Financial Administration and Audit Amendment Act 2000 (WA)

Western Australia

Financial Administration and Audit

Amendment Act 2000

Western Australia

Financial Administration and Audit

Amendment Act 2000

CONTENTS

1.	Short title	1
2.	Commencement	2
3.	The Act amended	2
4.	Section 27 amended	2
5.	Section 33 amended	3
6.	Section 58 amended	3
7.	Section 58D inserted	3

58D. Payments in respect of asset holdings 3

Western Australia

Financial Administration and Audit

Amendment Act 2000

No. 65 of 2000

An Act to amend the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.

[Assented to 7 December 2000]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.             Short title

This Act may be cited as the Financial Administration and

Audit Amendment Act 2000.

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2.             Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives

the Royal Assent.

3.             The Act amended

The amendments in this Act are to the Financial Administration

and Audit Act 1985*.

[* Reprinted as at 9 July 1999.

For subsequent amendments see Acts Nos. 5 and 8 of 1999.]

4.             Section 27 amended

Section 27(1) is repealed and the following subsections are

inserted instead —

“

(1)

The Treasurer may direct that an appropriation for a

financial year may, to the extent necessary to meet any

relevant commitment, be transferred to a suspense

account, and any such transfer is to be regarded as a

payment correctly chargeable against that appropriation

for that financial year.

(1a)

Moneys standing to the credit of a suspense account under subsection (1) may be transferred as and when needed for application in connection with any relevant

commitment and, subject to subsection (3), are not to

be applied in any other way.

(1b)

In subsections (1) and (1a) —

“relevant commitment” means a commitment that —

(a)	is relevant to the financial year referred to in subsection (1); and
(b)	is in respect of superannuation, leave or depreciation.

”.

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5.             Section 33 amended

After section 33(1b) the following subsection is inserted —

“

(1c)

Subsections (1) and (1a) do not prevent an accountable

officer or accountable authority from making

arrangements for payments that are of a recurring

nature to be directly charged to a bank account.

”.

6.             Section 58 amended

After section 58(2)(k) the following paragraph is inserted —

“

(ka)

the manner in which matters can be certified or

authenticated for the purposes of this Act,

including certification or authentication by

electronic means;

”.

7.             Section 58D inserted

After section 58C the following section is inserted —

“

58D. Payments in respect of asset holdings

(1) In this section —

“net assets”, in relation to a department or statutory authority, means the amount by which the total assets of the department or statutory authority

exceeds its total liabilities, or such portion of that

amount as is determined by the Treasurer.

(2)	The Treasurer may give the accountable officer of a department directions in writing that the accountable officer arrange for the payment to the Treasurer of a levy of an amount determined by the Treasurer in
respect of the net assets of the department.

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(3)

The Treasurer may give the accountable authority of a

statutory authority directions in writing that the

accountable authority arrange for the payment to the

Treasurer of a levy of an amount determined by the

Treasurer in respect of the net assets of the statutory

authority.

(4)

The Treasurer may, by a further direction in writing

given to the accountable officer or accountable

authority, amend or revoke a direction previously given

under this section.

(5)

An accountable officer or accountable authority is authorized and required to comply with directions under this section.

(6)

Without limiting subsection (11) of section 52, the

responsibilities referred to in that subsection include

responsibilities imposed under this section.

(7)

Nothing in this section limits or otherwise affects any

other power of the Treasurer or another Minister to

give directions to a chief executive officer or a

statutory authority.

”.