(1) Prescribed authority means one of following entities:
(a) a Commonwealth company;
(b) the part of the Defence Department known as the Australian Geospatial - Intelligence Organisation;
(c) the part of the Defence Department known as the Defence Intelligence Organisation;
(d) the High Court or any court created by the Parliament;
(i) established by a law of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) prescribed by the PID rules;
(f) the person holding, or performing the duties of, an office that is:
(i) established by a law of the Commonwealth; and
(ii) prescribed by the PID rules.
(2) The entities mentioned in paragraphs (b) and (c) of
the definition of prescribed authority in subsection (1) are prescribed
authorities in their own right, and not in their capacities as part of the
Defence Department.