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No. 6 of 2007-2008 Directions/Financial as made
This Direction provides that part of the departmental items, being an amount of $3,339,016.31 in departmental outputs under Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007, $9,918,000.00 in departmental outputs under Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007 and $9,441,889.35 in equity injections under Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2006-2007, provided to the Office of Workplace Services be transferred to the Office of the Workplace Ombudsman.
Administered by: Finance
General Comments: This Direction was made under section 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997. Despite the repeal and substitution of the section made by Schedule 1, item 9 of the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2007 (Act No. 166 of 2007) C2007A00166, section 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (as in force immediately before the commencement of that item) continues to apply after that commencement in relation to a change in function that occurred before that commencement (see Schedule 1, item 17 of the Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2007 (Act No. 166 of 2007) C2007A00166).
Exempt from sunsetting by the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 s 32(7)
Registered 18 Oct 2007
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR12-Feb-2008
Tabled Senate12-Feb-2008
Date of repeal 19 Mar 2014
Repealed by Finance (Spent and Redundant Instruments) Repeal Regulation 2014

 

 
 

 

 


DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997

Context:

On 28 June 2007, the Workplace Relations Amendment (A Stronger Safety Net) Act 2007 received royal assent, creating the Office of the Workplace Ombudsman (OWO) effective 1 July 2007.  OWO will take over the compliance functions of the Office of Workplace Services and have extra responsibility for investigations and prosecutions in relation to the Fairness Test and cases involving duress to an employee by the employer when negotiating an Australian Workplace Agreement.

I, Tim Youngberry, Division Manager, Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division, Department of Finance and Administration, sub-delegate of the Minister for Finance and Administration under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (‘the FMA Act’), issue the following direction under section 32 of the FMA Act:

That part of the appropriation items listed in column 1 of the following table (being the amounts listed in column 4) be transferred from the 'old agency' listed in column 2 to the 'new agency' listed in column 3.

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Appropriation Item

Old Agency

New Agency

$

 

 

 

 

Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2006-2007

Departmental Item – Departmental Outputs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Office of Workplace Services

The Office of the Workplace Ombudsman

3,339,016.31

 

 

 

 

 

Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2006-2007

Departmental Item – Departmental Outputs

 

The Office of Workplace Services

The Office of the Workplace Ombudsman

9,918,000.00

Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2006-2007

Departmental Item – Equity Injections

 

The Office of Workplace Services

The Office of the Workplace Ombudsman

9,441,889.35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tim Youngberry

Division Manager

Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division

Department of Finance and Administration

16 October 2007                                                                                                                                                                          No. 6 of 2007-2008