Freedom of Information Amendment Regulations 2021 (WA)

438 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 January 2021

JUSTICE

JU301

Freedom of Information Act 1992

Freedom of Information Amendment

Regulations 2021

SL 2021/9

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Freedom of Information Amendment
Regulations 2021.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Freedom of Information
Regulations 1993.

4.             Regulation 9A inserted

After regulation 9 insert:

9A.	Principal officer of health service provider
(1)	For the purposes of paragraph (f) of the definition of principal officer in clause 1 of the Glossary to the Act, it is declared that the principal officer of a health service provider established under the Health Services Act 2016 section 32(1)(b) is the chief executive of that health service provider, as defined in section 6 of that Act.
(2)	Subregulation (1) applies whether the health service provider is specified under the Health Services Act 2016 section 32(1)(d) to be a board governed provider or a chief executive governed provider.

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.