Finance Regulations (Amendment) 1991 No. 135
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 135
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Finance
The attached Statutory Rules amend Finance Regulation 6A which was made under subsection 71(1) of the Audit Act 1901 (the Act).
The amendment declares the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the Family and Federal Courts to be prescribed authorities for the purposes of the Act. This means that these bodies now come within the definition of "Department" in section 2 of the Act, subregulation 4(1) of the Finance Regulations and regulation 2 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations. As a prescribed authority each body will operate in matters of financial administration independently of the Attorney-General's Department.