Australian Capital Territory

Finance Regulations1 (Amendment)
Subordinate Law No. 17 of 19932

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Audit Act 1989.
Dated 30 March 1993.
rosemary follett
Minister
bill wood
Minister

Commencement
1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.
Substitution
2.  Regulation 25 of the Finance Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:
Approval of proposed expenditure
“25.  (1)  After regulation 24 has been complied with in relation to a request to spend money from the Public Account, the request shall be submitted for approval of the proposed expenditure to—
	(a)	the Minister;
	(b)	the Under Treasurer;
	(c)	the administrative head who has control of the administrative unit responsible for the request; or
	(d)	an officer of the administrative unit responsible for the request who has been appointed by—
	(i)	the Minister;
	(ii)	the Under Treasurer; or
	(iii)	the administrative head who has control of that administrative unit;
to approve such requests made by officers of the unit.
“(2)  Section 5 of the Administration Act 1989 does not apply in relation to—
	(a)	the power of the Under Treasurer to appoint, under paragraph (1) (d), an officer of an administrative unit to approve requests to spend money from the Public Account made by officers of that unit; or
	(b)	the power of the administrative head who has control of an administrative unit to appoint, under paragraph (1) (d), an officer of that unit to approve requests to spend money from the Public Account made by officers of the unit.
“(3)  In this regulation—
“Under Treasurer” means the administrative head who has control of the administrative unit that is the responsibility of the Minister for the time being administering this Act.”.

note
1.	Notified in the ACT Gazette on 8 April 1993.
2.	Reprinted as at 30 November 1991.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1993