Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC GOVERNANCE, PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 2013 - SECT 77

    If:

  (a)   an amount is received by the Commonwealth; and

  (b)   some or all of the amount is required or permitted to be repaid; and

  (c)   the Finance Minister is satisfied that, apart from this section, there is no appropriation for the repayment;

then the CRF is appropriated for the repayment.

Note:   For example, this section would apply:

(a)   to a law that requires an application fee to be refunded to an unsuccessful applicant; or

(b)   to a contractual obligation to repay a loan; or

(c)   as a result of section   76, to payments that are required or permitted between non - corporate Commonwealth entities.