Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CLIMATE CHANGE AUTHORITY ACT 2011 - SECT 63

    The Board may perform its functions only:

  (a)   for purposes related to external affairs, including:

  (i)   for purposes related to giving effect to an international agreement to which Australia is a party; and

  (ii)   for purposes related to addressing matters of international concern; or

  (b)   for purposes related to the executive power of the Commonwealth; or

  (c)   for purposes related to statistics; or

  (d)   for purposes related to a Territory; or

  (e)   with respect to a Commonwealth place (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970 ); or

  (f)   for purposes related to trade and commerce:

  (i)   between Australia and places outside Australia; or

  (ii)   among the States; or

  (iii)   within a Territory, between a State and a Territory or between 2 Territories; or

  (g)   for purposes related to a corporation to which paragraph   51(xx) of the Constitution applies; or

  (h)   by way of the provision of a service to:

  (i)   the Commonwealth; or

  (ii)   an authority of the Commonwealth;

    for a purpose of the Commonwealth; or

  (i)   for purposes related to matters that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and that cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation; or

  (j)   for purposes related to matters incidental to the execution of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth.