5Establishment

5 Establishment

(1) The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is established by this section. (2) The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner consists of: (a) the information officers; and (b) the staff mentioned in Part 3. (3) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999: (a) the information officers and staff of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner together constitute a Statutory Agency; and (b) the Information Commissioner is the Head of that Statutory Agency.

Note: The Information Commissioner holds an office equivalent to that of a Secretary of a Department (see the definition of Agency Head in section 7 of the Public Service Act 1999).

(4) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013): (a) the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is a listed entity; and (b) the Information Commissioner is the accountable authority of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; and (c) the following persons are officials of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner: (i) the information officers; (ii) the staff mentioned in Part 3; (iii) consultants engaged under section 24; and (d) the purposes of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner include: (i) the functions of the Information Commissioner referred to in section 10; and (ii) the functions of the Freedom of Information Commissioner referred to in section 11; and (iii) the functions of the Privacy Commissioner referred to in section 12.