8 Meaning of agency

(1) In this Act—

agency means a department, local government or public authority.

(2) For this Act—

(a) a board, council, committee, subcommittee or other body established by government to help, or to perform functions connected with, an agency is not a separate agency, but is taken to be comprised within the agency; and

(b) a reference to an agency includes a reference to a body that is taken to be comprised within the agency.