Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
Each Commonwealth entity has officials.
Officials of Commonwealth entities (other than listed entities)
13(2)
An official of a Commonwealth entity (other than a listed entity) is a person who is in, or forms part of, the entity.
13(3)
Without limiting subsection (2) , an official of a Commonwealth entity (other than a listed entity) includes: (a) a person who is, or is a member of, the accountable authority of the entity; or (b) a person who is an officer, employee or member of the entity; or (c) a person, or a person in a class, prescribed by an Act or the rules to be an official of the entity.
13(4)
Despite subsections (2) and (3) , each of the following is not an official of a Commonwealth entity (other than a listed entity): (a) a Minister; (b) a judge; (c) a consultant or independent contractor of the entity (other than a consultant or independent contractor of a kind prescribed by an Act or the rules for the purposes of paragraph (3)(c) ); (d) a person, or a person in a class, prescribed by an Act or the rules not to be an official of the entity.
Officials of listed entities
13(5)
An official of a Commonwealth entity that is a listed entity is a person who is prescribed by an Act or the rules to be an official of the entity.
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