Table of Agencies subject to the
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act)
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Department of Agriculture,
Department of State
Agriculture Portfolio
General Government Sector,
24 113 085 695
Material
Australian
Enabling legislation and other key
Business
governance-related details6
5
Number (ABN)
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Fisheries
Management Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
81 098 497 517
Fisheries Administration Act 1991
section 5
Statutory Agency
Australian Pesticides and
Veterinary Medicines
Authority (APVMA)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
19 495 043 447
Agricultural and Veterinary
Chemicals (Administration) Act 1992
section 6
Statutory Agency
Attorney-General’s
Department
Department of State
Attorney-General’s Portfolio
General Government Sector,
92 661 124 436
Material
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Administrative Appeals
Tribunal
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
90 680 970 626
Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act
1975 section 5
Statutory Agency
Australian Commission for
Law Enforcement Integrity
(ACLEI)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
78 796 734 093
Law Enforcement Integrity
Commissioner Act 2006 section 195
Statutory Agency
Australian Crime
Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
11 259 448 410
Australian Crime Commission Act
2002 section 7
Statutory Agency
Australian Federal Police
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
17 864 931 143
Established by the Commonwealth
Australian Human Rights
Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
47 996 232 602
Australian Institute of
Criminology
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
63 257 175 248
Criminology Research Act 1971
section 5
Australian Law Reform
Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
88 913 413 914
Australian Law Reform Commission
Act 1996 section 5.
Statutory Agency
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Police Act 1959 and continued in
operation by the
Australian Federal Police Act 1979
section 6. Part III of the Act sets out
the AFP’s employment framework.
Australian Human Rights
Commission Act 1986 section 7
Statutory Agency
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FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Australian
Enabling legislation and other key
Business
governance-related details6
5
Number (ABN)
Australian Security
Intelligence Organisation
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
37 467 566 201
Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation Act 1979 section 6
ASIO’s employment framework is
set out in Part V of the above Act.
Australian Transaction
Reports and Analysis Centre
(AUSTRAC)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
32 770 513 371
Anti-Money Laundering and
Counter-Terrorism Financing Act
2006 section 209
Statutory Agency
CrimTrac Agency
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
17 193 904 699
Family Court and Federal
Circuit Court
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
Material
63 684 208 971
Public Service Act 1999 section 65
It was established in 2000 under an
Inter-Governmental Agreement
between the Commonwealth and
each of Australia’s nine police
agencies.
Executive Agency
Courts and Tribunals Legislation
Amendment (Administration) Act
2013 Schedule 2
Federal Court of Australia
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
49 110 847 399
Insolvency and Trustee
Service Australia (also
known as Australian
Financial Security Authority)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
63 384 330 717
National Archives of
Australia
Prescribed Agency
Office of the Australian
Information Commissioner
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
36 889 228 992
Office of Parliamentary
Counsel
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
41 425 630 817
Parliamentary Counsel Act 1970
section 2
Statutory Agency
Office of the Director of
Public Prosecutions
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
41 036 606 436
Old Parliament House
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
30 620 774 963
Director of Public Prosecutions Act
1983 section 5. Under section 27 of
the above Act, the Office may
employ staff.
Statutory Agency
Financial Management and
Accountability Regulations 1997
Executive Agency
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General Government Sector
85 249 230 937
Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
section 5
Statutory Agency
Bankruptcy Act 1966 sections 11 and
18. Personal Property Securities Act
2009 Part 5.9.
Executive Agency
Archives Act 1983 section 5
Executive Agency
Australian Information
Commissioner Act 2010 section 5,
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FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Department of
Communications
Department of State
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Australian
Enabling legislation and other key
Business
governance-related details6
5
Number (ABN)
Communications Portfolio
General Government Sector,
51 491 646 726
Material
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Communications
and Media Authority
(ACMA)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
55 386 169 386
Australian Communications and
Media Authority Act 2005 section 6
Statutory Agency
Telecommunications
Universal Service
Management Agency
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
42 734 640 460
Telecommunications Universal
Service Management Agency Act
2012 section 31
Defence Portfolio
The Veterans’ Affairs Portfolio, which is part of the Defence Portfolio, is listed separately at the end of this table.
Department of Defence
General Government Sector,
68 706 814 312
Australian Constitution and
Department of State
Material
Administrative Arrangements Order.
The Department may also engage
members of the Australian Defence
Force under the Defence Act 1903,
the Naval Defence Act 1910 and the
Air Force Act 1923.
Defence Materiel
General Government Sector,
68 706 814 312
Financial Management and
Material
Organisation
Accountability Regulations 1997
Prescribed Agency
Education Portfolio
Department of Education
Department of State
General Government Sector,
Material
12 862 898 150
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Research Council
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
35 201 451 156
Tertiary Education Quality
and Standards Agency
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
50 658 250 012
Australian Research Council Act
2001 section 5
Statutory Agency – see note (8)
below
Tertiary Education Quality and
Standards Agency Act 2011
section 132
Statutory Agency
Employment Portfolio
Department of Employment
Department of State
General Government Sector,
Material
54 201 218 474
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Asbestos Safety and
Eradication Agency
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
50 802 255 175
Asbestos Safety and Eradication
Agency Act 2013 section 6
Statutory Agency
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FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Equal Opportunity for Women in
the Workplace Agency
(Workplace Gender Equality
Agency)
General Government Sector
Australian
Enabling legislation and other key
Business
governance-related details6
5
Number (ABN)
47 641 643 874
Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012
section 8A
Statutory Agency
Prescribed Agency
Fair Work Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
93 614 579 199
Fair Work Act 2009 section 575
Statutory Agency
Office of the Fair Work
Building Inspectorate
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
68 003 725 098
Building and Construction Industry
Improvement Amendment (Transition
to Fair Work) Act 2012 section 26K.
Office of the Fair Work
Ombudsman
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
Fair Work Act 2009 section 696
Safe Work Australia
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
71 141 751 477
NB registered as
Office of the
Workplace
Ombudsman
81 840 374 163
Seafarers Safety,
Rehabilitation and
Compensation Authority
(Seacare Authority)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
32 745 854 352
Safe Work Australia Act 2008
section 5
Statutory Agency
Seafarers Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act 1992 section 103
Department of Environment,
Department of State
Environment Portfolio
General Government Sector,
34 190 894 983
Material
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Bureau of Meteorology
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
92 637 533 532
Meteorology Act 1955 section 5
Executive Agency
Clean Energy Regulator
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
72 321 984 210
Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011
section 11
Statutory Agency
Climate Change Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
60 585 018 782
Great Barrier Reef Marine
Park Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
12 949 356 885
Climate Change Authority Act 2011
section 10
Statutory Agency
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Act 1975 section 6
Statutory Agency
Murray-Darling Basin
Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
13 679 821 382
Water Act 2007 section 171
Statutory Agency
National Water Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
94 364 176 431
National Water Commission
Act 2004 section 6
Statutory Agency
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FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Department of Finance and
Deregulation
Department of State
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Australian
Business
Number (ABN)5
Finance Portfolio
General Government Sector,
61 970 632 495
Material
Australian Electoral
Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
21 133 285 851
ComSuper
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
77 310 752 950
Future Fund Management
Agency
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
53 156 699 293
Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade
Department of State
Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio
General Government Sector,
47 065 634 525
Material
Australian Centre for
International Agricultural
Research (ACIAR)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
Australian Secret Intelligence
Service
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
Australian Trade Commission
(Austrade)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
Department of Health
Department of State
Enabling legislation and other key
governance-related details6
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
section 6. The AEC can engage staff
under section 29 of the above Act.
Statutory Agency
Comsuper Act 2011 section 4
Statutory Agency
Future Fund Act 2006 section 74
Statutory Agency
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
34 864 955 427
NB Registered
as Australian
Centre for
International
Agriculture
Research
49 667 785 014
Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research Act 1982
section 4
Statutory Agency
11 764 698 227
Australian Trade Commission Act
1985 section 7
Statutory Agency
Health Portfolio
General Government Sector,
83 605 426 759
Material
Intelligence Services Act 2001
section 16. ASIS may engage staff
under section 33 of the above Act.
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian National
Preventive Health Agency
(ANPHA)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
33 965 140 953
Australian National Preventive
Health Agency Act 2010 section 6
Statutory Agency
Australian Radiation
Protection and Nuclear
Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
61 321 195 155
Australian Radiation Protection and
Nuclear Safety Act 1998 section 58
Statutory Agency
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FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Australian Sports AntiDoping Authority (ASADA)
Prescribed Agency
Enabling legislation and other key
governance-related details6
General Government Sector
Australian
Business
Number (ABN)5
91 592 527 503
Cancer Australia
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
21 075 951 918
Cancer Australia Act 2006 section 6
Statutory Agency
Independent Hospital Pricing
Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
27 598 959 960
National Health Reform Act 2011
subsection 129 (1)
Statutory Agency
National Blood Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
87 361 602 478
National Blood Authority Act 2003
section 7
Statutory Agency
National Health Funding
Body (NHFB)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
15 337 761 242
National Health Reform Act 2011
section 251
Statutory Agency
National Health and Medical
Research Council (NHMRC)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
88 601 010 284
National Health Performance
Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
19 620 357 003
National Health and Medical
Research Council Act 1992
section 5B
Statutory Agency
National Health Reform Act 2011
section 59
Statutory Agency
National Mental Health
Commission
Prescribed Agency
Organ and Tissue Authority
(Australian Organ and Tissue
Donation and Transplantation
Authority)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
83 537 016 476
General Government Sector
56 253 405 315
Private Health Insurance
Ombudsman
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
61 673 137 709
Professional Services Review
Scheme
General Government Sector
Prescribed Agency
Department of Human
Services
Department of State
45 307 308 260
NB registered as
Professional
Services Review
Human Services Portfolio
General Government Sector,
90 794 605 008
Material
Australian Sports and Anti Doping
Authority Act 2006 section 20
Statutory Agency
Financial Management and
Accountability Regulations 1997
Executive Agency
Australian Organ and Tissue
Donation and Transplantation
Authority Act 2008 section 8
Statutory Agency
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
section 238-1
Statutory Agency
Health Insurance Act 1973
section 106ZM
Statutory Agency
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Immigration and Border Protection Portfolio
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Department of Immigration
and Border Protection
Department of State
General Government Sector,
Material
33 380 054 835
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Enabling legislation and other key
governance-related details6
Australian Customs and
Border Protection Service
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
Australian
Business
Number (ABN)5
66 015 286 036
Migration Review Tribunal
and Refugee Review Tribunal
(MRT-RRT)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
Department of Industry
Department of State
50 760 799 564
Industry Portfolio
74 599 608 295
General Government Sector,
Material
Established by the Customs Act 1901
and continued in operation by the
Customs Administration Act 1985
section 4
Statutory Agency
Migration Act 1958 section 394 and
section 457
Statutory Agency
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Skills Quality
Authority (National
Vocational Education and
Training Regulator)
Prescribed Agency
Geoscience Australia
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
72 581 678 650
National Vocational Education and
Training Regulator Act 2011 section
155
Statutory Agency
General Government Sector
80 091 799 039
Financial Management and
Accountability Regulations 1997
IP Australia
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
38 113 072 755
Australian Transport Safety
Bureau (ATSB)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
86 267 354 017
Transport Safety Investigation Act
2003 section 12
Statutory Agency
National Capital Authority
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
75 149 374 427
Australian Capital Territory
(Planning and Land Management)
Act 1988 section 5
Statutory Agency
National Offshore Petroleum
Safety and Environmental
Management Authority
(NOPSEMA)
Prescribed Agency
Department of Infrastructure
and Regional Development
Department of State
The agency includes office holders
under the Designs Act 2003, the
Patents Act 1990 and the Trade
Marks Act 1995.
General Government Sector
22 385 178 289
Created under Petroleum
(Submerged Lands) Act 1967 and
continued in existence under the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse
Gas Storage Act 2006.
Statutory Agency
Infrastructure and Regional Development Portfolio
General Government Sector,
86 267 354 017
Australian Constitution and
Material
Administrative Arrangements Order
Prime Minister and Cabinet Portfolio
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Department of the Prime
Minister and Cabinet
Department of State
General Government Sector,
Material
18 108 001 191
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian National Audit
Office
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
33 020 645 631
Auditor-General Act 1997 section 38
Statutory Agency
FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Enabling legislation and other key
governance-related details6
Australian Public Service
Commission (APS
Commission)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
Australian
Business
Number (ABN)5
99 470 863 260
Office of National
Assessments
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
87 904 367 991
Office of the Commonwealth
Ombudsman
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
53 003 678 148
Office of National Assessments Act
1977 section 4. ONA can engage
staff under section 17 of the above
Act.
Statutory Agency
Ombudsman Act 1976 section 31
Statutory Agency
Office of the InspectorGeneral of Intelligence and
Security
Prescribed Agency
Office of the Official
Secretary to the
Governor-General
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
67 332 668 643
Inspector-General of Intelligence
and Security Act 1986 section 32
Statutory Agency
General Government Sector
67 582 329 284
Governor-General Act 1974
section 6. The Official Secretary
may employ staff under section 13 of
the above Act.
Public Service Act 1999 section 40
Statutory Agency
Social Services Portfolio
Department of Social
Services
Department of State
General Government Sector,
Material
36 342 015 855
Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Institute of Family
Studies
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
64 001 053 079
Family Law Act 1975 section 114B.
The AIFS can engage staff under
section 114M of the above Act.
Statutory Agency
Department of the Treasury
Department of State
Treasury Portfolio
General Government Sector,
92 802 414 793
Material
Australian Bureau of
Statistics
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
26 331 428 522
Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
94 410 483 623
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Australian Constitution and
Administrative Arrangements Order
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Act 1975 section 5. The ABS can
engage staff under section 16 of the
above Act.
Statutory Agency
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
section 6A
Statutory Agency
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Australian Office of Financial
Management (AOFM)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
13 059 525 039
Financial Management and
Accountability Regulations 1997
Australian Prudential
Regulation Authority (APRA)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
79 635 582 658
Australian Prudential Regulation
Authority Act 1998 section 7
APRA can engage staff under section
45 of the above Act.
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FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Australian Securities and
Investments Commission
(ASIC)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
Australian Taxation Office
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector,
Material
51 824 753 556
Commonwealth Grants
Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
64 703 642 210
Corporations and Markets
Advisory Committee
(CAMAC)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
41 574 479 010
Inspector-General of Taxation
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
51 248 702 319
National Competition Council
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
56 552 760 098
Office of the Auditing and
Assurance Standards Board
(AUASB)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
80 959 780 601
Office of the Australian
Accounting Standards Board
(AASB)
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
92 702 019 575
Productivity Commission
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
78 094 372 050
Royal Australian Mint
Prescribed Agency
General Government Sector
45 852 104 259
Australian
Business
Number (ABN)5
86 768 265 615
Enabling legislation and other key
governance-related details6
Australian Securities and Investment
Commission Act 2001 section 261.
ASIC can engage staff under section
120 of the above Act.
Statutory Agency
Taxation Administration Act 1953
section 4A
Statutory Agency
Commonwealth Grants Commission
Act 1973 section 7. Staffed under
delegation from the Secretary to the
Department of the Treasury.
Australian Securities and Investment
Commission Act 2001 section 261.
CAMAC can engage staff under
section 156 of the above Act.
Statutory Agency
Inspector-General of Taxation
Act 2003 section 6
Statutory Agency
Competition and Consumer Act 2010
section 29A
Statutory Agency
Australian Securities and Investment
Commission Act 2001
section 227AA. AUASB can engage
staff under section 227AB of the
above Act.
Statutory Agency
Australian Securities and Investment
Commission Act 2001 section 226.
AASB can engage staff under section
226A of the above Act.
Statutory Agency
Productivity Commission Act 1998
section 5
Statutory Agency
Financial Management and
Accountability Regulations 1997
Veterans’ Affairs Portfolio
The Veterans’ Affairs Portfolio is part of the Defence Portfolio, which is listed separately above.
Department of Veterans’
Department of State,
23 964 290 824
Australian Constitution and
Affairs
General Government Sector,
Administrative Arrangements Order
Department of State
Material
Parliamentary Departments
Department of the House of
Representatives
Parliamentary
Department
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General Government Sector
18 526 287 740
Parliamentary Service Act 1999
paragraph 54(1)(b)
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FMA Act body name1
and type of body2
Economic sector3 and
financial classifications4
Department of Parliamentary
Services
Parliamentary
Department
General Government Sector,
Material
Department of the Senate
Parliamentary
Department
Parliamentary Budget Office
Parliamentary
Department
Australian
Business
Number (ABN)5
52 997 141 147
Enabling legislation and other key
governance-related details6
General Government Sector
23 991 641 527
Parliamentary Service Act 1999
paragraph 54(1)(a)
General Government Sector
49 775 240 532
Parliamentary Service Amendment
(Parliamentary Budget Officer) Act
2011 paragraph 64A(1)
Parliamentary Service Act 1999
paragraph 54(3)(a)
Explanatory Notes and Comments:
1
There are 109 FMA Act Agencies, including 18 Departments of State, 4 Departments of Parliament and 68
prescribed Agencies.
2
Department of State means a Department of State as provided for in section 64 of the Australian Constitution.
Section 5 of the FMA Act provides for all Departments of State to be FMA Act Agencies.
Prescribed Agency means prescribed Agency, that is, the Agency is prescribed under regulation 5 of the FMA
Regulations in Schedule 1 of the FMA Regulations, which lists all prescribed Agencies.
Parliamentary Department means a Department of the Parliament. Section 5 of the FMA Act provides for all
Departments to be FMA Act Agencies.
3
General Government Sector means that the agency is classified in Government Finance Statistics in the
General Government Sector.
 The GGS sector, public non-financial corporations and public financial corporations are classifications
based on those used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and comply with international standards.
 The primary function of entities classified in the GGS sector is to provide public services that are mainly
non-market in nature, and for the collective consumption of the community, or that involve the transfer or
redistribution of income. These services are largely financed through taxes and other compulsory levies,
although user charging and external funding have increased in recent years.
 All FMA Act Agencies are classified in the GGS sector.
4
Material means “material entity” as classified by the Department of Finance and Deregulation. This means that
the body is included in the group of Commonwealth entities which together make up at least 99% of total
revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities based on the audited financial statements of those entities amended for
known changes to materiality. Material entities are required to produce more detailed financial information than
non-material entities, for the purposes of providing monthly, end-of-year and estimates reports to the Department
of Finance and Deregulation. 18 Departments of State are “material in nature”.
Executive Agency (recorded against some agencies in the far right hand column) means the agency has been
made an Executive Agency, through an Order made by the Governor-General, under subsection 65(1) of the
Public Service Act 1999, whereby the Agency Head employs APS employees for that Agency.
5
An Australian Business Number (ABN) is an 11 digit identifier that makes it easier for businesses and all levels
of government to interact. Further information is available at www.abr.business.gov.au
6
Relevant Commonwealth legislation may be found at www.comlaw.gov.au.
Statutory Agency (recorded against some bodies in the far right hand column) means the agency is identified in
its enabling legislation as a Statutory Agency for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999, whereby the
legislation provides for the Agency Head to employ APS employees for that Agency.
Disclaimer: This list is not a prescribed list. While the Department of Finance and Deregulation needs to be
consulted by agencies in relation to the creation or abolition of any CAC Act bodies, this list is provided for
general information only and readers should obtain specialist advice before acting on it. In particular, for
confirmation of the ABN for any entries, please check with the relevant body.
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For any questions relating to this list, please contact:
Governance Branch
Financial Framework Division
Governance and Resource Management Group
Department of Finance and Deregulation
E-mail: governancepolicy@finance.gov.au
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