Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) For the purposes of this Act, the principal officer of an agency mentioned in column 1 of an item in the following table is the person specified in column 2 of the item.
Principal officers of agencies | ||
Item | Column 1 | Column 2 |
1 | A Department. | The Secretary of the Department. |
4 | The Australian Federal Police. | The Commissioner of Police (within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ). |
5 | The High Court or any court created by the Parliament. | The chief executive officer of the court. |
6 | The Office of Official Secretary to the Governor - General | The Official Secretary to the Governor - General. |
7 | The Ombudsman. | The Ombudsman. |
8 | The IGIS. | The IGIS. |
9 | A prescribed authority that is constituted by an individual. | The individual. |
10 | Any other agency. | Whichever of the following individuals is applicable: (a) the chief executive officer, or the head, however described, of the agency; (b) if another individual is ascertained in accordance with the PID rules--that other individual. |
(2) For the purposes of this Act:
(a) the Chief Executive and Principal Registrar of the High Court is the chief executive officer of the High Court; and
(b) the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the Federal Court is the chief executive officer of the Federal Court; and
(c) the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia is the chief executive officer of the following courts:
(i) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1);
(ii) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2); and
(d) the PID rules may provide that the chief executive officer of another specified court is the person holding, or performing the duties of, a specified office; and
(e) the Chief Executive Officer and Principal Registrar of the Administrative Review Tribunal is the chief executive officer of the Administrative Review Tribunal; and
(f) the PID rules may provide that the chief executive officer of another specified Commonwealth tribunal is the person holding, or performing the duties of, a specified office.