Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 24

(1) An entity is a government entity if it is—

(a) a department or part of a department; or

(b) a public service office or part of a public service office; or

(c) an agency, authority, commission, corporation, instrumentality, office, or other entity, established under an Act or under State authorisation for a public or State purpose; or

(d) a part of an entity mentioned in paragraph (c); or

(e) another entity, or part of another entity, declared under a regulation to be a government entity; or

(f) a registry or other administrative office of a court of the State of any jurisdiction.

(2) However, each of the following entities is not a government entity—

(a) a local government;

(b) a local government owned corporation, or a subsidiary of a local government owned corporation, under the Local Government Act 2009;

(c) the parliamentary service;

(d) the Governor's official residence (known as 'Government House') and its associated administrative unit;

(e) the Executive Council;

(f) the Legislative Assembly;

(g) a court of the State of any jurisdiction;

(h) the police service to the extent that it does not include staff members mentioned in the Police Service Administration Act 1990, section 2.5(1)(a);

(i) a school council established under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, university or university college;

(j) a cooperative under the Cooperatives Act 1997 for primary producers that is not in receipt of moneys of, or financial assistance from, the State;

(k) a government owned corporation, unless a regulation declares it to be a government entity;

(l) another entity, or part of another entity, declared under a regulation not to be a government entity.