Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013

CHAPTER 2 - COMMONWEALTH ENTITIES AND THE COMMONWEALTH  

PART 2-1 - CORE PROVISIONS FOR THIS CHAPTER  

Division 2 - Core provisions for this Chapter  

SECTION 12   ACCOUNTABLE AUTHORITIES  

12(1)    
Each Commonwealth entity has an accountable authority.

12(2)    

The following table sets out the person or body that is the accountable authority of a Commonwealth entity:

Accountable authorities
Item	If the Commonwealth entity is:	then the accountable authority of the entity is:
1	a Department of State	the Secretary of the Department.
2	a Parliamentary Department	the Secretary of the Department.
3	a listed entity	the person or group of persons prescribed by an Act or the rules to be the accountable authority of the entity.
4	a body corporate	the governing body of the entity, unless otherwise prescribed by an Act or the rules.