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Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
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#### 90E Definitions
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> ASIO means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
> ASIO Act means the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.
> AUSTRAC entrusted person has the same meaning as in the Anti‑Money Laundering and Counter‑Terrorism Financing Act 2006.
> authorised ASIO officer has the meaning given by section 90F.
> biosecurity official has the same meaning as in the Biosecurity Act 2015.
> compliance agency means any of the following:
(a) the Immigration and Border Protection Department;
(b) the Agriculture Department (within the meaning of the Biosecurity Act 2015);
(c) an entity for which a quarantine inspection officer of a prescribed State/Territory exercises quarantine powers or performs quarantine functions;
(d) a consumer protection agency;
(e) another prescribed agency.
> Comptroller‑General of Customs means the person who is the Comptroller‑General of Customs in accordance with subsection 11(3) or 14(2) of the Australian Border Force Act 2015.
> consumer protection agency means any of the following:
(a) the ACCC;
(b) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission;
(c) the Office of Fair Trading of New South Wales;
(d) the Office of Fair Trading and Business Affairs of Victoria;
(e) the Department of Fair Trading of Queensland;
(f) the Department of Consumer and Employment Protection of Western Australia;
(g) the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs of South Australia;
(h) the Office of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading of Tasmania;
(i) the Office of Fair Trading of the Australian Capital Territory;
(j) the Office of Consumer and Business Affairs of the Northern Territory;
(k) another prescribed agency.
> consumer protection law means:
(a) the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; or
(b) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001; or
(c) the Corporations Act 2001; or
(d) a State Fair Trading Act; or
(e) a State Sale of Goods Act; or
(f) another prescribed Act.
> customs duty means any duty of customs imposed under a law of the Commonwealth.
> customs officer means an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901.
> employee of Australia Post includes a person who performs services for or on behalf of Australia Post and an employee of such a person.
> GST has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
> Immigration and Border Protection Department means the Department administered by the Minister administering Part XII of the Customs Act 1901.
> information includes suspicions, suppositions or opinions.
> in the course of post, in relation to an article, means the article:
(a) has been collected or received by or on behalf of Australia Post from a place in Australia or outside Australia for carriage by post to a place in Australia, but has not been delivered by or through Australia Post; or
(b) has been collected or received by or on behalf of Australia Post from a place in Australia or outside Australia for carriage by post to a place outside Australia, and has not left Australia.
> member of the staff of Sport Integrity Australia means a person covered by subsection 24L(1) of the Sport Integrity Australia Act 2020.
> member of the staff of the ACC has the same meaning as in the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002.
> prescribed State/Territory means any of the following that is prescribed by regulations:
(a) a State;
(b) the Australian Capital Territory;
(c) the Northern Territory.
> quarantine inspection officer of a prescribed State/Territory means a person who exercises quarantine powers or performs quarantine functions under a law of the prescribed State/Territory.
> quarantine material means anything in relation to which a quarantine inspection officer of a prescribed State/Territory may exercise quarantine powers or perform quarantine functions under a law of the prescribed State/Territory.
> scam mail means an article that it is reasonable to suspect is one of a batch sent in breach of a consumer protection law.
> State Fair Trading Act means the following Acts for each State and Territory or another prescribed Act:
| Item | State or Territory | Act |
| ---- | ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| 1 | New South Wales | Fair Trading Act 1987 |
| 2 | Victoria | Fair Trading Act 1999 |
| 3 | Queensland | Fair Trading Act 1989 |
| 4 | South Australia | Fair Trading Act 1987 |
| 5 | Western Australia | Fair Trading Act 1987 |
| 6 | Tasmania | Fair Trading Act 1990 |
| 7 | Northern Territory | Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading Act 1990 |
| 8 | Australian Capital Territory | Fair Trading Act 1992 |
> State Sale of Goods Act means the following Acts for each State and Territory or another prescribed Act:
| Item | State or Territory | Act |
| ---- | ---------------------------- | ---------------------- |
| 1 | New South Wales | Sale of Goods Act 1923 |
| 2 | Victoria | Goods Act 1958 |
| 3 | Queensland | Sale of Goods Act 1896 |
| 4 | South Australia | Sale of Goods Act 1895 |
| 5 | Western Australia | Sale of Goods Act 1895 |
| 6 | Tasmania | Sale of Goods Act 1896 |
| 7 | Northern Territory | Sale of Goods Act 1972 |
| 8 | Australian Capital Territory | Sale of Goods Act 1954 |
> taxable importation has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
> taxation officer has the meaning given by section 355‑30 in Schedule 1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953.
> Universal Postal Union means the specialised agency of the United Nations established in accordance with Articles 57 and 63 of the United Nations Charter.
> UPU instrument means any Act, Additional Protocol, regulation, agreement, resolution, decision, recommendation, formal opinion or other instrument made under the authority of the Congress of the Universal Postal Union.
> wine tax has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999.