Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00822:section:5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00822
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5
Character Range: 8525–10115

5  Establishment
 (1) The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is established by this section.
 (2) The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner consists of:
 (a) the information officers; and
 (b) the staff mentioned in Part 3.
 (3) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999:
 (a) the information officers and staff of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner together constitute a Statutory Agency; and
 (b) the Information Commissioner is the Head of that Statutory Agency.
Note: The Information Commissioner holds an office equivalent to that of a Secretary of a Department (see the definition of Agency Head in section 7 of the Public Service Act 1999).
 (4) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013):
 (a) the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is a listed entity; and
 (b) the Information Commissioner is the accountable authority of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; and
 (c) the following persons are officials of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner:
 (i) the information officers;
 (ii) the staff mentioned in Part 3;
 (iii) consultants engaged under section 24; and
 (d) the purposes of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner include:
 (i) the functions of the Information Commissioner referred to in section 10; and
 (ii) the functions of the Freedom of Information Commissioner referred to in section 11; and
 (iii) the functions of the Privacy Commissioner referred to in section 12.