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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Financial Administration and Audit
Amendment Bill 1999
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Financial Administration and
Audit Amendment Act 1999.
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2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
3. The Act amended
5 The amendments in this Act are to the Financial Administration
and Audit Act 1985*.
[* Reprinted as at 9 July 1999.
For subsequent amendments see Acts Nos. 5 and 8 of 1999.]
4. Section 27 amended
10 Section 27(1) is repealed and the following subsections are
inserted instead --
"
(1) The Treasurer may direct that an appropriation for a
financial year may, to the extent necessary to meet any
15 relevant commitment, be transferred to a suspense
account, and any such transfer is to be regarded as a
payment correctly chargeable against that appropriation
for that financial year.
(1a) Moneys standing to the credit of a suspense account
20 under subsection (1) may be transferred as and when
needed for application in connection with the relevant
commitment.
".
5. Section 33 amended
25 After section 33(1b) the following subsection is inserted --
"
(1c) Subsections (1) and (1a) do not prevent an accountable
officer or accountable authority from making
arrangements for payments that are of a recurring
30 nature to be directly charged to a bank account.
".
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6. Section 58 amended
After section 58(2)(k) the following paragraph is inserted --
"
(ka) the manner in which matters can be certified or
5 authenticated for the purposes of this Act,
including certification or authentication by
electronic means;
".
7. Section 58D inserted
10 After section 58C the following section is inserted --
"
58D. Payments in respect of asset holdings
(1) In this section --
"net assets", in relation to a department or statutory
15 authority, means the amount by which the total
assets of the department or statutory authority
exceeds its total liabilities, or such portion of that
amount as is determined by the Treasurer.
(2) The Treasurer may give the accountable officer of a
20 department directions in writing that the accountable
officer arrange for the payment to the Treasurer of a
levy of an amount determined by the Treasurer in
respect of the net assets of the department.
(3) The Treasurer may give the accountable authority of a
25 statutory authority directions in writing that the
accountable authority arrange for the payment to the
Treasurer of a levy of an amount determined by the
Treasurer in respect of the net assets of the statutory
authority.
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(4) The Treasurer may, by a further direction in writing
given to the accountable officer or accountable
authority, amend or revoke a direction previously given
under this section.
5 (5) An accountable officer or accountable authority is
authorized and required to comply with directions
under this section.
(6) Without limiting subsection (11) of section 52, the
responsibilities referred to in that subsection include
10 responsibilities imposed under this section.
(7) Nothing in this section limits or otherwise affects any
other power of the Treasurer or another Minister to
give directions to a chief executive officer or a
statutory authority.
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