New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC FINANCE AND AUDIT ACT 1983 - SECT 12

12 Commitment etc of expenditure

(1) Expenditure shall be committed or incurred by an officer of an authority only within the limits of a delegation in writing conferred on the officer by a person entitled to make the delegation.

(2) An officer of an authority who commits or incurs expenditure shall be responsible for the exercise of due economy.

(3) An officer of an authority must not, without the authorisation of the Treasurer, incur any liability that would result in a payment out of the Consolidated Fund in excess of the amount to be provided out of the Consolidated Fund in accordance with an Appropriation Act or this Act.

(4) Nothing in this or any other section of this Act prevents an officer of an authority from being authorised to commit or incur expenditure that is legally available for the use of any authority.