Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 Regulation relating to prescription of certain persons as officers of authorities (1990-190) [GG No 44 of 30.3.1990] (NSW)

1990 - NO. 190

PUBLIC FINANCE AND AUDIT ACT 1983 - REGULATION

(Relating to prescription of certain persons

as officers of authorities) NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 44 of 30 March 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

JOHN FAHEY

for Premier and Treasurer.

The Public Finance and Audit Regulation 1984 is amended by

inserting after clause 2AA (2) the following subclause:

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (d) of the definition of "officer of an authority" in section 4 (1) of the Act, a person specified in Column 2 of the Table to this subclause is a prescribed person in relation to the authority specified opposite the person in Column 1 of the Table:

TABLE

Column 1 Column 2

Department of Family and An employee of the Community

Community Services Welfare Employment

Corporation constituted by

section 13B of the

Community Welfare Act 1987.

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Department of Family and The President and Deputy

Community Services President of the

Guardianship Board under

the Disability Services and

Guardianship Act 1987.

Department of Health	An employee of an area health service specified in Schedule 2 to the Area Health Services Act 1986.
Department of Health	An employee of a public

hospital within the meaning of the Public Hospitals Act 1929.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 1984 to prescribe certain persons other than actual employees of the authorities as officers of authorities. The Regulation will ensure that sections 9 (Treasurer’s directions), 12 (Commitment of expenditure) and 13 (Payment of accounts) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 will apply to those persons when they are carrying out financial functions on behalf of the relevant authorities.