Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Each of the
following is an authority for the purposes of this Act —
(a) a
local government, regional local government or regional subsidiary;
(b) the
Police Force of Western Australia;
(c) a
body, or the holder of an office, post or position —
(i)
established for a public purpose under a written law; or
(ii)
established by the Governor or a Minister;
(d) a
corporation or association over which control can be exercised by the State,
by a Minister, by a department to which this Act applies or by an authority
referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) and to which this Act applies;
(e) an
individual who, or body which, has been delegated the exercise of any power or
the performance of any function of —
(i)
a department to which this Act applies; or
(ii)
an authority referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) and to
which this Act applies,
but only to the extent
of the exercise of the power or the performance of the function;
(f) a
contractor or subcontractor.
(2) In subsection
(1)(c) and (e) —
body includes —
(a)
agency, authority, board, college, commission, commissioner, committee,
council, directorate, foundation, institute, instrumentality, office, panel,
state trading concern, trustee and university, whether or not incorporated;
and
(b)
association, company and corporation.
(3) In subsection
(1)(c) —
established includes created, appointed,
constituted and continued.
[Section 4A inserted: No. 78 of 1996 s. 6;
amended: No. 47 of 1999 s. 24; No. 26 of 2016 s. 78.]