New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INTERPRETATION ACT 1987 - SECT 13A

13A NSW Government agencies and statutory bodies representing the Crown

(1) If an Act provides that a body is--

(a) a NSW Government agency, or

(b) a statutory body representing the Crown,

the body has the status, privileges and immunities of the Crown.

(2) If an Act provides that a body--

(a) is not or does not represent the Crown, or

(b) is not a NSW Government agency or a statutory body representing the Crown,

the body does not have the status, privileges and immunities of the Crown.

(3) This section extends (without limiting its operation)--

(a) to a provision that is expressed to be made for the purposes of any Act or more generally, and

(b) to privileges and immunities conferred by law expressly or as a matter of construction.

(4) In any Act or instrument--

(a) a reference to a NSW Government agency includes a reference to a body that is declared to be a statutory body representing the Crown, or

(b) a reference to a statutory body representing the Crown includes a reference to a body that is declared to be a NSW Government agency.

(5) In this section, the
"Crown" includes the State and the Government of the State.