Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

FINANCE REGULATIONS (NO. 8 OF 1989)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      PART I—PRELIMINARY Citation  
   2.      Interpretation  
   3.      Authorised officers  
   4.      Forms  
   5.      Receipts and payments of financial year  
   6.      PART II—RECEIPTS OF PUBLIC MONEYS Appointment of receivers and collectors  
   7.      Collectors to furnish “Nil” statements  
   8.      Responsibility for safe custody of securities  
   9.      Receivers to furnish statements  
   10.     Delivery of receiver's statement  
   11.     Receivers to prepare accountable receipts  
   12.     Daily totals to agree  
   13.     Statement of repayment  
   14.     Particulars of property sold to be sent to Auditor-General  
   15.     Record of collections  
   16.     Issue of licences  
   17.     Receipts  
   18.     Numbering of licence and receipt forms  
   19.     Duplicate receipt  
   20.     Conditions subject to which obligations may be incurred  
   21.     Rights and liabilities of parties to obligation  
   22.     Division 1—Certifying Officers Responsibilities of certifying officers  
   23.     Provision of certificate under subsection 42 (2)  
   24.     Requisition to be supported by certificate  
   25.     Approval of proposed expenditure  
   26.     Accounts for general expenses  
   27.     Officers to assist in preparation of claims  
   28.     Claims for periodic or progress payments under contract  
   29.     Certifying officer to keep register of accounts  
   30.     Preparation of statement of variations in pay etc.  
   31.     Preparation of certificates in relation to variations in pay etc.  
   32.     Method of preparing accounts for salary, wages and allowances  
   33.     Preparation of accounts for certain allowances  
   34.     Petty cash expenditure  
   35.     Refunds of revenue and payments from Trust Fund  
   36.     Preparation of duplicate accounts  
   37.     Certified accounts to go to authorising officer  
   38.     Persons to whom accounts may be paid  
   39.     Forms of orders not altered by addition or endorsement  
   40.     Officer not to act as agent for receipt of moneys payable by Territory  
   41.     Procedure following authorisation  
   42.     Advances  
   43.     Conditions to which advances subject  
   44.     Appropriation to which advances are to be charged  
   45.     Transfer of advances  
   46.     Records of advances  
   47.     Adjustment of advances  
   48.     Review of advances  
   49.     Reimbursement of standing advance  
   50.     Appropriation ledger  
   51.     Statement of probable requirements for expenditure  
   52.     Applications for transfers under section 49  
   53.     Expenditure not to be authorised without warrant authority  
   54.     Officers to obtain value for money  
   55.     Appointment of officers to secure prompt return of paid accounts  
   56.     Examination of public moneys and accounts  
   57.     Reconciliation of bank accounts  
   58.     Division 3—Paymasters Appointment of paymasters  
   59.     Only authorised accounts to be paid  
   60.     Signatures not to be obtained to blank forms  
   61.     Paymasters to operate on drawing accounts  
   62.     Drawing account records  
   63.     Arrangements for payment of salaries  
   64.     Method of drawing cheques  
   65.     Cheques to be countersigned  
   66.     Payment of accounts  
   67.     Unclaimed cheques on drawing account  
   68.     Duplicate cheques to require Minister's approval  
   69.     Accounting officer to obtain receipt  
   70.     Limitation on opening of cheques to pay cash  
   71.     Cashing cheques from counter cash advance  
   72.     Cheques cashed to be paid to Public Account  
   73.     Counter cash advance to be repaid at end of financial year  
   74.     Counter Cash Advance Cash Book  
   75.     Division 4—Designated Offices Establishment of designated offices  
   76.     Interpretation  
   77.     Investigation of losses etc.  
   78.     Reduction of liability  
   79.     Office prescribed for purposes of paragraph 121 (c)  
   80.     PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS Accounts kept by administrative units to be subject to inspection  
   81.     Power to give directions  
   82.     Disposal of unclaimed property  
   83.     Prescribed amount for the purposes of paragraph 51 (1) (b)  
   84.     Requests for legal opinion  
   85.     Certain officers to acquaint themselves with Ordinance, Regulations etc.  
   86.     Ordinance, Regulations and directions to be accessible  
   87.     Penalty for breach of Regulations  
   88.     Preservation of existing delegations  
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