Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is established by this section.
(2) The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner consists of:
(a) the information officers; and
(b) the staff mentioned in Part 3.
(3) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 :
(a) the information officers and staff of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner together constitute a Statutory Agency; and
(b) the Information Commissioner is the Head of that Statutory Agency.
Note: The Information Commissioner holds an office equivalent to that of a Secretary of a Department (see the definition of Agency Head in section 7 of the Public Service Act 1999 ).
(4) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ):
(a) the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is a listed entity; and
(b) the Information Commissioner is the accountable authority of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner; and
(c) the following persons are officials of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner:
(i) the information officers;
(ii) the staff mentioned in Part 3;
(iii) consultants engaged under section 24; and
(d) the purposes of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner include:
(i) the functions of the Information Commissioner referred to in section 10; and
(ii) the functions of the Freedom of Information Commissioner referred to in section 11; and
(iii) the functions of the Privacy Commissioner referred to in section 12.