Statutory Rules 1981 No. 230¹

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 Regulations under the Audit Act 1901.

Dated 11 August 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor- General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Finance

Interpretation

1. Regulation 2 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting “or” from paragraph (c) of the definition of “Department”;

(b) by adding at the end of the definition of “Department” the following paragraphs:

“(e) the Australian Security Intelligence Organization; or

(f) the Australian Secret Intelligence Service;”;

(c) by omitting “or” (last occurring) from paragraph (b) of the definition of “Permanent Head”; and

(d) by adding at the end of the definition of “Permanent Head” the following paragraphs:

“(d) where the Department is the Australian Security Intelligence Organization—the person, who holds, or is performing the duties of, the office of Director-General of Security; or

(e) where the Department is the Australian Secret Intelligence Service—the person who holds, or is performing the duties of, the office of Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service;”.

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Responsibilities of paymaster and cashier

2. Regulation 10 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (4) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”.

Request for procurement of supplies by overseas office

3. Regulation. 21 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (4) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(d) payment of the claim in respect of the supplies.”.

Transfer of advances

4. Regulation 30 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (2) “29 (3)” and substituting “29 (4)”.

Adjustments in respect of advances

5. Regulation 32 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”;

(d) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (2) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”; and

(e) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”.

Review of advances

6. Regulation 33 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “29 (1)” and substituting “29 (3)”.

Directions

7. Regulation 35 of the Finance (Overseas) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting after sub-regulation (3) the following sub-regulation:

“(3a) The Permanent Head of a Department referred to in paragraph (c) or (f) of the definition of ‘Department’ in regulation 2 may give to officers of, or persons employed in, that Department directions for or in relation to any matter referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (c) or (f) of sub-section 63 (1) of the Act.”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) “(2) or (3)” and substituting “(2), (3) or (3a)”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 August 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1980 No. 101 as amended by 1980 No. 235; 1981 No. 63.

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