13Officials

13 Officials

(1) Each Commonwealth entity has officials. Officials of Commonwealth entities (other than listed entities) (2) An official of a Commonwealth entity (other than a listed entity) is a person who is in, or forms part of, the entity. (3) Without limiting subsection (2), an official of a Commonwealth entity (other than a listed entity) includes: (a) a person who is, or is a member of, the accountable authority of the entity; or (b) a person who is an officer, employee or member of the entity; or (c) a person, or a person in a class, prescribed by an Act or the rules to be an official of the entity. (4) Despite subsections (2) and (3), each of the following is not an official of a Commonwealth entity (other than a listed entity): (a) a Minister; (b) a judge; (c) a consultant or independent contractor of the entity (other than a consultant or independent contractor of a kind prescribed by an Act or the rules for the purposes of paragraph (3)(c)); (d) a person, or a person in a class, prescribed by an Act or the rules not to be an official of the entity. Officials of listed entities (5) An official of a Commonwealth entity that is a listed entity is a person who is prescribed by an Act or the rules to be an official of the entity.