Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument

Term(s)	Definition	Defined in Legislation	See Section(s)
affected agency	, in relation to a machinery of government change: see section 73A.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
agency	has the meaning given by section 71.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 71 Meaning of agency
allocation	, in relation to a disclosure: (a) means the allocation of the handling of the disclosure under section 43; and (b) includes the reallocation of the handling of the disclosure as decided under section 45.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
another law or power	means: (a) a law of the Commonwealth (including procedures under such a law), other than this Act; or (b) the executive power of the Commonwealth.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
Australia	, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
Australian legal practitioner	means an Australian lawyer who holds a practising certificate under a law of a State or Territory specified in the regulations.	Evidence Act 1995
Australian police force	means the Australian Federal Police or the police force of a State or Territory.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
authorised internal recipient	has the meaning given by section 34.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 34 Meaning of authorised internal recipient Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
authorised officer	has the meaning given by section 36.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 36 Meaning of authorised officer Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
belongs	: section 69 sets out when a public official to an agency.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 69 Public officials
change time	, in relation to a machinery of government change: see section 73A.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
chief executive officer	has the meaning given by subsection 73(2).	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 73 Meaning of principal officer
Commonwealth company	: see subsection 89(1).	Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013	Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 - 8 The Dictionary Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 - 89 Commonwealth companies
Commonwealth contract	has the meaning given by subsection 30(3).	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 30 Officers or employees of a contracted service provider Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
Commonwealth entity	has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
Commonwealth tribunal	means: (a) a body established as a tribunal by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or (b) a statutory officeholder prescribed by the PID rules for the purposes of this paragraph.	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
completed	, in relation to an investigation under Part 3, has the meaning given by subsection 52(2).	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 52 Time limit for investigations under this Division Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
contracted service provider	has the meaning given by subsection 30(2).	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 30 Officers or employees of a contracted service provider Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 - 8 Definitions
corruption issue	has the same meaning as in the National Anti‐Corruption Commission Act 2022 .	Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013
Department	means a of the Parliament that is established under this Act.	Parliamentary Service Act 1999	Parliamentary Service Act 1999 - 7 Interpretation