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References to businesses

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1 References to businesses

(1)

A reference in this Act to a business includes a reference to the following:

(a)

a profession, calling, occupation, trade or undertaking;

(b)

an activity engaged in or carried on by the Crown in any of its capacities;

(c)

an activity engaged in or carried on by the government of a foreign country;

(d)

an activity engaged in or carried on by a person or body holding office or exercising power under or because of the Constitution, an Australian law or a law of a foreign country, being an activity engaged in or carried on in the performance of the functions of the office or in the exercise of the power (otherwise than in a private capacity);

(e)

the proceedings of an Australian Parliament, a House of an Australian Parliament, a committee of such a House or a committee of an Australian Parliament;

(f)

the proceedings of a legislature of a foreign country, including a House or committee (however described) of such a legislature.

(2)

A reference in this Act to a business also includes a reference to:

(a)

a business that is not engaged in or carried on for profit; or

(b)

a business engaged in or carried on outside Australia.

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