Australian Capital Territory
Financial Management (Public Liability Insurance) Guidelines 2011
Disallowable instrument DI2011–166
made under the
Financial Management Act 1996, s133 (Guideline-making power)
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Outline
These guidelines are issued in accordance with section 133 of the Financial Management Act 1996 (the Act).
This instrument, Financial Management (Public Liability Insurance) Guidelines 2011 standardises the levels of public liability insurance cover to be levied on community groups and other third parties that use or occupy ACT Government property, utilise public spaces or provide goods, services or works.
The ACT Government has chosen to establish a single agency, of nine directorates as the administrative basis of the ACT Public Service to commence on 1 July 2011.  The single agency model will report to a single Chief Executive through nine directorates, each headed by a Director-General.
As a result the Act has been amended to reflect the single agency structure by:

•	substituting all references to ‘department’ with ‘directorate’;
•	substituting all references to ‘chief executives’ of departments with ‘directors‑general’; and
•	amending Part 8 of the Act to remove the list specifying the ACT’s territory authorities to which the territory authority financial provisions of the Act apply, and instead specify this list in a Financial Management Guideline.

As the Act is being technically amended to include the above changes, this Guideline has also been technically amended.
This instrument applies from the financial year commencing 1 July 2011.

Technical Amendment
Clauses 1 and 2 are formal requirements.  They refer to the name and the commencement date.
Clauses 5 references to department changed to directorate in line with the amendments to the Act.
Clause 6 revokes the Financial Management (Public Liability Insurance) Guidelines 2005, which is replaced by provisions made under this guideline.
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