Meaning of agency
18 Meaning of agency
In this Act, an agency means—
a Minister; or
a department; or
a local government; or
a public authority.
However, in this Act, agency does not include an excluded entity.
For this Act—
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
a reference to an agency includes a reference to a body that is taken to be comprised within the agency; and
a reference to local government includes a reference to the Wide Bay Water
Corporation.
In this section—
excluded entity means—
an entity mentioned in
schedule 2, part 1; or
an entity mentioned in
schedule 2, part 2 in relation to the function mentioned in that part.
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