Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 Determination 2000/09 Determination to Establish a Special Account (Cth)

DETERMINATION 2000/09

SECTION 20 OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997

DETERMINATION TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL ACCOUNT

I, Gavin Back, Special Adviser, Financial Framework Branch, pursuant to powers delegated to me by the Finance Chief Executive under section 53 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, determine, for the purposes of section 20 of that Act, that the Attorney-General’s Department – CrimTrac Account is established as a Special Account.

I further determine that:

(a)    amounts of the following kinds may be credited to this account:

§     all money appropriated by law to CrimTrac;

§     all money received in consideration for any service, benefit, activity, transaction or other matter which is congruent with the expenditure purposes of the account;

§     all money paid to the Commonwealth by any person for the expenditure purposes of the account;

§     all money held in the “AGD Official CrimTrac Account”; and,

(b)   the purposes for which amounts may be debited to the account are:

§     for expenditure incurred to develop, procure, implement and operate new information systems and to ensure that appropriate services are provided to CrimTrac clients in relation to the new and the existing Information Technology systems.

Signed Gavin Back

Gavin Back

Delegate of the Finance Chief Executive

9 August 2000