8Functions of the CEO

#### 8 Functions of the CEO (1) The functions of the CEO are: (a) to facilitate and encourage trade between Australia and foreign countries (in this section referred to as Australian export trade) by: (i) representing the trading and commercial interests of Australia in foreign countries; and (ii) assisting, directly or indirectly, Australian organisations in trade negotiations; and (iii) promoting, or participating in or co‑ordinating projects to promote, Australian export trade; and (iv) obtaining, and making available to Australian organisations, information relating to current or future opportunities for Australian export trade, including opportunities for involvement in overseas development projects; and (v) supporting and facilitating investment in foreign countries, and facilitating investment in Australia, where that investment is likely to enhance opportunities for Australian export trade; and (vi) carrying out, or assisting other persons to carry out, or participating with other persons in carrying out, in whole or in part, overseas development projects, in circumstances where that course of action will benefit Australian organisations; and (viii) administering the Export Market Development Grants Act 1997; and (ix) developing and administering schemes to provide assistance in the development of markets in foreign countries; and (x) facilitating access by persons to Departments of State of the Commonwealth or of a State and to instrumentalities established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State where that access is likely to enhance opportunities for Australian export trade; and (b) to do any other act or thing required or permitted by: (i) this Act; or (ii) any other Act; or (iii) an instrument under an Act; to be done by the CEO; and (c) to act, outside Australia, as agent for Departments of State of the Commonwealth or for instrumentalities established by or under a law of the Commonwealth. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the functions of the CEO include developing and administering policies relating to tourism (including domestic tourism). (3) The CEO may perform his or her functions under subsection (2) to the extent only that they are not in excess of the functions that may be conferred on the CEO by virtue of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament, and, in particular, may perform his or her functions under that subsection: (a) for purposes related to external affairs; and (b) in the course of, or in relation to, trade and commerce with other countries, among the States, between Territories or between a Territory and a State; and (c) for purposes related to a Territory; and (d) by means of a communication using a postal, telegraphic, telephonic or other like service within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution; and (e) for purposes related to the collection, compilation, analysis, use and dissemination of statistics; and (f) for purposes related to a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies; and (g) for purposes related to lighthouses, lightships, beacons and buoys; and (h) for purposes related to matters incidental to the execution of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth; and (i) for purposes related to a Commonwealth place within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970; and (j) for purposes related to the executive power of the Commonwealth; and (k) for purposes related to the granting of financial assistance to a State on such terms and conditions as the Parliament thinks fit; and (l) 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; and (m) by way of providing a service, if the provision of the service utilises the CEO’s spare capacity and does not impede the CEO’s capacity to perform his or her other functions.