4Meaning of “associate”

4 Meaning of “associate”

4 Meaning of “associate”

(1) In this regulation—

associate, of an applicant or an officer of the Commission, means—

(a) if the applicant or officer is an individual—a personal associate or business associate of the individual, or

(b) if the applicant or officer is a body corporate or partnership—

(i) personnel of the body corporate or partnership, or

(ii) a personal associate or business associate of personnel of the body corporate or partnership, or

(iii) a related body corporate, within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth, of the body corporate or partnership.

(2) In this section—

business associate, of an individual, means—

(a) the individual’s employer, or

(b) if the individual’s employer is a body corporate or partnership—the employer’s personnel, or

(c) if the individual is a member of a partnership—

(i) another partner in the partnership, or

(ii) an officer or employee of the partnership, or another person who has a contractual relationship with the partnership, as specified by the Chief Commissioner in relation to the partnership or a class to which the partnership belongs, or

(d) an employee of the individual, or

(e) another person who has a contractual relationship with the individual, as specified by the Chief Commissioner in relation to the individual or a class to which the individual belongs.

personal associate, of an individual, means—

(a) the individual’s spouse or de facto partner,

(b) a child of the individual, or of the individual’s spouse or de facto partner, who is less than 18 years of age,

(c) another member of the individual’s household or family, or a person with whom the individual associates socially, as specified by the Chief Commissioner in relation to the individual or a class to which the individual belongs.