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Audit Act 1901
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C2004H01420
01 July 1996
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31 December 1997
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1 Citation [see Note 1]
2 Repeal
4 Interpretation
5 Forms
5A Application of Regulations
6 Receipts and payments of financial year
6A Prescribed authorities
7 Appointment of Receivers and Collectors
14 Prescribed form for the purposes of section 49 of the Act
23 Responsibility for safe custody of securities
26 Receivers to furnish Receiver’s Statements
27 Receiver’s Statements to be delivered on last day of financial year
28 Receivers to obtain from bank Accountable Receipts for moneys paid to Public Account
29 Accountable Receipts to agree with totals of Statements
32 Particulars of Government property to be sold
35 Record of collections
38 Issue of licences
39 Receipts
40 Numbering of licence and receipt forms
41 Duplicate receipt
42 Procurement guidelines
43 Open and effective competition
43A Guidelines providing for gazettal to be mandatory
43B Publication in the Gazette of details of contracts and standing offers
44A Conditions for approval of proposals to spend public moneys
44B Conditions for entering into commitments
44C Persons who may approve proposals to spend public moneys: Parliamentary Departments
44D Rights and liabilities of parties not affected
45 Responsibilities of Certifying Officers
45A Indication by Certifying Officer in relation to a payment in a prescribed class
55 Officers to assist claimants in preparation of claims
56 Claims for periodic or progress payments under contract
58 Method of preparing accounts for salary, wages and allowances
59 Preparation of accounts for certain allowances
60 Petty cash expenditure
61 Refunds of revenue and payments from Trust Fund — duties of certain officers
63 Calculation of pensions under section 84 of the Constitution
68 Persons to whom accounts may be paid
69 Forms of orders not altered by addition or indorsement
70 Officer not to act as agent for receipt of moneys payable by Commonwealth
73 Paymasters to whom accounts are to be forwarded for payment
74 Advances
74A Purposes to which subsection 36 (2) of the Act applies
75 Appropriation to which advances are to be charged
76 Transfer of advances
78 Adjustment of advances
79 Review of advances
80 Reimbursement of standing advance
84 Appropriation ledger
85 Statement of probable requirements for expenditure to be prepared
86 Applications for transfers under section 37 of the Act
90 Expenditure not to be authorised until Funds Allocation Authority obtained
98 Examination of public moneys and accounts
99 Reconciliation of bank accounts
100 Appointment of Paymasters
101 Only authorised accounts to be paid
102 Signatures not to be obtained to blank forms of accounts and receipts
104 Drawing Account Records
110 Cheques to be countersigned
111 Payment of accounts
112 Unclaimed cheques on Drawing Account
113 Duplicate cheques not to be issued except with Minister’s approval
116 Accounting officer to obtain receipt when paying certain amounts
118 Limitation on opening of cheques to pay cash
119 Cashing cheques from counter cash advance
120 Cheques cashed to be paid to Commonwealth Public Account
121 Counter cash advance to be repaid at end of financial year
122 Paymaster to keep Counter Cash Advance Cash Book
123 Establishment of Regional Offices
126A Interpretation
126B Declarations for purposes of definitions of officer and Secretary
126C Investigation of losses etc
126D Reduction of liability
126E Office prescribed for purpose of paragraph 70AG (c) of the Act
127 Accounts kept by Departments to be subsidiary to Department of Finance accounts
127A Power of certain persons to give directions
127B Disposal of unclaimed property
128 Order in Council granting pensions
129 Order in Council under Audit Act
129A Prescribed amount for the purposes of section 37B
129B Authorised dealer — subsection 62B (4) of the Act
130 Legal opinion on provisions of Audit Act and Regulations
131 Officers to keep instrument of appointment etc
131A Act, Regulations and directions to be accessible to certain officers
131B Probable exceeding of appropriations to be reported
133 Penalty may be imposed for breach of these Regulations
134 Delegation of Minister’s powers and functions
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135 Delegation of powers and functions of Secretary of the Department of Finance
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Schedule
Form 1 Collector’s statement
Form 2 Commonwealth Government statement of financial transactions 19…-….$ Million
Form 3 Receiver’s statement
Form 4
Form 7 Particulars of government property to be sold by Deparment
Form 15 Certificate as to the payment of salaries
Form 35 Transfers under section 37 of The Audit Act 1901-19
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Form 37 Counter cash advance cash book
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