Term used: authority
4A Term used: authority
Each of the following is an authority for the purposes of this Act —
a local government, regional local government or regional subsidiary;
the Police Force of Western Australia;
a body, or the holder of an office, post or position —
established for a public purpose under a written law; or
established by the Governor or a Minister;
a corporation or association over which control can be exercised by the State, by a Minister, by a department to which this Act applies or by an authority referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) and to which this Act applies;
an individual who, or body which, has been delegated the exercise of any power or the performance of any function of —
a department to which this Act applies; or
an authority referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) and to which this Act applies,
but only to the extent of the exercise of the power or the performance of the function;
a contractor or subcontractor.
In subsection (1)(c) and (e) —
body includes —
agency, authority, board, college, commission, commissioner, committee, council, directorate, foundation, institute, instrumentality, office, panel, state trading concern, trustee and university, whether or not incorporated; and
association, company and corporation.
In subsection (1)(c) —
established includes created, appointed, constituted and continued.
[Section 4A inserted: No. 78 of 1996 s. 6; amended: No. 47 of 1999 s. 24; No. 26 of 2016 s. 78.]
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