15Meaning of agency

15 Meaning of agency (1) In this Act: agency means— (a) an administrative unit; or (b) a statutory office-holder and the staff assisting the statutory office-holder; or (c) a territory authority; or (d) a territory instrumentality; or (e) a territory-owned corporation or a subsidiary of a territory-owned corporation; or (f) the Office of the Legislative Assembly; or (g) an officer of the Assembly; or (h) the Supreme Court; or

(i) the Magistrates Court or Coroner’s Court; or (j) the ACAT; or (k) a board of inquiry under the Inquiries Act 1991; or (l) a judicial commission under the Judicial Commissions Act 1994; or (m) a royal commission under the Royal Commissions Act 1991; or (n) an entity prescribed by regulation. territory authority means a body established for a public purpose under an Act or statutory instrument but does not include— (a) the judicial council established under the Judicial Commissions Act 1994, section 5A; or (b) the law society established under the Legal Profession Act 2006, section 576. territory instrumentality means a corporation that is established under an Act or statutory instrument, or under the Corporations Act, and— (a) is comprised of people, or has a governing body comprised of people, a majority of whom are appointed by a Minister or an agency or instrumentality of the Territory; or (b) is subject to control or direction by a Minister.