Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Financial Management Act 1994 - SECT 3

Definitions

3. Definitions

In this Act-

accountable officer, in relation to a department or public body, means the
accountable officer for that department or public body as determined under
section 42;

accounting records includes-

   (a)  invoices, receipts, orders for the payment of money, bills of
        exchange, cheques, promissory notes, vouchers and other documents of
        prime entry; and

   (b)  such working papers and other documents as are necessary to explain
        the methods and calculations by which accounts are made up;

authorised deposit-taking institution has the same meaning as in the
Banking Act 1959 of the Commonwealth;



authority means-

   (a)  a department; or

   (b)  a person or body prescribed as an authority for the purposes of this
        Act;

Board means the Victorian Government Purchasing Board established by section
54A;

business day means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday
appointed under the Public Holidays Act 1993;

chief finance and accounting officer, in relation to an authority or public
body, means the person designated as that officer for the purposes of section
43;

department means-

   (a)  a department within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004;

   (b)  an office specified in section 16(1) of that Act;

enactment means a rule, regulation, by-law, order, Order in Council,
proclamation or other instrument of a legislative character;

financial accommodation has the same meaning as in the
Borrowing and Investment Powers Act 1987;



financial year means-

   (a)  in relation to a public body-

   (i)  if the Minister has made a determination under section 6 with respect
        to the financial year of that public body, the period referred to in
        the determination;

   (ii) if a period is determined by or under any other Act to be the
        financial year for that public body, that period;

   (b)  in any other case, the period of 12 months ending at midnight on 30
        June;

public body means-

   (a)  a public statutory authority;

   (b)  a State business corporation or State body within the meaning of the
        State Owned Enterprises Act 1992;

   (c)  a body, office or trust body-

   (i)  established by or under an Act or enactment; or

   (ii) established by the Governor in Council or a Minister- and that is
        declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Government
        Gazette, to be a body or office to which Part 7 applies;

outputs means goods produced or services provided by or on behalf of an
authority or public body;



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the relevant Minister means-

   (a)  in relation to a department, the Minister or Ministers for the time
        being responsible for any part of that department;

   (b)  in relation to a public body established by or under a provision of an
        Act or enactment, the Minister or Ministers for the time being
        administering that provision or enactment;

   (c)  in relation to any other public body, the Minister declared by Order
        under section 5 to be the relevant Minister;



   (d)  in relation to a body to which section 53A applies, the Minister
        declared by notice under section 53A(3) to be the relevant Minister in
        relation to the body for the purposes of section 53A;

trust body means a body (including a trustee or trustees) who or which, or any
office the holder of which, is charged with the control or management of any
trust, fund, account or superannuation scheme which is established by an Act
or enactment or by the Governor in Council or a Minister.