Treasury Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1923. No. 47.

 

TREASURY REGULATIONS UNDER THE AUDIT ACT 1901-1920.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the AuditAct 1901-1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this 21st day of April, 1923.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency's Command,

Treasurer.

 

Amendment of the Treasury Regulations 1919.

(Statutory Rules 1919, No. 159, as amended to this date.)

Treasury Regulations under the Audit Act 1901-1920 are hereby amended as follows:—

After regulation 104, insert the following new regulation:—

“104a.—(1) The indorsement of a cheque drawn in United States of America by the Australian Commissioner in the United States of America, or by one or more duly authorized officers in the office of the Australian Commissioner will constitute a sufficient receipt to the Commonwealth for the moneys paid thereby, provided that the indorsement is in accordance with the law applicable thereto.

(2) For the purposes of the Audit Act a certificate given by the Official Secretary and the Accountant to the Australian Commissioner in the United States of America, that the paid cheques accompanying the cash book and vouchers periodically transmitted to Australia have been duly examined, and that the indorsement in each case is in accordance with the law applicable thereto, shall be sufficient evidence of the contents of the certificate.”

Printed and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.

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