Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if:
(a) assistance is given under section 59; and
(b) NBN Co or a member of the Board incurs expenses in relation to the giving of that assistance.
(2) The Finance Minister may authorise the payment by the Commonwealth to NBN Co, or to the member, as the case may be, of an amount equal to so much of those expenses as the Finance Minister considers reasonable.
(3) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes of making payments under subsection (2).
(4) This section does not, by implication, limit the executive power of the Commonwealth to make a payment to NBN Co or to a member of the Board.