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Public Interest Disclosures Act 2022
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#### 16 Meaning of “agency”
16 Meaning of “agency”
> > (1) In this Act, agency means 1 of the following persons or bodies—
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> > > (a) a Public Service agency,
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> > > (b) the group of staff comprising each of the following services, or a separate group of that staff—
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> > > > (i) the NSW Police Force,
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> > > > (ii) the Teaching Service of New South Wales,
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> > > > (iii) the NSW Health Service,
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> > > > (iv) the Transport Service of New South Wales,
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> > > (c) a statutory body representing the Crown,
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> > > (d) an integrity agency,
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> > > (e) a public authority whose conduct or activities an integrity agency is authorised by another Act or law to investigate or audit,
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> > > (f) a State owned corporation or subsidiary of a State owned corporation,
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> > > (g) a local government authority,
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> > > (h) a Local Aboriginal Land Council constituted under the [Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1983-042),
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> > > (i) the Department of Parliamentary Services, the Department of the Legislative Assembly and the Department of the Legislative Council.
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> > (2) However, a Minister’s office is not an agency.
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> > (3) The regulations may, for the purposes of this Act, declare a body—
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> > > (a) to be an agency, or
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> > > (b) not to be an agency.
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> > (4) The regulations may declare a specified agency to be part of and included in another specified agency, and not to be a separate agency, for the purposes of—
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> > > (a) this Act, or
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> > > (b) specified provisions of this Act.