Definition(s)


Government body

Government body means:

  1. the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
  2. a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, other than:
    1. the Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission;or
    2. the Transport Commission established under the Transport Act 1981 of Tasmania; or
    3. a body corporate that is declared by regulations made under the Shipping Registration Act 1981 not to be a Government authority for the purposes of that Act.

    Source: Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006, Australia, amended 2012. Legislation

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