24Power to give directions to public bodies

24 Power to give directions to public bodies

(1)  The Commissioner of Police may, for the purposes of facilitating the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act, give a public body directions with respect to the exercise of the powers or performance of functions of the public body.

(2)  The public body is authorised and required to comply with this direction.

(3)  In this section –

public body means –

(a) a State Service Agency; or

(b) a body, whether corporate or unincorporate, that is established by or under an Act for a public purpose; or

(c) a body whose members or a majority of whose members are appointed by the Governor or a Minister of the Crown; or

(d) a Government Business Enterprise within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; or

(e) a State-owned company; or

(f) a prescribed body;

State-owned company means a company incorporated under the Corporations Act that is controlled by the Crown, a Government Business Enterprise or a statutory authority, or any company that is so controlled;

statutory authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, that is established or constituted by or under an Act or under the Royal Prerogative, being a body or authority which, or of which, the governing authority wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another statutory authority, but does not include a State Service Agency.