Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The Treasurer shall, from time to time, issue a Treasurer's expenditure control authority to the appropriate Minister for the purpose of issuing and applying money from the Consolidated Fund in accordance with an Appropriation Act who shall authorize the responsible Head of Agency to incur expenditure not exceeding the limit of that authority.
(2) In the application of subsection (1) to an appropriation from the Public Account specified in Schedule 2, the reference to the appropriate Minister in that subsection shall be read as a reference to –
(a) in the case of an appropriation to assist the Governor in the performance of his duties, the Minister administering the Governor of Tasmania Act 1982; or
(b) in the case of an appropriation for the Legislative Council, the President of that House; or
(c) in the case of an appropriation for the House of Assembly, the Speaker for that House; or
(d) in the case of an appropriation for the Legislature-General as referred to in the Appropriation Act, both the President and the Speaker acting jointly; or
(e) in the case of an appropriation for the Office of the Ombudsman, the Minister administering the Ombudsman Act 1978.
(3) A Treasurer's expenditure control authority may be a standing authority regulating expenditure in general terms or may limit or specify the period or nature of expenditure transactions or series of expenditure transactions.
(4) A reference in this section to the regulation of the expenditure of money includes a reference to the commitment of money for expenditure.
(5) Nothing in this section authorizes the Treasurer to expend money in excess of an amount appropriated by Parliament or for any purpose other than a purpose authorized by Parliament, unless otherwise provided in the Public Account Act 1986 or some other written law.