Australian Capital Territory

Financial Management Amendment Guidelines 2004 (No 4)

Disallowable Instrument DI 2004-252
made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s67 (Guideline-making power)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Outline

These guidelines are issued in accordance with section 67 of the Financial Management Act 1996 (the Act).  The amendment prescribes the Office for Children, Youth and Family Support as a department.

These guidelines amend the Financial Management Guidelines 2002.

Details of the Financial Management Amendment Guidelines 2004 (No 4)

Formal Clauses
Clauses 1, 2 and 3 are formal requirements.  They refer to the name of the Guidelines, the commencement date of the Guidelines and declare which guidelines are amended by these guidelines.
Definition of Department

The definition of “department” contained in the Act allows for the financial management guidelines to prescribe part of an administrative unit as an individual department, or to prescribe two administrative units as a single department, for purposes of the Act.

Clause 4 adds the “Office for Children, Youth and Family Support” to the list of prescribed departments.

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