Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 906

New South Wales

Public Finance and Audit Amendment

(Officers) Regulation 2003

under the

Public Finance and Audit Act 1983

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.

MICHAEL EGAN, M.L.C.,

Treasurer

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to prescribe members of staff of the Department of Environment and Conservation as officers of the Environment Protection Authority, Resource NSW and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, for the purposes of exercising functions under sections 12 and 13 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 (which deal with commitment of expenditure and the payment of accounts).

This Regulation is made under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, including the definition of officer of an authority in section 4 (1) and section 64 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 191 of 5 December 2003, page 10980	Page 1
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Clause 1	Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2003

Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers)

Regulation 2003

under the

Public Finance and Audit Act 1983

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Finance and Audit Amendment
(Officers) Regulation 2003.

2 Amendment of Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2000

The Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2000 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2003

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 17 Definitions of “authority” and “officer of an authority”

Insert after clause 17 (10):

(11) For the purposes of the definition of officer of an authority in section 4 (1) of the Act, a member of staff of the Department of Environment and Conservation is a prescribed person in relation to the Environment Protection Authority, Resource NSW and the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust (in addition to the persons referred to in subclause (8)), but only for the purposes of exercising functions under sections 12 and 13 of the Act.

BY AUTHORITY