{"id":"F2007B00905","name":"Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 11 of 2001-2002)","slug":"f2007b00905","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":340467,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00905-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA","sectionType":"part","heading":"DIRECTION UNDER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, James Kerwin, Branch Manager, Commonwealth Financial Reporting Unit, 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| Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2001-2002Departmental OutputsOutcome 2 | Department of Finance and Administration | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 1,562,000 |\n|                                                                  |                                          |                                                  |           |\n\nJames Kerwin  \n20 December 2001 No. 11 of 2001-2002","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1209},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains precisely targeted at its original purpose: transferring specific appropriated funds between agencies following a change of functions. No expansion of scope has occurred."},"complexity_factors":["Single operational provision with no subsections or conditions","Only one transaction listed in the schedule (tabular format)","No defined terms requiring interpretation","Direct reference to empowering legislation without nested cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a money transfer order between government departments.\n\nWhen the Australian Government moves responsibilities (like a program or team) from one agency to another, the budget attached to that work needs to move too. This direction formally shifts **$1,562,000** from the Department of Finance and Administration to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.\n\n**Key details:**\n- **Source of power:** Section 32 of the *Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997* (which lets the Finance Minister or their delegate move money between agencies when functions are reassigned)\n- **What it does:** Transfers 'departmental output' funding originally set aside for Finance so that Employment and Workplace Relations can spend it instead\n- **Why:** This typically happens during 'machinery of government' changes—when departments are restructured or responsibilities are shifted between ministers"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b00905","history":"/api/acts/f2007b00905/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b00905/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b00905/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b00905/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b00905/documents"}}