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2014
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
(As presented)
(Mr Shane Rattenbury)
Officers of the Assembly Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
Contents
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2014
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
(As presented)
(Mr Shane Rattenbury)
Officers of the Assembly Legislation Amendment Bill 2014
A Bill for
An Act to amend the
and the Financial Management Act 1996
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as
follows:
This Act is the Officers of the Assembly Legislation Amendment Act 2014
.
This Act commences immediately after the commencement of the Officers of the Assembly Legislation Amendment Act 2013
, section 3.
Note The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on
the notification day (see
, s 75 (1)).
This Act amends the Auditor-General Act 1996
and the Financial Management Act 1996
.
Part 2 Auditor-General Act 1996
omit
substitute
30 Meaning of independent financial audit—div 5.2
In this division:
independent financial audit, of the auditor-general, means an
audit of an annual financial statement prepared by the auditor-general under the
, section 27 (Annual financial statements of directorates).
Note The Financial Management Act
(FMA), s 27 applies to the auditor-general as if a reference in that section to a directorate included a reference to the auditor-general (see FMA
, s 4 (1) (b) (i)).
6 Independent auditor
Section
31, note
substitute
Note The FMA
, s 4 (1A) applies that Act
, div 3.2 to the auditor-general as if a reference in that division to the auditor-general were a reference to the independent auditor.
The
, s 29 requires the independent auditor to give the auditor-general audit opinions about annual financial statements.
7 Independent financial
audits
Section 32 (1)
omit
section 21 (Application of Financial Management Act)
substitute
the
, division 3.2 (Financial reports and performance statements of
directorates)
Part 3 Financial Management Act 1996
8 Application of pts 2 to
5—Office of the Legislative Assembly and officers of the
Assembly
Section 4 (1) (b) (ii)
omit
Speaker
substitute
Legislative Assembly
insert
(1A) Division 3.2 (Financial reports and performance statements of
directorates) applies to the auditor-general as if a reference in that division
to the auditor-general were a reference to the independent auditor engaged under
the
, section 31 (Independent auditor).
Note Div 3.2, s 30A and s 30E do not apply to the auditor-general (see s 30A (3) and s 30E (5)).
insert
20AD Additional amounts for officer of the Assembly functions
(1) If at any time during a financial year an officer of the Assembly is of the opinion that the amount appropriated for the officer for the financial year is insufficient for the officer to adequately exercise the officer’s functions, the officer may tell the Speaker and the chair of the relevant Assembly committee.
(2) The Speaker, after consulting with the chair of the relevant Assembly committee, may advise the Treasurer that an additional amount is needed for the officer of the Assembly to adequately exercise the officer’s functions.
(3) Following the Speaker’s advice, the Treasurer may authorise payment of the additional amount under section 18 (Treasurer’s advance) if the Treasurer is satisfied of the matters mentioned in section 18 (2).
Endnotes
1 Presentation speech
Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 10 April 2014.
2 Notification
Notified under the
on 2014.
3 Republications of amended laws
For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au
.
© Australian Capital Territory 2014
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