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(a) a Department of State:
(i) including persons who are allocated to the Department (for the purposes of this Act) by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph; but
(ii) not including any part of the Department that is a prescribed Agency;
(b) a Department of the Parliament, including persons who are allocated to the Department (for the purposes of this Act) by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph;
(c) a prescribed Agency.
"appropriation" means an authority under this Act or any other law to draw money from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, whether or not the law concerned uses the word "appropriation" or "appropriated".
(a) a person who carries on the business of banking, either in Australia or outside Australia; or
(b) any other institution:
(i) that carries on a business in Australia that consists of or includes taking money on deposit; and
(ii) the operations of which are subject to prudential supervision or regulation under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
(a) for a prescribed Agency--the person identified by the regulations as the Chief Executive of the Agency; or
(b) for any other Agency--the person who is the Secretary of the Agency for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 or the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 .
"CRF or Consolidated Revenue Fund" means the Consolidated Revenue Fund referred to in section 81 of the Constitution.
"Department of the Treasury" means the Department administered by the Treasurer and includes:
(a) persons who are allocated to the Department (for the purposes of this Act) by regulations made for the purposes of subparagraph (a)(i) of the definition of Agency in this section; or
(b) any part of the Department that is a prescribed Agency.
"Finance Minister" means the Minister who administers this Act.
"Finance Minister's Orders" means Orders made under section 63.
"Minister" includes a Presiding Officer.
"official" means a person who is in an Agency or is part of an Agency.
"official account" means a bank account referred to in section 9.
"prescribed Agency" means a body, organisation or group of persons prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
"Presiding Officer" means the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(a) money in the custody or under the control of the Commonwealth; or
(b) money in the custody or under the control of any person acting for or on behalf of the Commonwealth in respect of the custody or control of the money;
including such money that is held on trust for, or otherwise for the benefit of, a person other than the Commonwealth.
(a) property in the custody or under the control of the Commonwealth; or
(b) property in the custody or under the control of any person acting for or on behalf of the Commonwealth in respect of the custody or control of the property;
including such property that is held on trust for, or otherwise for the benefit of, a person other than the Commonwealth.
(a) a Special Account that is established by the Finance Minister under section 20; or
(b) a Special Account that is established by an Act other than this Act.
Note: See also the Financial Management Legislation Amendment Act 1999 , which converted components of previously existing funds into Special Accounts.
"Special Instruction" means an instruction by the Finance Minister under section 16.
"special public money" has the meaning given by section 16.