Part 1—Establishment
1 Name
This instrument is the PGPA Act Determination (SDO Special Account 2018).
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| The whole of this instrument | The day mentioned in paragraph 79(5)(a) of the Act.
| |
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any version of this instrument published on the Federal Register of Legislation.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsections 78(1) and 78(3) of the Act.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
Act means the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
consumer entity means a General Government Sector entity or other government who enters into an agreement with the SDO in relation to shared corporate services.
Finance means the department that the SDO forms part of.
General Government Sector entity means a Commonwealth entity or Commonwealth company that is classified as being within the General Government Sector, as determined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in accordance with the Standard Institutional Sector Classification of Australia.
ICT means information and communications technology.
Service Delivery Office (SDO) means the group of Commonwealth officials responsible for delivering shared corporate services to consumer entities.
shared corporate services has the meaning given in subsection 8(2) of this determination.
the special account means the SDO Special Account 2018 established by this determination.
5 Establishment of the special account
For paragraph 78(1)(a) of the Act, the SDO Special Account 2018 is established as a special account (the special account).
6 Accountable authority responsible for the special account
For paragraph 78(1)(d) of the Act, the accountable authority responsible for the special account is the Secretary of Finance.
Part 2—Special account credits and debits
7 Amounts that may be credited to the special account
For paragraph 78(1)(b) of the Act, the following amounts may be credited to the special account:
(a) amounts received in the course of the performance of functions that relate to one or more purposes of the special account;
(b) amounts received from any person for one or more purposes of the special account.
8 Purposes of the special account
(1) For paragraph 78(1)(c) of the Act, the purposes of the special account, in relation to which amounts may be debited from the special account, are:
(a) to make payments related to the delivery of shared corporate services by the SDO to and on behalf of consumer entities;
(b) to make payments in relation to purchasing, developing and operating ICT systems, software and services, and other assets, for use by the SDO in delivering shared corporate services;
(c) to make payments in relation to the sale or transfer of ICT or other assets to or by the SDO;
(d) to make payments to carry out activities that are incidental to a purpose mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above, including, but not limited to:
(i) the administration of the special account;
(ii) employee costs, including entitlements and benefits; and
(iii) dealing with direct and indirect costs.
(e) to repay amounts where a court order, Act or other law requires or permits the repayment of an amount received;
(f) to reduce the balance of the special account (and, therefore, the available appropriation for the account) without making a real or notional payment.
(2) For paragraphs 8(1)(a) to (c) above, shared corporate services means the corporate support activities provided by the SDO to consumer entities which include but are not limited to:
(a) financial services such as accounts payable and accounts receivable;
(b) contract, procurement and grants support;
(c) management of credit cards and travel;
(d) management of internal accounts and records;
(e) payroll and human resources administration;
(f) the operation, maintenance and upgrade of associated software, systems and process management required to deliver the activities described in paragraphs (a) to (e) above and other services as required;
(g) processes and systems to analyse data produced and recorded as a result of the activities described in paragraphs (a) to (f) above; and
(h) provision of advice and expertise to consumer entities in relation to the activities described in paragraphs (a) to (g) above.