Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00612:section:19a:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00612
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 19A (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 79779–82431

(e) applies—the principal officer of the agency;
 (b) in the case of a court—the holder of a judicial office pertaining to the court, being an office established by the legislation establishing the court;
 (c) in the case of a tribunal (other than the Administrative Review Tribunal) or prescribed agency that consists of one person—that person;
 (d) in the case of a tribunal (other than the Administrative Review Tribunal) or prescribed agency that consists of 2 or more persons—any of those persons; or
 (e) in the case of the Administrative Review Tribunal—the President of the Administrative Review Tribunal.
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.
relevant matters, in relation to a relevant request in relation to an agency, means the following matters:
 (a) the nature of the information, document or thing to which the request relates;
 (b) the functions of the agency;
 (c) the nature of the special ACC operation/investigation to which the information, document or thing, as the case may be, is relevant;
 (d) the public interest.
relevant request, in relation to an agency, means a request under this section, being:
 (a) a request to the principal officer of the agency to furnish particular information that was acquired by the agency in the ordinary course of performing its functions;
 (b) a request to a person who is, or has been, a member, officer or employee of the agency to furnish particular information that was acquired by the person in the person's capacity as such a member, officer or employee; or
 (c) a request to the principal officer of the agency to send to the examiner a document or thing that relates to the performance by the agency of its functions.
State agency means the following agencies:
 (a) a Department of a State;
 (b) an instrumentality of a State, including a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of a State;
 (c) a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of