{"id":"F2007B00940","name":"Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 16 of 2001-2002)","slug":"f2007b00940","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":363105,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00940-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA","sectionType":"part","heading":"DIRECTION UNDER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, Stephen Welch, Acting 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 Outputs – Outcome 1 | Department of Defence | Attorney-General’s Department | 7,359,000 |\n|                                                                     |                       |                               |           |\n\nStephen Welch  \n27 December 2001 No. 16 of 2001-2002","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1686},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The direction operates squarely within the specific power conferred by section 32 of the FMA Act, which exists solely to transfer appropriations between agencies when government functions are reallocated (machinery of government changes). There is no expansion beyond this intended administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single transaction recorded in a basic four-column table","No definitions section or interpretive provisions","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Only one cross-reference (to the empowering provision, section 32 of the FMA Act)","Extremely brief operative text (under 200 words)"],"plain_english_summary":"This direction moves **$7.36 million** in government funding from the Department of Defence to the Attorney-General's Department.\n\nWhen the Australian Government shifts responsibilities (called \"functions\") from one department to another—usually during an administrative reshuffle—the budget allocated for those jobs must move too. This document is the formal order that makes that transfer happen.\n\nSpecifically, it shifts money originally set aside for Defence under the 2001-02 budget to the Attorney-General's Department. These are \"departmental output\" funds, meaning money used for day-to-day operations and service delivery rather than grants or buildings.\n\nThe transfer is authorised under section 32 of the *Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997*, which gives Finance officials the power to adjust agency budgets when functions change hands."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b00940","history":"/api/acts/f2007b00940/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b00940/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b00940/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b00940/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b00940/documents"}}