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OMBUDSMAN ACT 2001 - SECT 8

8 Meaning of agency

(1) An agency is any of the following entities--

(a) a department;
(b) a local government;
(c) a public authority.

(2) An agency is taken to include an entity, other than an incorporated entity or an individual, established under an Act as a board, council, committee, subcommittee or other similar entity for helping, or for performing functions connected with, the agency.

(3) An individual is not an agency under this Act only because the individual holds--

(a) an office the duties of which are performed as duties of employment as an officer of an agency; or
(b) an office of member of an agency; or
(c) an office established under an Act for the purposes of an agency.


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