6APrescribed authorities

6A Prescribed authorities

(1) Each of the following bodies is declared to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of the Act:

(a) Administrative Appeals Tribunal;

(b) Australian Bureau of Statistics;

(c) Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research;

(d) Australian Competition and Consumer Commission;

(e) Australian Customs Service;

(f) Australian Electoral Commission;

(g) Australian Federal Police;

(h) Australian Industrial Registry;

(i) Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC);

(j) Corporate Affairs Commission of the Australian Capital Territory;

(k) Family Court of Australia;

(l) Federal Court of Australia;

(m) Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission;

(n) Industry Commission;

(o) National Capital Planning Authority;

(p) National Competition Council;

(q) National Crime Authority;

(r) National Native Title Tribunal;

(s) Office of National Assessments;

(t) Office of Parliamentary Counsel;

(u) Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions;

(v) Spectrum Management Agency.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of prescribed authority in subsection 2 (1) of the Act, each of the following branches of the Australian Public Service is prescribed, namely, each branch in relation to which the person who holds, or is performing the duties of, a relevant office has, under an Act, the powers of, or exercisable by, the Secretary of a Department of the Australian Public Service.

(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), each of the following offices is a relevant office:

(a) Auditor-General;

(b) Commissioner for Superannuation;

(c) Commissioner of Taxation;

(d) Commonwealth Ombudsman;

(da) Director of Professional Services Review;

(e) Insurance and Superannuation Commissioner;

(f) President of the Inter-State Commission;

(g) Public Service Commissioner;

(ga) Registrar of the Industrial Relations Court of Australia.

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