Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 – Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 3 of 2007-2008) (Cth)

DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997

Context:           

On 23 February 2006, the Attorney-General announced that the policy and administrative functions previously held by the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) would be folded into the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD). On 7 July 2006, a preliminary section 32 direction was issued to transfer appropriation originally appropriated to the OFLC to AGD. This direction completes the transfer of functions from OFLC to AGD.

I, Brett Kaufmann, Acting Division Manager, Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division, Department of Finance and Administration, sub-delegate of the Minister for Finance and Administration under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (‘the FMA Act’), issue the following direction under section 32 of the FMA Act:

That the appropriation items listed in column 1 of the following table in the amounts listed in column 4 be transferred from the 'old agency' listed in column 2 to the 'new agency' listed in column 3.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Appropriation Item	Old Agency	New Agency	$
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2007-2008 Departmental Item - Departmental Outputs	Office of Film and Literature Classification	Attorney-General’s Department	8,839,000
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2007-2008 State, ACT, NT and local government Item – Outcome 1, Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government	Office of Film and Literature Classification	Attorney-General’s Department	833,000

Brett Kaufmann

Acting Division Manager

Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division

Department of Finance and Administration

9 August 2007                           No. 3 of 2007-2008