accountable authority has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
aged care funding agreement means:
(a) an agreement entered into under subsection 73‑1(3), 81‑1(1), 82‑1(1) or 83‑1(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997; or
(aa) an arrangement made under section 264 or 265 of the Aged Care Act 2024;
(b) an agreement providing for an arrangement under which money is payable by the Commonwealth, or for a grant of financial assistance by the Commonwealth, and the arrangement or grant is for the purposes of a program specified in:
(i) an item of the table in Part 4 of Schedule 1AA to the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997, to the extent that the program relates to aged care; or
(ii) an item of the table in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB to those regulations, to the extent that the program relates to aged care; or
(c) an agreement of a kind specified in the regulations.
aged care law means any of the following:
(a) a provision of the Aged Care Act 1997;
(aa) a provision of the Aged Care Act 2024;
(b) a provision of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018;
(c) a provision of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997;
(d) a provision of a legislative instrument made under an Act referred to in paragraph (a), (aa), (b) or (c);
(e) section 131A of the National Health Reform Act 2011, or regulations made for the purposes of that section;
(f) a provision of any other law of the Commonwealth specified in the regulations.
Aged Care Royal Commission means the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety issued by the Governor‑General by Letters Patent on 6 December 2018 (and including any later amendments of those Letters Patent).
Australian law means a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory.
authorised official: see subsection 50(7).
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
Commonwealth entity has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
draft review report, in relation to a review under section 17: see subsection 21(1).
enforcement body has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
enforcement related activity has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
entrusted person means any of the following:
(a) the Inspector‑General;
(b) a member of the staff of the Office;
(c) a person assisting the Inspector‑General under section 41;
(d) a consultant engaged by the Inspector‑General under section 42.
final review report, in relation to a review under section 17: see subsection 24(1).
government entity means:
(a) a Commonwealth entity; or
(b) a body (other than a Commonwealth entity) established by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or
(c) a body established, otherwise than by or under a law of the Commonwealth, by the Governor‑General; or
(d) an incorporated company in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest; or
(e) a person (other than an individual) to whom a function, duty or power has been delegated or subdelegated under an aged care law; or
(f) a person (other than an individual) who is engaged as a consultant, contractor or subcontractor to perform a function or duty, or exercise a power, under an aged care law; or
(g) a person (other than an individual) who is registered or appointed to perform a function or duty, or exercise a power, under an aged care law; or
(h) a person (other than an individual) specified in the regulations.
government official means:
(a) a Minister; or
(b) an official of a Commonwealth entity; or
(c) an individual who holds an appointment made, otherwise than by or under a law of the Commonwealth, by the Governor‑General; or
(d) an individual to whom a function, duty or power has been delegated or subdelegated under an aged care law; or
(e) an individual who is engaged as a consultant, contractor or subcontractor to perform a function or duty, or exercise a power, under an aged care law; or
(f) an individual who is registered or appointed to perform a function or duty, or exercise a power, under an aged care law; or
(g) an individual who is engaged as a consultant or contractor by the Department to provide services to the Department in connection with the Commonwealth’s administration of an aged care funding agreement or aged care law; or
(h) an individual specified in the regulations.
identifying information about an individual means information that identifies, or that could be used to identify, the individual.
Inspector‑General means the Inspector‑General of Aged Care referred to in section 9.
Office means the Office of the Inspector‑General of Aged Care established under section 12.
official has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise).
premises includes any land or place.
protected information means any of the following:
(a) personal information within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988;
(b) information that relates to the affairs of:
(i) a registered provider (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 2024); or
(ii) a party to an aged care funding agreement (other than the Commonwealth);
(c) information the disclosure of which would or could reasonably be expected to prejudice the effective working of a Commonwealth entity in the exercise of the entity’s powers or performance of the entity’s functions or duties under an aged care law.
Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
sensitive information is information the disclosure of which would be contrary to the public interest:
(a) because it would prejudice the security, defence or international relations of the Commonwealth; or
(b) because it would involve disclosing:
(i) deliberations or decisions of the Cabinet, or of any committee of the Cabinet, of the Commonwealth or of a State; or
(ii) deliberations or advice of the Federal Executive Council or the Executive Council of a State or the Northern Territory; or
(iii) deliberations or decisions of the Australian Capital Territory Executive or of a committee of that Executive; or
(c) because it would prejudice relations between the Commonwealth and a State or Territory; or
(d) because it would involve disclosing any information that was communicated in confidence by the Commonwealth to a State or Territory, or by a State or Territory to the Commonwealth; or
(e) because it would reasonably be expected to prejudice the commercial interests of any person or body; or
(f) for any other reason that could form the basis for a claim in a judicial proceeding that the information should not be disclosed.
staff of the Office means the staff of the Office referred to in section 40.
use, in relation to information, includes make a record of.