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Western Australia LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Financial Administration and Audit Amendment Bill 1999 A Bill for An Act to amend the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Financial Administration and Audit Amendment Act 1999. page 1 67--1 Financial Administration and Audit Amendment Bill 1999 s. 2 2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. 3. The Act amended 5 The amendments in this Act are to the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985*. [* Reprinted as at 9 July 1999. For subsequent amendments see Acts Nos. 5 and 8 of 1999.] 4. Section 27 amended 10 Section 27(1) is repealed and the following subsections are inserted instead -- " (1) The Treasurer may direct that an appropriation for a financial year may, to the extent necessary to meet any 15 relevant commitment, be transferred to a suspense account, and any such transfer is to be regarded as a payment correctly chargeable against that appropriation for that financial year. (1a) Moneys standing to the credit of a suspense account 20 under subsection (1) may be transferred as and when needed for application in connection with the relevant commitment. ". 5. Section 33 amended 25 After section 33(1b) the following subsection is inserted -- " (1c) Subsections (1) and (1a) do not prevent an accountable officer or accountable authority from making arrangements for payments that are of a recurring 30 nature to be directly charged to a bank account. ". page 2 Financial Administration and Audit Amendment Bill 1999 s. 6 6. Section 58 amended After section 58(2)(k) the following paragraph is inserted -- " (ka) the manner in which matters can be certified or 5 authenticated for the purposes of this Act, including certification or authentication by electronic means; ". 7. Section 58D inserted 10 After section 58C the following section is inserted -- " 58D. Payments in respect of asset holdings (1) In this section -- "net assets", in relation to a department or statutory 15 authority, means the amount by which the total assets of the department or statutory authority exceeds its total liabilities, or such portion of that amount as is determined by the Treasurer. (2) The Treasurer may give the accountable officer of a 20 department directions in writing that the accountable officer arrange for the payment to the Treasurer of a levy of an amount determined by the Treasurer in respect of the net assets of the department. (3) The Treasurer may give the accountable authority of a 25 statutory authority directions in writing that the accountable authority arrange for the payment to the Treasurer of a levy of an amount determined by the Treasurer in respect of the net assets of the statutory authority. page 3 Financial Administration and Audit Amendment Bill 1999 s. 7 (4) The Treasurer may, by a further direction in writing given to the accountable officer or accountable authority, amend or revoke a direction previously given under this section. 5 (5) An accountable officer or accountable authority is authorized and required to comply with directions under this section. (6) Without limiting subsection (11) of section 52, the responsibilities referred to in that subsection include 10 responsibilities imposed under this section. (7) Nothing in this section limits or otherwise affects any other power of the Treasurer or another Minister to give directions to a chief executive officer or a statutory authority. 15 ".
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