Privacy Act 2020 Part 1 s 7 Version as at 6 December 2023 Council constituting the local authority or regulating its proceed‐ ings; and (ii) a committee of the whole local authority Minister means a Minister of the Crown in the Minister’s capacity as a Minis‐ ter New Zealand agency has the meaning given to it in section 8 New Zealand private sector agency means a private sector agency that is an incorporated or unincorporated body and that— (a) is established under New Zealand law; or (b) has its central management and control in New Zealand news activity means— (a) (b) gathering, preparing, or compiling, for the purposes of publication, any— (i) news: (ii) observations on news: (iii) current affairs: publishing any— (i) news: (ii) observations on news: (iii) current affairs news entity means an entity (including an individual)— (a) whose business, in whole or part, consists of a news activity; and (b) that is, or is employed by an employer that is, subject to the oversight of— (i) the Broadcasting Standards Authority; or (ii) the New Zealand Media Council; or (iii) an overseas regulator providing an independent procedure for the consideration and adjudication of privacy complaints that is acces‐ sible to complainants, including complainants residing in New Zealand; or (iv) any other body prescribed as a regulatory body by regulations made under section 215(1)(b) for the purposes of this definition OECD Guidelines means the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data Ombudsman means an Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsmen Act 1975 14