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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2016 - SECT 15

Meaning of agency

    (1)     In this Act:

"agency" means—

        (a)     an administrative unit; or

        (b)     a statutory office-holder and the staff assisting the statutory office-holder; or

        (c)     a territory authority; or

        (d)     a territory instrumentality; or

        (e)     a territory-owned corporation or a subsidiary of a territory-owned corporation; or

        (f)     the Office of the Legislative Assembly; or

        (g)     an officer of the Assembly; or

        (h)     the Supreme Court; or

              (i)     the Magistrates Court or Coroner's Court; or

        (j)     the ACAT; or

        (k)     a board of inquiry under the Inquiries Act 1991

; or

        (l)     a judicial commission under the Judicial Commissions Act 1994

; or

        (m)     a royal commission under the Royal Commissions Act 1991

; or

        (n)     an entity prescribed by regulation.

    (2)     In this section:

"territory authority" means a body established for a public purpose under an Act or statutory instrument but does not include—

        (a)     the judicial council established under the Judicial Commissions Act 1994

, section 5A; or

        (b)     the law society established under the Legal Profession Act 2006

, section 576.

"territory instrumentality "means a corporation that is established under an Act or statutory instrument, or under the Corporations Act

, and—

        (a)     is comprised of people, or has a governing body comprised of people, a majority of whom are appointed by a Minister or an agency or instrumentality of the Territory; or

        (b)     is subject to control or direction by a Minister.



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