

"(15) A reference in this section to an officer of a court or tribunal does not include a judge of a court or a member of a tribunal.

  "(16) In relation to anything that concerns:

 (a) a chief executive officer of a court or tribunal; or

 (b) a Parliamentary Department;

a reference to which this subsection applies has effect in accordance with subsection (18).

  "(17) Subsection (16) applies to the following references:

    (a) a reference in any of the following provisions to