3Interpretation

#### 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.