Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997 - SECT 36

             (1)  The following persons have authority to approve a proposal to spend public money under an appropriation for a Department of the Parliament:

                     (a)  a Presiding Officer, for expenditure under an appropriation for which he or she alone is responsible;

                     (b)  the Presiding Officers jointly, for expenditure under an appropriation for which they are jointly responsible.

             (2)  A Presiding Officer may by written instrument delegate his or her powers under this section to an official. In exercising powers under the delegation, the official must comply with any directions of the Presiding Officer.