Schedule(s)
3 Schedule(s)
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendment of the Australian Trade Commission Act 1985
Part 1—Main amendments
Australian Trade Commission Act 1985
1 Part I (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
2 Subsection 3(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
In this Act:
Australia includes the Territories to which this Act extends.
Australian organisation means:
any of the following entities carrying on a business in Australia:
a natural person;
a partnership;
a company incorporated or formed in Australia; or
an authority or body (including a body corporate and a corporation sole):
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
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 Australian Trade Commission established by section 7.
corporate plan means a plan developed by the CEO in accordance with section 64, and includes such a plan as varied in accordance with section 66.
Department of State, in relation to the Northern Territory, means a Department of that Territory.
overseas development project means a project by way of:
the construction of works; or
the provision of services; or
the design, supply or installation of equipment or facilities; or
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.
3 Subsection 3(2)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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 Subsection 3(3)
Repeal the subsection.
5 At the end of section 3
Add:
In any other Act, a reference to an employee of the Australian Trade Commission is a reference to a person engaged by the CEO under section 74 of the Public Service Act 1999.
6 Part II (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
7 Subsections 7(2), (3) and (4)
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
The Commission consists of:
the CEO; and
the staff of the Commission referred to in section 60.
8 After section 7
Insert:
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