208Modifications relating to National Authority and Regulatory Authorities

208 Modifications relating to National Authority and Regulatory Authorities

208 Modifications relating to National Authority and Regulatory Authorities

The FOI Act applies as if it were modified so that—

(a) it applies only to agencies; and

(b) the agencies it applies to are—

(i) the National Authority; and

(ii) each Regulatory Authority of each participating jurisdiction; and

(c) a reference in the Act to the principal officer of an agency is a reference to—

(i) for the National Authority, the Chairperson of the Board of the National Authority; and

(ii) for a Regulatory Authority, the person nominated by the Regulatory Authority as the chief executive of the Regulatory Authority; and

(d) a reference in the Act to the responsible Minister of an agency or the Minister is a reference to a member of the Ministerial Council nominated by the Ministerial Council.

(e), (f) (Repealed)

Reg 208: Am 2013 (417), reg 23; 2017 (543), reg 71.