Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 5 of 2007-2008) (Cth)

DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997

Context:

The Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner Act 2006 established the office of the Integrity Commissioner.  Regulations made under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 prescribed the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) as a prescribed agency.  Amounts were initially appropriated to the Attorney-General's Department as part of its departmental item in relation to the functions of ACLEI. 

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 part of the appropriation item listed in column 1 of the following table (being the amount 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	Attorney-General’s Department	Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity	1,500,000

Brett Kaufmann

Acting Division Manager

Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division

Department of Finance and Administration

23 August 2007                           No. 5 of 2007-2008