Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 3

                In these regulations:

"Act" means the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 .

"agency agreement" means an agreement for the procurement of property or services under which an Agency is obliged, or may become obliged, to make a payment of public money to another Agency.

approver means:

                (a)    a Minister; or

               (b)    a Chief Executive; or

                (c)    a person authorised by or under an Act to exercise a function of approving proposals to spend public money.

"Commonwealth contract" means an agreement for the procurement of property or services under which the Commonwealth is obliged, or may become obliged, to make a payment of public money.

"employee" includes:

                (a)    a member of the Defence Force; and

               (b)    a statutory office‑holder; and

                (c)    a person engaged under one of the following Acts (as in force from time to time):

                          (i)    the Air Force Act 1923 ;

                         (ii)    the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 ;

                         (iii)    the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 ;

                        (iv)    the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 ;

                         (v)    the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 ;

                        (vi)    the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ;

                        (vii)    the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ;

                       (viii)    the Defence Act 1903 ;

                        (ix)    the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1983 ;

                         (x)    the Family Law Act 1975 ;

                        (xi)    the Naval Defence Act 1910 ;

                        (xii)    the Governor-General Act 1974 ;

                       (xiii)    the High Court of Australia Act 1979 ;

                       (xiv)    the Intelligence Services Act 2001 ;

                       (xv)    the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 ;

                       (xvi)    the Office of National Assessments Act 1977 ;

                      (xvii)    the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 ; and

                     (xviii)    the Public Service Act 1999 .

financial task :

                (a)    means a task or procedure relating to the commitment, spending, management or control of public money; and

               (b)    does not include a task or procedure of that kind that is performed by an outsider, under an agreement or arrangement authorised under subsection 12 (1) of the Act.

Note    Outsider is defined in section 12 of the Act as any person other than the Commonwealth, an official or a Minister.

"Finance Chief Executive" means the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Deregulation.

"FMA Orders " means Orders issued by the Finance Minister under section 63 of the Act.

"grant" has the meaning given by regulation 3A.

"spending proposal" means a proposal that could lead to the creation of a contract, agreement or arrangement under which public money is payable or may become payable (including public money that is payable or may become payable in circumstances in which payment would be a notional payment for the purposes of section 6 of the Act).

"Treasury Chief Executive" means the Secretary of the Department of the Treasury.