New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION (INFORMATION COMMISSIONER) ACT 2009 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"agency" has the same meaning as in the GIPA Act.
"Commissioner" means the Information Commissioner appointed under this Act.
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"GIPA Act" means the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 .
"Information Act" means the GIPA Act and any other Act that is declared by the regulations to be an Information Act for the purposes of this Act.
"Joint Committee" means the Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and the Police Integrity Commission constituted under the Ombudsman Act 1974 or such other joint committee of members of Parliament as may be appointed to exercise the functions of the Joint Committee under this Act.
"person" has the same meaning as in the GIPA Act.
"Privacy Commissioner" means the Privacy Commissioner under the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 .

(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.