, for a Royal Commission, means a person authorised under subsection 6OB(2A) to be an for the sole purpose of holding private sessions for the Commission.

means a hearing of a Commission that is held as referred to in subsection 2(1A).

means the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse issued by the Governor‐General by Letters Patent on 11 January 2013 (and including any later variations of those Letters Patent).

and

Royal

means a member of the Defence Force.

means the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, issued by the Governor‐General by Letters Patent on 4 April 2019 (and including any later variations of those Letters Patent).

includes any book, register or other record of information, however compiled, recorded or stored.

means the Minister who administers this Act.

means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor, or a , of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.

, in relation to a Commission, means:

(a) in the case of a Commission constituted by one personthat person; or

(b) in the case of a Commission constituted by 2 or more personseach of those persons.

, of a Royal Commission, means any of the following:

(a) an APS employee who performs functions or duties relating to, or for the purposes of, the Commission;

means a held under section 6OB.

means:

(a) in relation to any act or omission by a witness before a Commissionan excuse which would excuse an act or omission of a similar nature by a witness before a court of law; or

means a Commission established by Letters Patent that declare that the Commission is a for the purposes of the provision in which the expression appears.

(2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

means a person who has served, or is serving, as a member of the Permanent Forces or as a member of the Reserves.

(2) In subsection (1), the following terms have the same meaning as in the

Defence Act 1903

: