Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 (62 of 2014)

Schedule 6   Listed entities

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

33   After subsection 6(2)

Insert:

(2A) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013):

(a) the Commission is a listed entity; and

(b) the Electoral Commissioner is the accountable authority of the Commission; and

(c) the following persons are officials of the Commission:

(i) the Electoral Commissioner;

(ii) the Deputy Electoral Commissioner;

(iii) the Australian Electoral Officer for a State or Territory;

(iv) the staff of the Commission referred to in section 29; and

(d) the purposes of the Commission include:

(i) the functions of the Commission referred to in section 7; and

(ii) the functions of the Electoral Commissioner referred to in subsection 18(2).