Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

AUDIT ORDINANCE 1989 - SECT 4

(2) Where an amount payable out of a Fund in relation to which this section applies has been lawfully deducted from, or set off against, an amount payable into that Fund or the other Fund in relation to which this section applies and, by reason of the deduction or set-off, an amount paid into the second-mentioned Fund is less than it would otherwise have been—

        (a)     the amount paid into the second-mentioned Fund shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be the amount that, but for the deduction or set-off, would have been so paid; and

        (b)     the amount deducted or set off shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been paid out of the first-mentioned Fund for the purpose for which it was so deducted or set off and to have been so paid at the same time as the amount was paid into the second-mentioned Fund.

(3) Where an amount payable into a Fund in relation to which this section applies has been lawfully deducted from, or set off against, an amount payable out of that Fund or the other Fund in relation to which this section applies and, by reason of the deduction or set-off, an amount paid out of the second-mentioned Fund is less than it would otherwise have been—

        (a)     the amount paid out of the second-mentioned Fund shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be the amount that, but for the deduction or set-off, would have been so paid; and

        (b)     the amount deducted or set off shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been paid into the first-mentioned Fund for the purpose for which it was so deducted or set off and to have been so paid at the same time as the amount was paid out of the second-mentioned Fund.

(4) Where—

        (a)     an amount payable out of or into a Fund in relation to which this section applies has been lawfully set off against an amount payable into or out of that Fund or the other Fund in relation to which this section applies; and

        (b)     by reason of the set-off, no amounts are payable out of or into those Funds;

the amounts that, but for the set-off, would have been paid out of or into those Funds, shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been so paid at the time when the set-off took place.

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