16Functions of the Authority

##### 16 Functions of the Authority (1) The functions of the Authority are: (a) with the object of assisting to ensure that adequate supplies of electricity are available, in time of war as well as in time of peace, in the States of New South Wales and Victoria and in the Australian Capital Territory for purposes necessary or conducive to the defence of the Commonwealth and for other purposes of the Commonwealth, to provide hydro‑electric works in the Snowy Mountains Area for the generation of electricity; and (b) with the object specified in paragraph (a), and as incidental to its functions related to that object, to generate, or permit the generation of, electricity in the works of the Authority and to supply, or permit the supply of, electricity generated in those works: (i) to, or as directed by, the Commonwealth for purposes of the Commonwealth and for consumption in the Australian Capital Territory; and (ii) to The Electricity Commission of New South Wales and the State Electricity Commission of Victoria or to a corporation succeeding either of those Commissions. (2) Except as otherwise directed by the Governor‑General, the Authority may have, perform or exercise a capacity, function, power, authority or duty conferred or imposed upon it by an Act of the Parliament of the State of New South Wales or the State of Victoria. (3) The Authority shall comply in all respects with the provisions of the Agreement and of the Supplemental Agreement that are applicable to it.