# Definitions

> act-s245AQ — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

245AQ Definitions
               In this Subdivision:
               benefit includes:
                (a) a payment or other valuable consideration; and
                (b) a deduction of an amount; and
                (c) any kind of real or personal property; and
                (d) an advantage; and
                (e) a service; and
                 (f) a gift.
               executive officer of a body corporate means:
                 (a) a director of the body corporate; or
                (b) the chief executive officer (however described) of the body
                     corporate; or
                 (c) the chief financial officer (however described) of the body
                     corporate; or
                (d) the secretary of the body corporate.
               sponsor class means a prescribed class of work sponsor or family
               sponsor.
               sponsored visa means a visa of a prescribed kind (however
               described).
               sponsorship-related event means any of the following events:
                 (a) a person applying for approval as a work sponsor or family
                     sponsor under section 140E in relation to a sponsor class;
                (b) a person applying for a variation of a term of an approval as a
                     work sponsor or family sponsor under section 140E in
                     relation to a sponsor class;








                 (c) a person becoming, or not ceasing to be, a party to a work
                      agreement;
                 (d) a person agreeing to be, or not withdrawing his or her
                      agreement to be, an approved sponsor in relation to an
                      applicant or proposed applicant for a sponsored visa;
                 (e) a person making a nomination under section 140GB in
                      relation to a holder of, or an applicant or proposed applicant
                      for, a sponsored visa, or including another person in such a
                      nomination;
                  (f) a person not withdrawing a nomination made under
                      section 140GB in relation to a holder of, or an applicant or
                      proposed applicant for, a sponsored visa;
                 (g) a person applying under the regulations for approval of the
                      nomination of a position in relation to the holder of, or an
                      applicant or proposed applicant for, a sponsored visa, or
                      including another person in such a nomination;
                 (h) a person not withdrawing the nomination under the
                      regulations of a position in relation to the holder of, or an
                      applicant or proposed applicant for, a sponsored visa;
                  (i) a person employing or engaging, or not terminating the
                      employment or engagement of, a person to work in an
                      occupation or position in relation to which a sponsored visa
                      has been granted, has been applied for or is to be applied for;
                  (j) a person engaging, or not terminating the engagement of, a
                      person to undertake a program, or carry out an activity, in
                      relation to which a sponsored visa has been granted, has been
                      applied for or is to be applied for;
                 (k) the grant of a sponsored visa;
                  (l) a prescribed event.