3   Definitions

(1)  In this Act:

cost of a Government advertising campaign includes the amount paid or payable by or on behalf of a Government agency for the following:

(a)  research for the purposes of the campaign,

(b)  production or carrying out of the campaign,

(c)  media distribution,

(d)  evaluation of the likely or actual effectiveness of the campaign.

function includes a power, authority or duty, and exercise a function includes perform a duty.

governing party means a political party whose parliamentary representatives are Ministers in the Government of New South Wales.

Government advertising campaign—see section 4.

Government advertising guidelines—see section 5.

Government agency means:

(a)  a Division of the Government Service within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002, or

(b)  a statutory body representing the Crown, or

(c)  a body (whether incorporated or unincorporated) established or continued for a public purpose by or under the provisions of a statutory instrument, or

(d)  the NSW Police Force, or

(e)  the Teaching Service, or

(f)  the NSW Health Service, or

(g)  a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Crown in right of the State or of a Government agency, or

(h)  a body declared to be a Government agency by a regulation under this section.

head of a Government agency means the person who is or who exercises the functions of chief executive officer of the agency.

political party means a body or organisation, incorporated or unincorporated, having as one of its objects or activities the promotion of the election to Parliament of a candidate or candidates endorsed by it or by a body or organisation of which it forms part.

(2)  Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.