4Public authority—meaning

4 Public authority—meaning

4 Public authority—meaning

(1) In this Act, a public authority means any public or local authority constituted by or under an Act, a Public Service agency or a NSW Government agency.

(2) A public authority includes—

(a) a body constituted or established by or under an Act of New South Wales, whether or not it represents the Crown, and

(b) a person exercising functions on behalf of a public authority, and

(c) a wholly-owned subsidiary (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth) of one or more public authorities, and

(d) any person or body declared by the regulations to be a public authority for the purposes of this Act.

(3) A public authority does not include a State owned corporation, unless it is declared by the regulations to be a public authority for the purposes of this Act.

(4) A public authority does not include any person or body excluded by the regulations.

(5) (Repealed)

s 4: Am 2022 No 16, Sch 7[1].