Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority Act 2017
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11 Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority
(1) The Independent Parliamentary Expenses 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 Independent Parliamentary Expenses 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 Chair of the Authority; (ii) the other members of the Authority; (iii) the CEO; (iv) the staff of the Authority referred to in section 49; (v) persons whose services are made available to the Authority under section 50; (vi) consultants engaged under section 51; and (d) the purposes of the Authority include: (i) the functions of the Authority referred to in section 12; and (ii) the functions of the CEO referred to in section 37.