Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Each Commonwealth entity has officials.
Officials of Commonwealth entities (other than listed entities)
(2) An official of a Commonwealth entity (other than a listed entity) is a person who is in, or forms part of, the entity.
(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.
(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
(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.