Climate Change Authority Act 2011
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10 Climate Change Authority
(1) The Climate Change 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 Climate Change 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 CEO; (ii) an Authority member; (iii) an associate Authority member; (iv) the staff of the Authority; (v) persons whose services are made available to the Authority under section 53; (vi) consultants engaged under section 54; and (d) the purposes of the Authority include the functions of the Authority referred to in section 11.