Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INDEPENDENT PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES AUTHORITY ACT 2017 - SECT 11

  (1)   The Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority is established by this section.

Note 1:   The Authority does not have a legal identity separate from the Commonwealth.

Note 2:   In this Act, Authority means the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority--see section   4.

  (2)   For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ):

  (a)   the Authority is a listed entity; and

  (b)   the CEO is the accountable authority of the Authority; and

  (c)   the following persons are officials of the Authority:

  (i)   the Chair of the Authority;

  (ii)   the other members of the Authority;

  (iii)   the CEO;

  (iv)   the staff of the Authority referred to in section   49;

  (v)   persons whose services are made available to the Authority under section   50;

  (vi)   consultants engaged under section   51; and

  (d)   the purposes of the Authority include:

  (i)   the functions of the Authority referred to in section   12; and

  (ii)   the functions of the CEO referred to in section   37.