Preliminary Part I
Section 6
an office established by the legislation establishing the court,
shall be deemed not to be a prescribed authority and shall not
be included in a Department; and
(c) a registry or other office of a court, and the staff of such a
registry or other office when acting in a capacity as members
of that staff, shall be taken as a part of the court;
but this Act does not apply to any request for access to a document
of the court unless the document relates to matters of an
administrative nature.
6 Act to apply to certain tribunals in respect of administrative
matters
For the purposes of this Act:
(a) each tribunal, authority or body specified in Schedule 1 is
deemed to be a prescribed authority;
(b) the holder of an office pertaining to a tribunal, authority or
body specified in Schedule 1, being an office established by
the legislation establishing the tribunal, authority or body so
specified in his or her capacity as the holder of that office, is
not to be taken to be a prescribed authority or to be included
in a Department; and
(c) a registry or other office of or under the charge of a tribunal,
authority or body specified in Schedule 1, and the staff of
such a registry or other office when acting in a capacity as
members of that staff, shall be taken as a part of the tribunal,
authority or body so specified as a prescribed authority;
but this Act does not apply to any request for access to a document
of a tribunal, authority or body so specified unless the document
relates to matters of an administrative nature.
6A Official Secretary to the Governor-General
(1) This Act does not apply to any request for access to a document of
the Official Secretary to the Governor-General unless the
document relates to matters of an administrative nature.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a document in the possession of a
person employed under section 13 of the Governor-General Act
1974 that is in his or her possession by reason of his or her
Freedom of Information Act 1982
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