2011
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Treasurer)
Financial Management (One ACT Public Service) Amendment Bill 2011

Contents
	Page

	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Legislation amended	2
	4	Section 3B	2
	5	Section 54	2
	6	Responsibilities of chief executive officers of territory authorities
Section 55 (1), note	3
	7	Responsibilities of governing boards of territory authorities
Section 56 (1), note	3
	8	Governing board of territory authority
Section 76 (2)	3
	9	Dictionary, note 2	3
	10	Dictionary, definitions of department and departmental banking account	4
	11	Dictionary, definition of governing board	4
	12	Dictionary, definition of responsible chief executive	4
	13	Further amendments, mentions of chief executive	5
	14	Further amendments, mentions of chief executives	5
	15	Further amendments, mentions of chief executive’s	6
	16	Further amendments, mentions of department	6
	17	Further amendments, mentions of departmental	7
	18	Further amendments, mentions of departments	7
	19	Further amendments, mentions of department’s	8

2011
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Treasurer)
Financial Management (One ACT Public Service) Amendment Bill 2011

A Bill for
An Act to amend the Financial Management Act 1996

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Financial Management (One ACT Public Service) Amendment Act 2011.
2	Commencement
This Act commences on 1 July 2011.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This Act amends the Financial Management Act 1996.
4	Section 3B
substitute
3B	Declaration that certain bodies are not territory authorities for Act
	(1)	The Treasurer may declare that a stated body is not a territory authority for this Act or a stated provision of this Act. 
	(2)	A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note	A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
5	Section 54
substitute
54	Application––pt 8
This part applies to a territory authority prescribed by the financial management guidelines for this part.
6	Responsibilities of chief executive officers of territory authorities
Section 55 (1), note
substitute
Note	A territory authority has a governing board if the establishing Act for the authority establishes a governing board for the authority (see s 76).
7	Responsibilities of governing boards of territory authorities
Section 56 (1), note
substitute
Note	A territory authority has a governing board if the establishing Act for the authority establishes a governing board for the authority (see s 76).
8	Governing board of territory authority
Section 76 (2)
omit
9	Dictionary, note 2
omit
·	chief executive (see s 163)
substitute
·	director‑general (see s 163)
10	Dictionary, definitions of department and departmental banking account
substitute
directorate means––
	(a)	an administrative unit (excluding any part of an administrative unit prescribed for paragraph (b) and any administrative unit forming part of a group of administrative units prescribed for paragraph (c)); or
	(b)	a part of an administrative unit prescribed for this paragraph; or
	(c)	a group of 2 or more administrative units prescribed for this paragraph.
directorate banking account means a banking account mentioned in section 34 (1).
11	Dictionary, definition of governing board
substitute
governing board, for a territory authority, means the governing board established under the Act that establishes the authority.
12	Dictionary, definition of responsible chief executive
substitute
responsible director‑general, in relation to a directorate, means—
	(a)	if the directorate is constituted by an administrative unit or a part of an administrative unit—the director‑general of that administrative unit; or
	(b)	if the directorate is constituted by a group of 2 or more administrative units—the person prescribed as the responsible director‑general in relation to the directorate.
13	Further amendments, mentions of chief executive
omit
chief executive
substitute
director‑general
in
·	section 4
·	section 20C
·	section 23
·	sections 28 and 29
·	sections 30B and 30C
·	section 31
·	sections 34 to 34B
·	sections 51 to 51B
·	section 53A
·	section 80
14	Further amendments, mentions of chief executives
omit
chief executives
substitute
directors‑general
in
·	part 4 heading
·	section 31 heading
15	Further amendments, mentions of chief executive’s
omit
chief executive’s
substitute
director‑general’s
in
·	section 28
·	section 30B
16	Further amendments, mentions of department
omit
department
substitute
directorate
in
·	section 4
·	sections 8 to 10
·	section 12
·	sections 13 and 13A
·	sections 15A to 16A
·	sections 19C and 19D
·	sections 27 to 31
·	sections 34 to 35
·	section 38 (5)
·	sections 50 to 51B
·	section 58 (5)
·	sections 130 and 131
·	dictionary, definition of capital injection
·	dictionary, definition of generally accepted accounting principles 
·	dictionary, definition of outputs
·	dictionary, definition of responsible Minister
17	Further amendments, mentions of departmental
omit
departmental
substitute
directorate
in
·	section 12 heading
·	section 27 (3)
·	section 30 heading
·	sections 30B to 30E headings
·	sections 34 to 38
·	section 51 heading
·	sections 51A and 51B
18	Further amendments, mentions of departments
omit
departments
substitute
directorates
in
·	division 3.2 heading
·	sections 27 to 29 headings
·	section 30A heading
·	part 4 heading
·	section 31 heading
19	Further amendments, mentions of department’s
omit
department’s
substitute
directorate’s
in
·	sections 30 and 30A
·	sections 30C and 30D

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on	2011.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on	2011.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2011