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Government Technology Agency
Act 2016

2020 REVISED EDITION

This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021

An Act to establish the Government Technology Agency.

[1 October 2016]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act is the Government Technology Agency Act 2016.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Agency” means the Government Technology Agency established by section 3;

“Chairperson”, in relation to the Agency, means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 13(1)(a) as the Chairperson of the Agency, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;

“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Agency, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;

“committee”, in relation to the Agency, means a committee of the Agency appointed under section 36;

“committee member” means a member of a committee of the Agency appointed under section 36;

“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;

“delegate”, in relation to the Agency, means a person to whom the Agency, under section 38(1), delegates any of its functions or powers;

“Deputy Chairperson”, in relation to the Agency, means the member of the Agency who is appointed under section 13(1)(b) as the Deputy Chairperson of the Agency;

“document” includes any device or medium on which information is recorded or stored;

“employee”, in relation to the Agency, means —

(a)	in the case of Part 10, an individual who is employed by the Agency under a contract of service; or
(b)	in any other case, an individual who is employed by the Agency under a contract of service or who is otherwise engaged to perform duties in the Agency;

“function”, in relation to the Agency, means a function conferred on the Agency by this Act or any other Act;

“info-communications technology” means any technology employed in the collection, storage, use or transmission of information, and includes a technology that involves the use of a computer or a telecommunication system;

“member”, in relation to the Agency, means a member of the Agency appointed under section 11, and includes a temporary member appointed under section 15(2);

“power”, in relation to the Agency, means a power given to the Agency by this Act or any other Act;

“public authority” means a body that is established or constituted by or under a public Act to perform or discharge a public function, but does not include a Town Council established under section 4 of the Town Councils Act 1988;

“public entity” means a body corporate (not being a public authority) that —

(a)	provides an essential service to the public or a section of the public; and
(b)	receives funding or other facilities or support from the Government in connection with the provision of the essential service;

“public sector” means the Government and all public authorities, and includes any part of the public sector;

“public sector body” means a Ministry, a Government department, a public authority or any other body of persons in the public sector;

“system”, in relation to info‑communications technology or related engineering, includes infrastructure and application;

“telecommunication system” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Telecommunications Act 1999.

[5/2018; S 461/2020]