Cyber Security Act 2024
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8 Definitions
In this Act:
ASD means the Australian Signals Directorate.
benefit includes any advantage and is not limited to property.
business has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
Chair means the Chair of the Cyber Incident Review Board.
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
Commonwealth body means:
(a) a Minister of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a Department of State of the Commonwealth; or
(c) a body (whether incorporated or not) that:
(i) is established, or continued in existence, for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) is not an authority of the Crown.
Commonwealth enforcement body means:
(a) the Australian Federal Police; or
(b) the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority; or
(c) the Australian Securities and Investments Commission; or
(d) the Inspector of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission; or
(e) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; or
(f) the National Anti‑Corruption Commissioner; or
(g) Sport Integrity Australia; or
(h) another Commonwealth body, to the extent that it is responsible for administering, or performing a function under, a law that imposes a penalty or sanction for a criminal offence.
Commonwealth officer has the same meaning as in Part 5.6 of the Criminal Code.
computer has the same meaning as in the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018.
coronial inquiry means a coronial inquiry, coronial investigation or coronial inquest under a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory.
critical infrastructure asset has the same meaning as in the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018.
Cyber Incident Review Board or Board means the Cyber Incident Review Board established by section 60.
cyber security incident has the meaning given by section 9.
designated Commonwealth body means:
(a) a Department, or a body established by a law of the Commonwealth, specified in the rules; or
(b) if no rules are made for the purposes of paragraph (a)—the Department and ASD.
draft review report has the meaning given by subsection 51(1).
entity means any of the following:
(a) an individual;
(b) a body corporate;
(c) a partnership;
(d) an unincorporated association that has a governing body;