Statutory Rules 1981 No. 63

Finance (Overseas) Regulations² (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Audit Act 1901.

Dated 1 April 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Finance

Regulation 29 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Advances

“29. (1) The paymaster for an accounting office or the cashier for an overseas office shall not pay an amount, or cause or permit an amount to be paid, by way of an advance unless that payment has been authorized by an overseas authorizing officer.

“(2) An overseas authorizing officer shall not authorize a payment under sub-regulation. (1) unless—

(a) an overseas certifying officer has certified that the payment may properly be made; and

(b) the payment is an advance specified in sub-regulation (3).

“(3) The advances referred to in paragraph (2) (b) are advances, of the following kinds:

(a) an advance to a paymaster for an accounting office or a cashier for an overseas office to enable him to pay accounts, in cash, to purchase stamps or postal orders or to cash cheques for payees;

(b) an advance to an officer for cash expenditure or to enable change to be given in connection with the receipt of public moneys;

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(c) an advance to an officer to enable him to make a payment by way of an advance to another officer, or to pay to the other officer an amount due to the other officer, in respect of—

(i) salary, wages or a payment in the nature of salary or wages;

(ii) a sustenance, living or other allowance;

(iii) a travelling allowance or travelling expenses; or

(iv) medical or dental expenses;

(d) an advance to an officer in respect of—

(i) salary, wages or a payment in the nature of salary or wages;

(ii) a sustenance, living or other allowance;

(iii) a travelling allowance or travelling expenses;

(iv) medical or dental expenses; or

(v) any other allowance that, under the terms and conditions of his employment, is payable to the officer in relation to his service outside Australia;

(e) an advance of a kind approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this regulation.

“(4) A person who receives an advance of a kind referred to in paragraph (3) (a), (b), (c) or (e) shall not use the advance for a purpose other than the purpose for which the advance is made.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 April 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1980 No. 101 as amended by 1980 No. 235.

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