3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1) In this Act:

excluded Territory authority or body means:

(a) the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; or
(b) an authority or body established or incorporated for a public purpose by a law of the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; or
(c) a company or other body corporate in which the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory has a controlling interest; or
(d) an authority or body that is financed wholly or substantially, either directly or indirectly, by money provided by the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; or
(e) a company or other body corporate in which a body politic, or other body or authority, referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this definition has, or 2 or more such bodies or authorities together have, a controlling interest.

overseas employee means a person employed or engaged outside Australia and the Territories, to perform duties outside Australia and the Territories, whether that person is employed or engaged under section 71 of the Public Service Act 1999 or otherwise.

relevant body means:

(a) a company or other body corporate that is incorporated under an Act or a law of a State or Territory and in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest; or
(b) an authority or body (whether a body corporate or not) that is financed wholly or substantially, either directly or indirectly, by money provided by the Commonwealth but that is not established by a law of the Commonwealth and is not an excluded Territory authority or body; or
(c) a company or other body corporate that is a relevant subsidiary;

being a company, body or authority that is: (d) an approved authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1976; or (e) an approved authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1990; or (ea) an approved authority for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 2005; or (f) declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be a relevant body for the purposes of this Act.

relevant law means a law of the Commonwealth (other than the Northern Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1978 and the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988).

relevant subsidiary means a company or other body corporate incorporated under an Act or a law of a State or Territory, being a company or other body corporate in which:

(a) an authority or body that:
(i) is of a kind described in subparagraph (b)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition of approved authority in section 3 of the Superannuation Act 1990 or described in paragraph 8(3)(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Superannuation Act 2005; and
(ii) is not an excluded Territory authority or body;
has a controlling interest; or
(b) the Commonwealth and one or more than one authority or body that is, or are each, of a kind described in paragraph (a) of this definition together have a controlling interest; or
(c) 2 or more authorities or bodies that are each of a kind described in paragraph (a) of this definition together have a controlling interest.