(i) those functions are exercisable under the
authority of an Act or statutory rule (or where that authority is necessarily
implied or reasonably contemplated under an Act or statutory rule), and
(ii)
the exercise of those functions may result in the agency taking or instituting
disciplinary, criminal or other formal action or proceedings against a person
or body under investigation, or
(c) a public sector agency conducting an
investigation for or on behalf of an agency referred to in paragraph (a) or
(b).
"law enforcement agency" means any of the following--
(a) the NSW Police
Force, or the police force of another State or a Territory,
(b) the New South
Wales Crime Commission,
(c) the Australian Federal Police,
(d) the
Australian Crime Commission,
(e) the Director of Public Prosecutions of New
South Wales, of another State or a Territory, or of the Commonwealth,
"public register" means a register of personal information that is required by
law to be, or is made, publicly available or open to public inspection
(whether or not on payment of a fee).
"public sector agency" means any of the following--
(a) a Public Service
agency or the Teaching Service,
(a1) the office of a political office holder
within the meaning of the Members of Parliament Staff Act 2013 , being the
office comprising the persons employed by the political office holder under
Part 2 of that Act,
(b) a statutory body representing the Crown,
(d) an
auditable entity within the meaning of the Government Sector Audit Act 1983or
any other entity within the meaning of that Act (or entity of a kind)
prescribed by the regulations, but excluding an entity (or entity of a kind)
prescribed by the regulations,
(i) provides data
services (being services relating to the collection, processing, disclosure or
use of personal information or that provide for access to such information)
for or on behalf of a body referred to in paragraph (a)-(f) of this
definition, or that receives funding from any such body in connection with
providing data services, and
(ii) is prescribed by the regulations for the
purposes of this definition,
(c) a person employed
in the Public Service, the Transport Service of New South Wales, the Teaching
Service, the NSW Health Service or the NSW Police Force,
(e) a person who is an officer of the Legislative
Council or Legislative Assembly or who is employed by (or who is under the
control of) the President of the Legislative Council or the Speaker of the
Legislative Assembly, or both,
(g) a person who acts for or on behalf of, or in the place of, or as
deputy or delegate of, a public sector agency or person referred to in
paragraph (a)-(e).
"publicly available publication" does not include any publication or document
declared by the regulations not to be a publicly available document for the
purposes of this Act.
"staff of the Inspector of the Independent Commission Against Corruption"
means--