Section 12(e) provides that a Government includes a committee of the Government and a committee of officials in order to extend the definition of Government for the purposes of record keeping. The section defines an official as a person holding a position in the Civil Service of the Government or the Civil Service of the State, a special adviser within the meaning of section 19 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 and a person who is a member of such other, if any, classes of person as may be prescribed. An expert who assists a particular group must be construed as an official as defined in order to protect the group's records.