Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174:section:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00174
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 47837–50625

7  Exemption of certain persons and bodies
 (1) The bodies specified in Division 1 of Part I of Schedule 2, and a person holding and performing the duties of an office specified in that Division, are to be deemed not to be prescribed authorities for the purposes of this Act.
 (1A) For the purposes of the definition of agency, a part of the Department of Defence specified in Division 2 of Part I of Schedule 2:
 (a) is taken not to be included in the Department of Defence (or in any other Department) for the purposes of this Act; and
 (b) to avoid doubt, is not an agency in its own right for the purposes of this Act.
 (2) The persons, bodies and Departments specified in Part II of Schedule 2 are exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the documents referred to in that Schedule in relation to them.
 (2AA) A body corporate established by or under an Act specified in Part III of Schedule 2 is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to documents in respect of the commercial activities of the body corporate.
 (2AAA) The following bodies are taken not to be prescribed authorities for the purposes of this Act:
 (a) the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service;
 (b) the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Advisory Board;
 (c) the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Consultative Committee;
 (d) the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission.
 (2AB) A body or person may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection if:
 (a) the body or person would, if not so prescribed, be a Norfolk Island authority; and
 (b) the Minister is satisfied that the body or person is subject to a law that provides equivalent, or substantially similar, requirements relating to freedom of information as are provided by this Act.
 (2A) An agency is exempt from the operation of this Act in relation to the following documents:
 (a) a document (an intelligence agency document) that has originated with, or has been received from, any of the following:
 (i) the Australian Secret Intelligence Service;
 (ii) the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation;
 (iii) the Inspector‑General of Intelligence and Security;
 (iv) the Office of National Intelligence;
 (v) the Australian Geospatial‑Intelligence Organisation (other than a document that has originated with, or has been received from, the Australian Hydrographic Office in the performance of its functions under subsection 223(2) of the Navigation Act 2012);
 (vi) the Defence Intelligence Organisation;
 (vii) the Australian Signals Directorate
 (b) a document that contains a summary of, or an extract or information from, an intelligence agency document, to the extent that it contains such a summary, extract or information.
Note: The Australian Hydrographic Office is part of