265Ancillary powers of Corporation

1. In addition to services required to be provided under this Act, the Corporation may provide services under subsection (2) or (4)—

2. that are outside the functions of the Corporation under section 262 (as long as the services are consistent with the purposes of this Act):
3. whether or not the services are provided to a person who would not otherwise have cover under this Act.

4. The Corporation may provide services on a commercial basis, but only if—

5. the service is provided by a Crown entity subsidiary of the Corporation; and
6. the provision of the service is a viable commercial proposition for the Crown entity subsidiary; and
7. the service being provided is one that is consistent with the role and functions of the Corporation under this Act; and
8. any decision to provide the service, and the provision of the service, is consistent with any relevant policy direction given by the Minister under section 103 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

9. Subsection (2) applies despite section 97(a) of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

10. The Corporation may provide government services or payments funded by an appropriation by Parliament, other than on a commercial basis, but only if—

11. the service being provided is one that is consistent with the role and functions of the Corporation under this Act; and
12. any decision to provide the service, and the provision of the service, is consistent with any relevant policy direction given by the Minister under section 103 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.

13. All money received by the Corporation from an appropriation by Parliament for the purposes of subsection (4), and the expenditure of that money, must be allocated and managed through the Accounts if it is reasonable and practicable to do so; but otherwise it must be applied, accounted for, and reported on separately from the Accounts.

Notes

• Section 265: substituted, on 3 March 2010, by section 41 of the Accident Compensation Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 1).