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This legislation has been repealed.

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT ACT 1985


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART I -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Application  

   PART II -- Financial administration  

           Division 1 -- Treasurer’s accounts  

   5.      Treasurer’s accounts  
   6.      Consolidated Fund  
   8.      Treasurer’s Advance Account  
   8A.     Operation of Treasurer’s Advance Authorisation Acts  
   9.      Trust Fund  
   10.     Trust statement  
   11.     Payments to Trust Fund accounts  
   12.     Charging of expenditure to Trust Fund accounts  
   13.     Accounts not to be overdrawn  
   14.     Transfer of excess in Trust Fund  
   15.     Closure of accounts  
   15A.    Estimates as to certain trust accounts  

           Division 1a -- Trust accounts for the operations of departments  

   15B.    Establishment of operating accounts  
   15C.    Payments to operating accounts  
   15D.    Charging of expenditure to operating accounts  
   15E.    Closure of operating account or transfer of service  
   15F.    Other laws not affected  

           Division 2 -- Departmental accounts and manuals  

   16.     Departmental accounts subsidiary to the Treasurer’s accounts  
   17.     Other departmental accounts to be maintained  
   18.     Accounting manuals  

           Division 3 -- Bank accounts  

   19.     Public Bank Account  
   20.     Conduct of banking business of State  
   21.     Departments and statutory authorities may open and maintain bank accounts  
   22.     Treasurer may approve overdraft  

           Division 3a -- Application of Public Bank Account  

   22A.    Application of Public Bank Account  

           Division 4 -- Supply and appropriation  

   23.     Moneys to be appropriated  
   23A.    Net appropriations  
   24.     Payments prior to grant of supply  
   25.     Transfer of appropriations on transfer of function  
   25A.    Transfer from central appropriations  
   26.     Payment within 10 days after financial year ends  
   27.     Transfers to suspense account  
   28.     Expenditure in advance of appropriation  
   29.     Unexpended appropriations to lapse  

           Division 4a -- Transfer of interest earned  

   29B.    Payments from the Public Bank Account Interest Earned Account  

           Division 5 -- Payment or transfer of moneys  

   30.     Manner of issue of moneys  
   31.     Warrants  
   32.     Payment to be authorised by law  
   33.     Payments to be certified  

           Division 6 -- Receipt of moneys  

   34.     Certain moneys to be paid to a bank account  
   35.     Certain moneys to be credited to an account or fund  
   35A.    Adjustments within 10 days after financial year  
   36.     Private moneys collected to be credited to Trust Fund  

           Division 7 -- Investment of public moneys, moneys of statutory authorities and other moneys  

   37.     Interpretation  
   38.     Investment by the Treasurer of moneys that are in the Public Bank Account  
   39.     Proceeds of investments  
   40.     Investment of moneys by departments and statutory authorities  

           Division 9 -- Financial administration of statutory authorities  

   42.     Estimates of statutory authorities  
   43.     Accounts to be kept  
   44.     Accounting manuals  

           Division 10 -- Write-offs and recoveries  

   45.     Write-offs  
   46.     Liability for losses, etc.  
   47.     Auditor General, Under Treasurer and accountable officers to take action in respect of losses, etc.  
   48.     Recovery of amount  
   49.     Burden of proof  
   50.     Persons not liable twice in respect of same loss, etc.  
   51.     Application to statutory authorities  

           Division 11 -- Appointments, delegations and instructions  

   52.     Accountable officer for each department  
   53.     Duties of accountable officer of department  
   54.     Accountable authority for each statutory authority  
   55.     Duties of accountable authorities of statutory authorities  
   56.     Chief finance officer  
   57.     Delegations and authorisations  
   58.     Treasurer’s Instructions  

           Division 11A -- Miscellaneous powers and duties  

   58A.    Treasurer’s power to require information  
   58B.    Act of grace payments  
   58C.    Secrecy of operations prohibited  
   58D.    Payments in respect of asset holdings  

           Division 14 -- Annual reports  

   65B.    Treasurer’s reports and statements  
   66.     Accountable authority to report to Minister  
   67.     Financial statements  
   68.     Accountable authorities to send accounts, etc. to Auditor General  
   69.     Minister to table accountable authority’s report  
   70.     Minister to advise if annual report cannot be tabled  

           Division 15 -- Final reports  

   70A.    Final report on abolition of department or statutory authority  

   PART III -- Audit  

           Division 1 -- The Auditor General  

   71.     Appointment of Auditor General  
   72.     Salary and entitlements  
   73.     Rights of officers preserved  
   74.     Tenure of office  
   75.     Suspension and removal from office  
   76.     Declaration by Auditor General  
   77.     Acting appointments  

           Division 2 -- Audits  

   78.     Auditor General to audit accounts  
   78A.    Audits of subsidiary bodies  
   79.     Duties of Auditor General as to audits  
   80.     Power to investigate  
   81.     Audit of the accounts of the Auditor General  
   82.     Auditor General may appoint person to audit  
   83.     Access to accounts  
   84.     Bank or other financial institution to furnish information  
   85.     Power to require information  
   86.     Power to call for persons and papers  
   87.     Power to administer and examine on oath  
   88.     Power to obtain opinion  
   89.     Communication with Treasurer  
   90.     Protection from liability  
   91.     Information confidential  
   92.     Audit fees  

           Division 3 -- Auditor General’s opinions and reports  

   93.     Opinion on financial statements  
   95.     Report of Auditor General  

   PART IV -- Miscellaneous  

   96.     Regulations  
   98.     Transitional and savings  
           SCHEDULE 1  
           SCHEDULE 1A  
           SCHEDULE 2  
           SCHEDULE 3  
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