New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT SECTOR FINANCE ACT 2018 - SECT 5.5

5.5 Expenditure by accountable authorities and government officers must be authorised

(1) The accountable authority for a GSF agency is responsible for ensuring that expenditure of money for the agency is in a way that is authorised.

(2) A government officer must ensure that the officer's expenditure of money for the State or a GSF agency is in a way that is authorised.

(3) Expenditure of money is in a way that is authorised if it is done--

(a) in accordance with a delegation or subdelegation from a person with power regarding the expenditure of the money, or

(b) under the authority of this Act or any other law.

Note : Expenditure functions are delegable functions. See section 9.7.