12Establishment of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)

#### 12 Establishment of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) (1) The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is established by this section. (2) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013): (a) the ATSB is a listed entity; and (b) the Chief Executive Officer is the accountable authority of the ATSB; and (c) the following persons are officials of the ATSB: (i) the Chief Executive Officer; (ii) the other Commissioners; (iii) the staff of the ATSB referred to in section 16; (iv) persons whose services are made available to the ATSB under section 16A; (v) consultants engaged under section 16B; (vi) special investigators; and (d) the purposes of the ATSB include: (i) the functions of the ATSB referred to in section 12AA; and (ii) the functions of the Chief Executive Officer referred to in section 15A.