Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN SMALL BUSINESS AND FAMILY ENTERPRISE OMBUDSMAN ACT 2015 - SECT 8

  (1)   A body is an agency of the Commonwealth if the body is one of the following:

  (a)   a Department of State of the Commonwealth;

  (b)   an agency, authority or body (whether incorporated or not) established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth;

  (c)   a person holding office, or exercising power, under a law of the Commonwealth;

  (d)   a body (whether incorporated or not) prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

  (2)   A body is an agency of a State or a Territory if the body is one of the following:

  (a)   a Department of State of the State or the Territory;

  (b)   a local government body of the State or the Territory;

  (c)   any other agency, authority or body (whether incorporated or not) established for a public purpose by or under a law of the State or the Territory;

  (d)   a person holding office, or exercising power, under a law of the State or the Territory;

  (e)   a body (whether incorporated or not) prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.