INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 18 Meaning of agency otherwise

INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 18

18 Meaning of agency otherwise

(1) For this Act, other than for chapter 3 , an
"agency" means—

(a) a Minister; or

(b) a department; or

(c) a local government; or

(d) a public authority.

(2) However, for this Act other than for chapter 3 ,
"agency" does not include an entity to which the privacy principles do not apply.

(3) For this Act—

(a) a board, council, committee, subcommittee or other body established by government to help, or to perform functions connected with, an agency is not a separate agency, but is taken to be comprised within the agency; and

(b) a reference to an agency includes a reference to a body that is taken to be comprised within the agency; and

(c) a reference to local government includes a reference to the Wide Bay Water Corporation.