Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00246:section:3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00246
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3
Character Range: 3801–6384

3  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act:
Australia includes the Territories to which this Act extends.
Australian organisation means:
 (a) any of the following entities carrying on a business in Australia:
 (i) a natural person;
 (ii) a partnership;
 (iii) a company incorporated or formed in Australia; or
 (b) an authority or body (including a body corporate and a corporation sole):
 (i) established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a law of the Commonwealth or of the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (ii) established for a purpose of a State by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a law of the State;
  and includes an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999) and a Department of the Public Service of a State, but does not include the Commission.
CEO means the Chief Executive Officer referred to in section 7B.
Commission means the body continued in existence by section 7.
corporate plan means a plan prepared by the CEO under section 35 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, and includes such a plan as varied under section 66 of this Act.
Department of State, in relation to the Northern Territory, means a Department of that Territory.
overseas development project means a project by way of:
 (a) the construction of works; or
 (b) the provision of services; or
 (c) the design, supply or installation of equipment or facilities; or
 (d) the testing in the field of agricultural practices;
(including any necessary preliminary studies, investigations or planning) that is to be carried out in a foreign country.
State includes the Northern Territory.
 (2) In this Act, a reference to trade between Australia and foreign countries includes a reference to any transaction (including the rendering of a service) involving a consideration in money or money's worth accruing from a person in the course of carrying on business or other activities outside Australia to a person carrying on business or other activities in Australia.
 (4) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997 includes a reference to the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 to the extent that that Act continues to apply because of item 2 of Schedule 1 to the Export Market Development Grants (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997.
 (5) In any other Act, a reference to an employee of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission is a reference to a person engaged by the CEO under section 74 of the Public Service Act 1999.