Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Departments) Guidelines 2006
Disallowable instrument DI2006– 83
made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s107 (Guideline-making power)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Outline
These guidelines are issued in accordance with section 107 of the Financial Management Act 1996 (the Act).
This instrument, Financial Management (Departments) Guidelines 2006, prescribes certain departments for the purposes of the Act, replacing the Financial Management  (Departments) Guidelines 2005, notified on legislation register on 5 December 2005.  
This instrument makes the following changes, which apply from the financial year commencing 1 July 2006:
•	define ACTION as a FMA department;
•	allow the financial and performance reporting for ACT Forests, ACT Workcover and the Office of Children, Youth and Family Services to be subsumed into the Department of Territory and Municipal Services, Department of Justice and Community Safety, and the Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services respectively; and
•	replace InTACT with a new reporting entity, the Shared Services Centre.  InTACT will form a separate division of the Centre.
Details of the Financial Management (Departments) Guidelines 2006
Clauses 1 and 2 are formal requirements.  They refer to the name and the commencement date of the guidelines.
Clause 3 prescribes certain parts of administrative units as separate departments, for the purposes of the Act, under part (b) of the Act’s dictionary definition.  
Clause 4 revokes the Financial Management (Departments) Guideline 2005, which is replaced by provisions made under this guideline.
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