Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsIn this Act—
"Cabinet document "means—
(a) a document that is an exempt document under section 28 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 ; or
(b) information that if it were in the form of a document would be a document referred to in paragraph (a);
"Department Head" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;
"detainee" means a person in a place of detention who is deprived of the person's liberty;
"detaining authority", in relation to a place of detention, means the person or entity for the time being in charge of the place of detention;
"excluded information "means—
(a) any Cabinet document; or
(b) any information that is subject to legal professional privilege or client legal privilege; or
(c) information of a prescribed kind (if any);
"expert "means an expert selected in accordance with Article 13 of the Optional Protocol;
"health information" has the same meaning as it has in the Health Records Act 2001 ;
"identifying information" means information that identifies an individual or from which an individual can be reasonably identified;
"nominated official" means a person nominated under section 17 ;
"Optional Protocol" means the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 18 December 2002 as amended and as in force in Australia from time to time;
"personal information" has the same meaning as it has in the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 ;
place of detention has the meaning given in section 4 ;
"relevant Minister", in relation to a place of detention, means each Minister responsible for that place of detention;
"relevant Secretary", in relation to a place of detention, means the Department Head responsible to the relevant Minister;
"Subcommittee" means the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
"Subcommittee purpose" means the evaluation of any needs and measures that should be adopted to strengthen the protection of detainees against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.