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MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2018 (NO. 153, 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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