Privacy Act 1988

PART V - INVESTIGATIONS ETC.  

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Division 1 - Investigation of complaints and investigations on the Commissioner ' s initiative  

SECTION 37  

37   PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OF AGENCY  

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The principal executive of an agency of a kind specified in column 1 of an item in the following table is the person specified in column 2 of the item:

	Item	Column 1 Agency	Column 2 Principal executive
	1	Department	The Secretary of the Department
	2	An unincorporated body, or a tribunal, referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of agency in subsection 6(1)	The chief executive officer of the body or tribunal
	3	A body referred to in paragraph (d) of the definition of agency in subsection 6(1)	The chief executive officer of the body
	4	A federal court	The principal registrar of the court or the person occupying an equivalent office
	5	The Australian Federal Police	The Commissioner of Police
	5A	A body or tribunal referred to in paragraph (ca) of the definition of agency in subsection 6(1)	The person responsible for the day-to-day management of the agency
	5B	(Repealed by No 154 of 2020)
	5C	(Repealed by No 59 of 2015)
	5D	A court of Norfolk Island	The registrar or principal registrar of the court or the person occupying an equivalent office
	6	(Repealed by No 197 of 2012)
	7	(Repealed by No 197 of 2012)
	8	(Repealed by No 92 of 2017)
	9	An eligible hearing service provider that is an individual	The individual
	10	An eligible hearing service provider that is not an individual	The individual primarily responsible for the management of the eligible hearing service provider

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History

S 37 amended by No 154 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 3 item 64, effective 17 June 2021. For application provisions, see note under s 6(5) .

S 37 amended by No 92 of 1994; No 177 of 1994; No 82 of 1997; No 155 of 2000; No 139 of 2010; No 197 of 2012; ; No 59 of 2015; No 24 of 2016; No 92 of 2017, s 3 and Sch 3 item 8, effective 23 August 2017.

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