Section 44AE — Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)

(1) The Australian Energy Regulator (the AER) is established by this section.

(2) The AER:

(a) is a body corporate with perpetual succession; and

(b) must have a common seal; and

(c) may acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; and

(d) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

(3) However, the AER is taken, for the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013):

(a) not to be a corporate Commonwealth entity; and

(b) to be a part of the Commonwealth, and a part of the Commission; and

(c) not to be a body corporate.

Related sections

• s 44AB — Definitions
• s 44AC — This Part binds the Crown
• s 44AD — Extra‑territorial operation
• s 44AF — AER to hold money and property on behalf of the Commonwealth
• s 44AG — Constitution of the AER
• s 44AH — Commonwealth functions

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