{"id":"F2007B00865","name":"Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 9 of 2003-2004)","slug":"f2007b00865","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":340427,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00865-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA","sectionType":"part","heading":"DIRECTION UNDER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 (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2003-2004Departmental Outputs | Department of the Parliamentary Library |                                      |           |\n| Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2003-2004Departmental Outputs                             |                                         | Department of Parliamentary Services | 4,347,000 |\n\nJim Kerwin  \n4 February 2004 No. 9 of 2003-2004","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1926},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Direction performs the exact function described in its title and enabling legislation — transferring specific appropriations between agencies following a machinery-of-government change. The scope remains strictly limited to the single financial transfer listed in the schedule without expanding into broader policy or operational matters."},"complexity_factors":["Single financial transaction documented in a simple schedule table","No interpretation section or defined terms","No conditional provisions, exceptions, or nested logic","Refers to only one section (section 32) of the enabling Act","Total document length under 300 words"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This Direction legally moves **$4,347,000** from the Department of the Parliamentary Library to the Department of Parliamentary Services.\n\n**Why:** When government agencies are reorganised and functions (responsibilities) move from one department to another, the budget allocated for those functions must move too. This ensures the agency actually doing the work has the money to pay for it.\n\n**Who it affects:** Primarily the two parliamentary departments involved — the Department of the Parliamentary Library (losing the funds) and the Department of Parliamentary Services (receiving them).\n\n**How it works:** The Direction operates under the *Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997* (specifically section 32), which allows the Finance Department to adjust appropriations (parliamentary funding approvals) when agency functions change. The money comes from \"Departmental Outputs\" funding listed in the 2003-2004 Appropriation Acts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b00865","history":"/api/acts/f2007b00865/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b00865/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b00865/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b00865/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b00865/documents"}}