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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997 No. 154 of 1997 - SECT 5

Definitions In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Agency means:

appropriation means an authority under this Act or any other law to debit an amount from a particular Fund, whether or not the law concerned uses the word "appropriation" or "appropriated".

bank means:

Chief Executive means:

Commercial Activities Fund means the fund established by section 21.

Consolidated Revenue Fund means the Consolidated Revenue Fund referred to in section 81 of the Constitution.

Drawn Money has the meaning given by section 17.

Finance Minister means the Minister who administers this Act.

Finance Minister's Orders means Orders made under section 63.

Fund means:

Loan Fund means the fund established by section 19.

Minister includes a Presiding Officer.

official means a person who is in an Agency or is part of an Agency.

official account means a bank account referred to in section 9.

prescribed Agency means a body, organisation or group of persons prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

Presiding Officer means the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

public money means:

including such money that is held on trust for, or otherwise for the benefit of, a person other than the Commonwealth.

public property means:

including such property that is held on trust for, or otherwise for the benefit of, a person other than the Commonwealth.

Received Money has the meaning given by section 17.

Reserved Money Fund means the fund established by section 20.

Special Instruction means an instruction by the Finance Minister under section 16.

special public money has the meaning given by section 16.



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