Section 6ACivil Liability Act 2002 (NSW)

Definitions

In this Part—
child means a person under the age of 18 years.
function includes a power, authority or duty, and exercise a function includes perform a duty.
organisation means any organisation, whether incorporated or not, and includes a public sector body but does not include the State.
public sector body means the following—
(a) a government sector agency within the meaning of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013,
(b) a service of the Crown in which persons excluded from the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 by section 5 of that Act are employed,
(c) a statutory body representing the Crown that is authorised by legislation to employ staff,
(d) a statutory body representing the Crown that at any time received funding from the State for a public purpose,
(e) a body (however described) that has been superseded by a body listed in paragraphs (a)–(d),
(f) a body (however described) of a kind referred to in paragraphs (a)–(d) that has been abolished.

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