Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The purposes of the Account are as follows:
(a) paying or discharging the costs, expenses and other obligations incurred by the Commonwealth in the performance of the functions of:
(i) the Council; or
(ii) the NEPC Committee; or
(iii) any other committee established under section 33;
(b) either:
(i) paying grants for amounts consistent with the aim of people enjoying the benefit of equivalent protection from air, water or soil pollution and from noise, wherever they live in Australia; or
(ii) paying or discharging the costs, expenses and other obligations incurred by the Commonwealth in undertaking projects with that aim;
whether or not the grants or projects relate to a national environment protection measure or proposed national environment protection measure;
(c) paying any remuneration and allowances payable to any person under this Act;
(d) meeting the expenses of administering the Account;
(e) paying amounts that are required or permitted to be repaid under this Act;
(f) paying for activities that are incidental to the purposes mentioned in paragraphs ( a) to (e).
Note: See section 80 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (which deals with special accounts).
(2) However, the purposes of the Account referred to in paragraph ( 1)(b) are limited to:
(a) purposes related to external affairs, including:
(i) purposes related to giving effect to an international agreement to which Australia is a party; and
(ii) purposes related to addressing matters of international concern; and
(b) purposes related to a Territory; and
(c) purposes related to the executive power of the Commonwealth; and
(d) 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; and
(e) purposes related to matters incidental to the purposes referred to in paragraphs ( a) to (d).