Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Actsarchives means--
(a) the Queensland State Archives established under section 21(2); or
(b) a repository or facility mentioned in section 25(1)(a).
archivist means the State Archivist established under section 21(1).
authorised officer means--
(a) the archivist; or
(b) a person who is appointed under section 43 as an authorised officer.
committee means the Public Records Review Committee established under section 29(1).
court includes--
(a) a court of record; and
(b) any other entity established by an Act as a court of record.
disposal, of a record, includes--
(a) destroying or damaging the record, or part of it; or
(b) abandoning, transferring, donating, giving away or selling the record, or part of it.
IP Act means the Information Privacy Act 2009.
Ministerial record means a record created or received by a Minister in the course of carrying out the Minister's portfolio responsibilities but does not include--
(a) a record related to the Minister's personal or party political activities; or
(b) a record the Minister holds in the Minister's capacity as a member of the Legislative Assembly.
official means the archivist or a member of the staff of the archives.
Parliamentary Secretary means a member of the Legislative Assembly appointed as a Parliamentary Secretary under the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 24.
parliamentary service means the parliamentary service as defined under the Parliamentary Service Act 1988, section 4.
possession, of a public record, includes having control of the record.
public authority means--
(a) the Governor in his or her official capacity; or
(b) the Executive Council; or
(c) a Minister; or
(d) a Parliamentary Secretary; or
(e) the registrar or other officer of a court with responsibility for official records of the court; or
(f) a commission of inquiry under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950; or
(g) an entity, other than the parliamentary service, that--
(i) is established by an Act; or
(ii) is created by the Governor in Council or a Minister; or
(h) a GOC; or
(i) a department; or
(j) an entity established by the State and a local government; or
(k) a local government; or
(l) an entity declared under a regulation to be a public authority for this Act.
public record see section 6(1).
record means recorded information created or received by an entity in the transaction of business or the conduct of affairs that provides evidence of the business or affairs and includes--
(a) anything on which there is writing; or
(b) anything on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons, including persons qualified to interpret them; or
(c) anything from which sounds, images or writings can be reproduced with or without the aid of anything else; or
(d) a map, plan, drawing or photograph.
record of a Parliamentary Secretary means a record created or received by a Parliamentary Secretary in the course of carrying out the Parliamentary Secretary's official duties but does not include--
(a) a record related to the Parliamentary Secretary's personal or party political activities; or
(b) a record the Parliamentary Secretary holds in the Parliamentary Secretary's capacity as a member of the Legislative Assembly.
responsible public authority, for a public record, see section 15.
restricted access period, for a public record, see section 16.
RTI Act means the Right to Information Act 2009.