Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Shared Services) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 293

New South Wales

Public Finance and Audit Amendment

(Shared Services) 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 amend the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2000 to nominate officers that are to be recognised as officers of an authority for the purposes of sections 12 and 13 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983. The effect of this is that these officers may, within the limits of their delegation, incur or commit to expenditure from the Consolidated Fund.

This Regulation is made under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, including sections 4 and 64 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 89 of 23 May 2003, page 4852	Page 1
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Clause 1	Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Shared Services) Regulation 2003

Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Shared Services)

Regulation 2003

under the

Public Finance and Audit Act 1983

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Finance and Audit Amendment
(Shared Services) 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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Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

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

Insert after clause 17 (7):

(8)	For the purposes of the definition of officer of an authority in section 4 (1) of the Act, the persons holding the positions in the Shared Services Group that are specified in Part A of the Table to this subclause are prescribed as officers in relation to the authorities specified in Part B of the Table, but only for the purposes of exercising functions under sections 12 and 13 of the Act.
Table
Part A

Director VSA Shared Services
Manager VSA Finance Services
Senior Accountant
Systems Accountant
Accountant and Client Service Officer
Compliance Accountant
Accounts Supervisor
Manager VSA HR Services
Employee Services Manager
HR Client Services Officer
Learning and Development Coordinator
Payroll Services Coordinator/System Administrator
OHS Coordinator
Manager VSA IT Services
IT Contract and Client Service Manager

IT Project and Client Service Coordinator

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Schedule 1 Amendment

Part B

Tourism New South Wales
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust

Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust

(9)	In subclause (8):
Shared Services Group means the Shared Services Group, established under the Co-operation Agreement, for the VSA Shared Services Arrangement, Version 4, dated 1 August 2002, between Tourism New South Wales, Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust and the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust.
(10)	For the purposes of the definition of officer of an authority in section 4 (1) of the Act, the persons holding the positions in NSW Businesslink, Department of Housing, that are specified in Part A of the Table to this subclause are prescribed as officers in relation to authorities specified in Part B of the Table, but only for the purposes of exercising functions under sections 12 and 13 of the Act.
Table
Part A

General Manager
Manager Financial Services
Manager IT Services
Manager Specialist
Manager Transaction Services
Team Leader Finance
Senior Client Consultant, Financial Services

Manager Human Resources Services

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Amendment Schedule 1

Part B

Department of Community Services
Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

Home Care Service of New South Wales

BY AUTHORITY

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