Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174:section:4:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 5/10)
Character Range: 27637–30297

or that is in the possession of the Minister concerned, as the case requires, in his or her capacity as a Minister, being a document that relates to the affairs of an agency or of a Department of State and, for the purposes of this definition, a Minister shall be deemed to be in possession of a document that has passed from his or her possession if he or she is entitled to access to the document and the document is not a document of an agency.
Ombudsman means the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
online content scheme material means material that:
 (a) has been provided on a social media service, relevant electronic service or designated internet service (within the meaning of the Online Safety Act 2021); and
 (b) was:
 (i) class 1 material (within the meaning of the Online Safety Act 2021); or
 (ii) class 2 material (within the meaning of the Online Safety Act 2021) that is covered by paragraph 107(1)(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of that Act;
  when it was provided on the service.
operational information has the meaning given by section 8A.
Ordinance, in relation to the Australian Capital Territory, includes a law of a State that applies, or the provisions of a law of a State that apply, in the Territory by virtue of an enactment (other than a law that is, or provisions that are an ACT enactment).
Parliamentary Budget Office has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
Parliamentary Budget Officer has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
practical refusal reason has the meaning given by section 24AA.
prescribed authority means:
 (a) a body corporate, or an unincorporated body, established for a public purpose by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an enactment or an Order‑in‑Council, other than:
 (i) an incorporated company or association; or
 (ii) a body that, under subsection (2), is not to be taken to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of this Act; or
 (iii) the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly; or
 (iv) the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory or the Executive Council of the Northern Territory; or
 (vi) a Royal Commission; or
 (vii) a Commission of inquiry; or
 (aa) NBN Co; or
 (b) any other body, whether incorporated or unincorporated, declared by the regulations to be a prescribed authority for the purposes of this Act, being:
 (i) a body established by the Governor‑General or by a Minister; or
 (ii) an incorporated company or association over which the Commonwealth is in a position to exercise control; or
 (c) subject to subsection (3), the person holding, or performing the