Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797:section:27a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00797
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 27A
Character Range: 90380–91451

27A  Establishment of ASD on a statutory basis
 (1) The organisation known as the Australian Signals Directorate is continued in existence in accordance with this Act.
Note: The Australian Signals Directorate provides assistance to the Defence Force in support of military operations and cooperates with the Defence Force on intelligence matters: see paragraph 7(1)(d).
 (2) For the purposes of the finance law (within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013):
 (a) ASD is a listed entity; and
 (b) the Director‑General of ASD is the accountable authority of ASD; and
 (c) the following persons are officials of ASD:
 (i) the Director‑General of ASD;
 (ii) the staff referred to in section 38A;
 (iii) consultants engaged under section 38B;
 (iv) employees of contracted service providers engaged under section 38C who are providing services under the relevant ASD contract;
 (v) persons whose services are made available to ASD under section 38E; and
 (d) the purposes of ASD include the functions of ASD referred to in section 7.