Sch 1Specified entities

Schedule 1—Specified entities Section 2(1) | *Item* | *Column 1*<br>*Specified entity* | *Column 2*<br>*Principal officer* | *Column 3*<br>*Responsible Minister* | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability | Commissioner for Environment Sustainability | Minister administering the **Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability** **Act 2003** | | 2 | Office of the Essential Services Commission | The Chairperson within the meaning of the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001** | Minister administering the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001** | | 3 | Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner | The Information Commissioner | Minister administering Part IA of the **Freedom of Information** **Act 1982** and Minister administering the **Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014** | | 4 | Office of the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner | Victorian Legal Services Commissioner | Minister administering the **Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Act 2014** | | 6 | Office of Public Prosecutions | Solicitor for Public Prosecutions | Minister administering the **Public Prosecutions Act 1994** | | 8 | Office of Safe Transport Victoria | Chief Executive of Safe Transport Victoria | Minister administering Part 5 of the **Transport Integration Act 2010** | | 9 | Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission | Chairperson of the Commission | Minister administering the **Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission Act 2011** | | 9A | Victorian Liquor Commission | Chairperson of the Commission | Minister administering the **Liquor Control Reform Act 1998** | | 10 | Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission | The Commissioner within the meaning of the **Equal Opportunity Act 2010** | Minister administering the **Equal Opportunity Act 2010** | | 11 | Victorian Multicultural Commission | Chairperson of the Commission | Minister administering the **Multicultural Victoria Act 2011** | | 12 | State Trustees | The Chair of State Trustees | Minister administering the **State Trustees (State Owned Company) Act 1994** | | 14 | The holder of an office established by or under an Act to which the right to appoint is vested in the Governor in Council or a Minister | There is no principal officer | The Minister administering the provision of the Act by or under which the office is established | | 15 | A member of staff of a Council | The Chief Executive Officer of the Council | Minister administering Part 2 of the **Local Government Act 2020** | | 16 | A person in the person's capacity as a delegate of the Victorian WorkCover Authority administering claims under the **Workers Compensation Act 1958** | The delegate or, if the delegate is a body corporate, the senior executive officer of the delegate (by whatever title known) | Minister administering Part 11 of the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** | | 17 | A person in the person's capacity as an authorised agent of the Victorian WorkCover Authority under the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** | The authorised agent or, if the authorised agent is a body corporate, the senior executive officer of the authorised agent (by whatever title known) | Minister administering Part 11 of the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** | | 18 | A body corporate in its capacity as a self-insurer under the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** | The senior executive officer of the self-insurer (by whatever title known) | Minister administering Part 8 of the **Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013** | | 19 | A registered community service within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** in its capacity as carrying out any duty or function or exercising any power under that Act | The person in charge of the registered community service | Minister administering Chapter 2 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | | 20 | A person authorised under section 18 or 19 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** in the person's capacity as carrying out any duty or function or exercising any power under that Act | The Secretary within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | Minister administering Chapter 2 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | | 21 | A person in the person's capacity as an authorised assessor under Division 5 of Part 3.3 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | The Secretary within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | Minister administering Division 5 of Part 3.3 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | | 22 | A person in the person's capacity as an authorised investigator under Division 4 of Part 3.4 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | The Secretary within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | Minister administering Division 4 of Part 3.4 of the **Children, Youth and Families Act 2005** | | 23 | A contractor within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Corrections Act** **1986** in its capacity as a provider of services under that Act | The holder of the office specified in the agreement under section 8B(1), 9(1) or 9AA of the **Corrections Act 1986** for the purposes of the application of this Act to the contractor | Minister administering Part 2A of the **Corrections Act 1986** | | 24 | A sub-contractor within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Corrections Act** **1986** in its capacity as a manager of a prison or police gaol under a sub-contract agreement | The holder of the office specified in the sub-contract agreement for the purposes of the application of this Act to the sub-contractor | Minister administering Part 2A of the **Corrections Act 1986** | | 25 | A contractor within the meaning of section 2(1) of the **Court Security Act** **1980** in its capacity as a provider of court security services under that Act | The holder of the office specified in the agreement under section 2C of the **Court Security Act** **1980** for the purposes of the application of this Act to the contractor | Minister administering section 2C of the **Court Security Act** **1980** | | 26 | A person appointed as an authorised officer under section 71A(1) of the **Domestic Animals Act 1994** | There is no principal officer | Minister administering the **Domestic Animals Act 1994** | | 27 | A person appointed as an authorised officer under section 72A(1) of the **Domestic Animals Act 1994** | The Mayor of the relevant Council | Minister administering the **Domestic Animals Act 1994** | | 28 | A contractor or sub-contractor within the meaning of section 69A of the **Health Services Act** **1988** in its capacity as a provider of health services to public hospital patients at the hospital in accordance with an agreement under section 69B(1) of that Act or a sub-contract agreement | The holder of the office specified in the agreement under section 69B(1) of the **Health Services Act** **1988** or the sub-contract agreement for the purposes of the application of this Act to the contractor or sub-contractor | Minister administering Part 3A of the **Health Services Act 1988** | | 29 | A contractor within the meaning of section 124A of the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** in its capacity as a provider of services under an agreement under section 124B(1) of that Act | The holder of the office specified in the agreement under section 124B(1) of the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** for the purposes of the application of this Act to the contractor | Minister administering Part 6A of the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** | | 30 | A sub-contractor within the meaning of section 124A of the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** in its capacity as a provider of services under a sub-contract agreement under that Act | The holder of the office specified in the sub-contract agreement for the purposes of the application of this Act to the contractor | Minister administering Part 6A of the **Magistrates' Court Act 1989** | | 31 | An approved inspection service within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Plant Biosecurity Act 2010** in its capacity as a provider of services under an agreement under section 66 of that Act | The holder of the office specified in the agreement under section 66 of the **Plant Biosecurity Act 2010** for the purposes of the application of this Act to the approved inspection service | Minister administering Division 2 of Part 7 of the **Plant Biosecurity Act 2010** | | 32 | An officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals who is approved as a general inspector under section 18(1)(b)(ii) of the **Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986** | The Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Minister administering the **Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986** | | 33 | A person in the person's capacity as an authorised officer within the meaning of section 3(1) of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008** | For a person appointed by a Council under section 29 of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008**, the Chief Executive Officer of the Council<br>For a person appointed under section 30 of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008**, the Secretary within the meaning of section 3(1) of that Act<br>For a person appointed by a Council under section 224(1) of the **Local Government Act 1989**, the Chief Executive Officer of the Council | Minister administering Part 9 of the **Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008** | | 33A | A person in the person's capacity as an authorised officer within the meaning of the **Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017** | A Commissioner within the meaning of section 115I of the **Transport Integration Act 2010** | Minister administering Division 2 of Part 7 of the **Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017** | | 34 | A person in the person's capacity as an authorised officer within the meaning of section 208 of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983** | For a person appointed under section 221A of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**, the Secretary within the meaning of section 2(1) of that Act<br>For a person appointed under section 221AB of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983**, the senior executive officer of the person or body by whom the person is employed or engaged | Minister administering Division 4AA of Part VII of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983** | | 35 | A person in the person's capacity as a transport safety officer within the meaning of section 2(1) of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983** (other than a person employed by a public statutory body) | For a person appointed under section 228T of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983** who is employed by or in an authority, the principal officer of the authority<br>For any other person, the senior executive officer (by whatever title he or she is known) of the person's employer | Minister administering Division 4B of Part VII of the **Transport (Compliance and Miscellaneous) Act 1983** | | 36 | The Victorian Auditor-General's Office | The Auditor-General | Minister administering the **Audit Act 1994** | | 37 | A prescribed person or body | The person prescribed as the principal officer of the prescribed person or body | The Minister prescribed as the responsible Minister for the prescribed person or body | | 38 | Victorian Disability Worker Commission | Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner | Minister administering the **Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018** | Sch. 2 inserted by No. 82/2012 s. 251, amended by Nos 85/2012 s. 173, 5/2013 s. 63(2), 63/2013 s. 94, 1/2014 s. 71, 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 119.3), 67/2014 s. 147(Sch. 2 item 27.2), 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 66.2), 16/2016 s. 203(1), 30/2016 s. 70(7)(b), 27/2017 s. 59, 2/2019 s. 79(Sch. 1 Pt C item 39), 27/2024 s. 133, 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 24.25).