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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 8.35

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 8.35

8.35 .         Interpretation

        (1)         For the purposes of this Division, funds of a local government are misapplied if any moneys paid from, or due to, any fund or account of the local government are misapplied to purposes not authorised by law.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Division, local government property is misapplied if anything that belongs to the local government is dealt with in a way that is not authorised by law and causes the local government to suffer loss.

        (3)         In this Division —

        amount misapplied means —

            (a)         an amount of money misapplied as referred to in subsection (1); or

            (b)         the amount of a loss suffered as referred to in subsection (2);

        authorised person means —

            (a)         the Departmental CEO; or

            (b)         any other person authorised to conduct an inquiry under section 8.3; or

            (c)         any person authorised under section 8.36.

        [Section 8.35 amended: No. 28 of 2006 s. 364.]