Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00065:clause:2_21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00065
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 21
Character Range: 24560–25390

21  Subsection 19A(8) (definition of principal officer)
Repeal the definition, substitute:

principal officer means:
 (a) in relation to a Commonwealth agency other than an exempt agency—the person who is the principal officer of the agency for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 1982; or
 (b) in relation to an exempt agency:
 (i) in a case where the regulations declare an office to be the principal office in respect of the agency—the person holding that office; or
 (ii) in any other case—the person who constitutes the agency or, if the agency is constituted by 2 or more persons, the person who is entitled to preside at any meeting of the agency at which the last‑mentioned person is present; or
 (c) in relation to a State agency—the person holding office or acting as head (however described) of the agency.