Preliminary Part I
Section 4
exempt matter means matter the inclusion of which in a document
causes the document to be an exempt document.
offensive content-service content means content (within the
meaning of Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) that
is:
(a) delivered by, or accessed using, a content service (within the
meaning of that Schedule); and
(b) either:
(i) prohibited content (within the meaning of that
Schedule); or
(ii) potential prohibited content (within the meaning of that
Schedule).
offensive internet content means internet content (within the
meaning of Schedule 5 to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) that
is:
(a) prohibited content (within the meaning of Schedule 5 to that
Act as in force before the commencement of Schedule 7 to
that Act); or
(b) potential prohibited content (within the meaning of
Schedule 5 to that Act as in force before the commencement
of Schedule 7 to that Act).
officer, in relation to an agency, includes a member of the agency
or a member of the staff of the agency.
official document of a Minister or official document of the
Minister means a document that is in the possession of a Minister,
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.
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).
Freedom of Information Act 1982
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