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MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2018 - SECT 5

Meaning of reporting entity

  (1)   Each of the following is a reporting entity in relation to a reporting period:

  (a)   an entity which has a consolidated revenue of at least $100 million for the reporting period, if the entity:

  (i)   is an Australian entity at any time in that reporting period; or

  (ii)   carries on business in Australia at any time in that reporting period;

  (b)   the Commonwealth;

  (c)   a corporate Commonwealth entity, or a Commonwealth company, within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 , which has a consolidated revenue of at least $100 million for the reporting period;

  (d)   an entity which has volunteered to comply with the requirements of this Act under section   6 for that period.

Note:   The Commonwealth is required to report on behalf of non - corporate Commonwealth entities within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 : see section   15 of this Act.

  (2)   An entity carries on business in Australia if the entity:

  (a)   in the case of a body corporate--carries on business in Australia, a State or a Territory within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 (see section   21 of that Act); or

  (b)   in any other case--would be taken to do so within the meaning of that Act if the entity were a body corporate.



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