Commonwealth Authorities and Companies (Financial Statements 2000–2001) Orders (Cth)

Commonwealth Authorities and Companies (Financial Statements 2000–2001) Orders

I, JOHN FAHEY, Minister for Finance and Administration, make these Orders under subsection 48 (1) of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.

Dated 24 May 2001

John Fahey

Minister for Finance and Administration

1              Name of Orders

These Orders are the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies (Financial Statements 2000–2001) Orders.

Note   Other matters relating to Commonwealth Authorities are dealt with in other Orders made by the Minister under subsection 48 (1) of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.

2              Commencement

These Orders commence on gazettal.

3              Financial statements for financial years ending on or after 30 June 2001 but before 30 June 2002

For subitem 2 (1) of Schedule 1 to the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, Schedule 1 sets out the requirements for the preparation of financial statements for the financial year ending on 30 June 2001, or a financial year ending after that date but before 30 June 2002.

Note   Schedule 1 is identical to Schedule 1 to the Financial Management and Accountability (Financial Statements 2000–2001) Orders. The purpose of having identical requirements is to achieve uniformity in financial reporting across the Commonwealth public sector which will assist in the preparation of annual financial statements in relation to the Commonwealth by the Finance Minister under section 55 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. Accordingly, certain terms, requirements and references contained in Schedule 1 to these Orders apply to Commonwealth Authorities and not to Agencies while other terms, requirements and references apply to Agencies and not to Commonwealth Authorities.

Schedule 1        Annual financial statements

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