Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of this section, the prescribed conditions , in relation to an entity, are the
conditions that —
(a) the
entity forms a part of a department; and
(b) the
entity maintains separate accounts; and
(c) the
entity is the subject of —
(i)
a separate division within the estimates; or
(ii)
a separate head of expenditure created by a determination
under section 25(2)(b); or
(iii)
expenditure authorised under section 27(1);
and
(d) the
holder of an office in the department, who is not the chief executive officer
of the department, has functions in relation to the entity under —
(i)
a written law; or
(ii)
a delegation made under the Public Sector Management
Act 1994 section 33 by that chief executive officer.
(2) The Treasurer may
declare that, for the purposes of this Act —
(a) an
entity that satisfies the prescribed conditions is a sub-department; and
(b) the
holder of an office referred to in subsection (1)(d) is the accountable
authority of the sub-department.
(3) If, after a
declaration is made under subsection (2) in relation to a sub-department
and its accountable authority, the entity that comprises the sub-department
ceases to satisfy any of the prescribed conditions, the declaration is revoked
by operation of this subsection.
(4) If the holder of
an office has been declared to be an accountable authority on the basis of a
delegation referred to in subsection (1)(d)(ii), the chief executive
officer who made the delegation is to notify the Treasurer immediately if the
delegation is amended or revoked.
(5) The Treasurer may
at any time revoke a declaration under subsection (2).
(6) Part 5
Division 3 applies in relation to the revocation of a declaration under
subsection (2) as if a reference in that Division to the abolition of an
agency were a reference to that revocation.