{"id":"F2007B00861","name":"Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 7 of 2003-2004)","slug":"f2007b00861","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":340422,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00861-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-08","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA","sectionType":"part","heading":"DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997","content":"## DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997\n\nI, Jim Kerwin, Division Manager, Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division, Department of Finance and Administration, pursuant to section 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, hereby direct that the moneys listed in column 4 of the attached schedule for the items listed in column 1, be transferred from the 'old agency' listed in column 2 to the 'new agency' listed in column 3.\n\n| Column 1                                                             | Column 2                                 | Column3              | Column 4 |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | -------------------- | -------- |\n| Appropriation Item                                                   | Old Agency                               | New Agency           | $        |\n|                                                                      |                                          |                      |          |\n| Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2003-2004Administered expenses – Outcome 2 | Department of Finance and Administration |                      |          |\n| Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2003-2004Departmental Outputs              |                                          | Geoscience Australia | 903,749  |\n|                                                                      |                                          |                      |          |\n\nJim Kerwin  \n19 December 2003 No. 7 of 2003-2004","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2785},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Direction performs exactly the narrow administrative function described in its title—adjusting appropriations following a change in agency functions. It facilitates a single, specific payment transfer and does not expand beyond this purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single, specific transaction with no operative text beyond the transfer instruction","No definitions section or interpretive provisions","Only references one provision of the empowering Act (section 32)","Simple tabular format (4 columns) with no conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other laws"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\nThis document is an official order to move money between Australian Government agencies. When a government function shifts from one department to another, the funding attached to that function must move too.\n\n**The transfer:**\nThis Direction moves **$903,749** from the **Department of Finance and Administration** to **Geoscience Australia**. The money comes from the 2003-04 budget appropriations (specifically relating to departmental outputs).\n\n**Why it matters:**\nIt is made under **section 32** of the *Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997*—the law that governs how Commonwealth money is managed. This section gives the Finance Department power to formally shift funds between agencies when their functions change (often called \"machinery of government\" changes).\n\n**Who is affected:**\nPrimarily the two agencies involved. Geoscience Australia receives the funds to carry out its newly transferred responsibilities, while the Department of Finance and Administration has that amount removed from its budget."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b00861","history":"/api/acts/f2007b00861/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b00861/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b00861/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b00861/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b00861/documents"}}