17Functions of the Agency

17 Functions of the Agency

(1) The Agency has the following functions: (a) to promote and facilitate the development and reform of the construction industry in Australia; (b) to assist in the implementation of industry agreements; (c) to develop, and assist in the implementation of, industry codes and practices; (d) to liaise with the governments of the States and Territories, the Council or any other persons or organisations, in connection with the performance of its functions under paragraph (a), (b) or (c). (2) The Agency may perform its functions to the extent only that they are not in excess of the functions that may be conferred on it by virtue of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament and, in particular, may perform its functions: (a) for purposes related to money appropriated for the purposes of the Commonwealth; and (b) for purposes related to the granting of financial assistance to a State on such terms and conditions as the Parliament thinks fit; and (c) for purposes related to the executive power of the Commonwealth; and (d) for purposes related to any or all of the Territories; and (e) for purposes related to a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution is applicable; and (f) for purposes related to a Commonwealth place within the meaning of the Commonwealth Places (Application of Laws) Act 1970; and (g) in relation to the Australian Public Service, an authority or instrumentality of the Commonwealth or a body corporate over which the Commonwealth is in a position to exercise control; and (h) for purposes related to an award made under a law of the Commonwealth or a Territory; and (i) for purposes related to the collection of statistics; and (j) for purposes related to matters incidental to the execution of any of the legislative powers of the Parliament or the executive power of the Commonwealth.