Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this Act:
"Australia" includes the Territories to which this Act extends.
"Australian organisation" means:
(a) any of the following entities carrying on a business in Australia :
(i) a natural person;
(ii) a partnership;
(iii) a company incorporated or formed in Australia ; or
(b) an authority or body (including a body corporate and a corporation sole):
(i) established for a purpose of the Commonwealth by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a law of the Commonwealth or of the Australian Capital Territory ; or
(ii) established for a purpose of a State by, or in accordance with the provisions of, a law of the State;
and includes an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999 ) and a Department of the Public Service of a State, but does not include the Commission.
"CEO" means the Chief Executive Officer referred to in section 7B.
"Commission" means the body continued in existence by section 7.
"corporate plan" means a plan prepared by the CEO under section 35 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 , and includes such a plan as varied under section 66 of this Act.
"Department of State" , in relation to the Northern Territory , means a Department of that Territory.
"overseas development project" means a project by way of:
(a) the construction of works; or
(b) the provision of services; or
(c) the design, supply or installation of equipment or facilities; or
(d) the testing in the field of agricultural practices;
(including any necessary preliminary studies, investigations or planning) that is to be carried out in a foreign country.
"State" includes the Northern Territory .
(2) In this Act, a reference to trade between Australia and foreign countries includes a reference to any transaction (including the rendering of a service) involving a consideration in money or money's worth accruing from a person in the course of carrying on business or other activities outside Australia to a person carrying on business or other activities in Australia.
(4) Unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997 includes a reference to the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 to the extent that that Act continues to apply because of item 2 of Schedule 1 to the Export Market Development Grants (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 .
(5) In any other Act, a reference to an employee of the Australian Trade and Investment Commission is a reference to a person engaged by the CEO under section 74 of the Public Service Act 1999 .