6What are special bodies?

6 What are special bodies? (1) Subject to subsection (4), for the purposes of this Act the following are special bodies— (a) a department of the Parliament of Victoria; S. 6(1)(aaa) inserted by No. 27/2024 s. 145. (aaa) the Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Commission; S. 6(1)(aaab) inserted by No. 27/2024 s. 145. (aaab) the office of the Parliamentary Integrity Adviser; S. 6(1)(aa) inserted by No. 66/2011 s. 43(1). (aa) the IBAC within the meaning of the **Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission Act 2011**; S. 6(1)(ab) inserted by No. 79/2012 s. 83(1). (ab) the Commission for Children and Young People within the meaning of the **Commission for Children and Young People Act 2012**; (b) the Electoral Boundaries Commission; S. 6(1)(ba) inserted by No. 84/2005 s. 19, repealed by No. 60/2014 s. 140(Sch. 3 item 38.1(a)). S. 6(1)(c) substituted by No. 22/2016 s. 242. (c) the office of the Health Complaints Commissioner within the meaning of the **Health Complaints Act 2016**; (d) the office of the Ombudsman; S. 6(1)(e) repealed by No. 82/2012 s. 165(1), new s. 6(1)(e) inserted by No. 50/2021 s. 142, repealed by No. 31/2023 s. 66. S. 6(1)(f) substituted by Nos 60/2014 s. 140(Sch. 3 item 38.1(b)), 20/2017 s. 134(Sch. 1 item 15.1(a)). (f) the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner; S. 6(1)(g) repealed by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch. 2 item 20.2), new s. 6(1)(g) inserted by No. 6/2012 s. 50, repealed by No. 20/2017 s. 134(Sch. 1 item 15.1(b)). S. 6(1)(gaa) inserted by No. 56/2015 s. 48. (gaa) the office of the Victims of Crime Commissioner; S. 6(1)(ga) inserted by No. 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. item 24.1), substituted by No. 39/2022 s. 856. (ga) the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission; S. 6(1)(gb) inserted by No. 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. item 24.1). (gb) the Mental Health Tribunal; S. 6(1)(gc) inserted by No. 5/2019 s. 64. (gc) the Tribunal; (h) VCAT; (i) the Victorian Auditor-General's Office; S. 6(1)(ia) inserted by No. 38/2018 s. 292. (ia) the Victorian Disability Worker Commissioner; (j) the Victorian Electoral Commission; S. 6(1)(ja) inserted by No. 70/2011 s. 47(1), amended by No. 31/2024 s. 113(Sch. 1 item 27.2). (ja) Integrity Oversight Victoria within the meaning of the **Integrity Oversight Victoria Act 2011**; (k) Victoria Police; (l) a body that is declared by an Order under subsection (2) to be a special body for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette, declare a body to be a special body for the purposes of this Act. (3) An Order cannot be made under subsection (2) in relation to an exempt body. (4) The Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette, declare a body specified in any paragraph of subsection (1) not to be a special body for the purposes of this Act and, while that Order is in force, this Act has effect as if that paragraph were not included in subsection (1).