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Privacy Act 1988
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#### 37 Principal executive of agency
The principal executive of an agency of a kind specified in column 1 of an item in the following table is the person specified in column 2 of the item:
| Item | Column 1Agency | Column 2Principal executive |
| ---- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| 1 | Department | The Secretary of the Department |
| 2 | An unincorporated body, or a tribunal, referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of agency in subsection 6(1) | The chief executive officer of the body or tribunal |
| 3 | A body referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of agency in subsection 6(1) | The chief executive officer of the body |
| 4 | A federal court | The principal registrar of the court or the person occupying an equivalent office |
| 5 | The Australian Federal Police | The Commissioner of Police |
| 5A | A body or tribunal referred to in paragraph (ca) of the definition of agency in subsection 6(1) | The person responsible for the day‑to‑day management of the agency |
| 5D | A court of Norfolk Island | The registrar or principal registrar of the court or the person occupying an equivalent office |
| 9 | An eligible hearing service provider that is an individual | The individual |
| 10 | An eligible hearing service provider that is not an individual | The individual primarily responsible for the management of the eligible hearing service provider |