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.]