8Meaning of justice agency

8 Meaning of justice agency (1) In this Act: justice agency— (a) means any of the following entities: (i) the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for maintaining a register of victims of offenders under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 215 (the adult offenders victims register unit); (ii) the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for maintaining the affected person register under the Mental Health Act 2015, part 7.2 (the affected person register unit); (iii) the chief police officer; (iv) the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for the Corrections Management Act 2007 (the corrective services unit); (v) a court or tribunal, when acting in an administrative capacity; (vi) the director of public prosecutions; (vii) a referring entity, when acting in an administrative capacity; (viii) the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for the Crimes (Restorative Justice) Act 2004 (the restorative justice unit); (ix) the sentence administration board, when acting in an administrative capacity; (x) the victims of crime commissioner;

Important concepts Part 2A (xi) the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for this Act; (xii) the director-general of the administrative unit responsible for maintaining a register of victims of young offenders under the Crimes (Sentence Administration) Act 2005, section 215A (the youth justice victims register unit); (xiii) the director-general responsible for the Children and Young People Act 2008; (xiv) an entity prescribed by regulation; but (b) does not include any of the following: (i) the Chief Justice or a judge; (ii) the Chief Magistrate, a magistrate or any office that must be occupied by a magistrate. (2) For subsection (1), definition of justice agency, paragraph (a), an entity that is a court or tribunal is acting in an administrative capacity other than when it is exercising its jurisdiction in relation to any proceeding before it. Note 1 A director-general may delegate to a public employee or another person a function given to the director-general under this Act (see Public Sector Management Act 1994, s 20). Note 2 An entity that is not a justice agency need not comply with victims rights (see s 18), although the entity should have regard to victims rights (see s 18A).