{"id":"F2007B00941","name":"Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 17 of 2001-2002)","slug":"f2007b00941","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":363107,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00941-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA","sectionType":"part","heading":"DIRECTION UNDER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) 2001-2002Administered Expenses -Outcome 1 | Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | 568,000  |\n|                                                                     |                                                                  |                                              |          |\n\nStephen Welch  \n27 December 2001 No. 17 of 2001-2002","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1991},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This direction performs exactly the narrow administrative function described in its title and enabling provision—transferring specific appropriations following a change of agency functions. It has not expanded beyond this single transaction."},"complexity_factors":["Single line item transfer with no conditions, exceptions, or operative provisions","No definitions or interpretation section","Only one enabling provision referenced (section 32)","Document consists solely of a completed schedule table"],"plain_english_summary":"This direction moves **$568,000** between government departments to ensure budget money follows the work when responsibilities are transferred.\n\n**What is happening:**\nWhen government functions shift from one agency to another, the funding allocated for those functions must move too. This instrument formally shifts the money without needing a new Act of Parliament.\n\n**The transaction:**\n- **Amount:** $568,000\n- **From:** Department of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts\n- **To:** Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet\n- **Budget item:** Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2001-2002, Administered Expenses - Outcome 1\n\n**Legal basis:**\nMade under *section 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997*, which gives the Finance Department power to adjust appropriations administratively when agency functions change. This is a routine machinery-of-government change."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b00941","history":"/api/acts/f2007b00941/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b00941/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b00941/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b00941/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b00941/documents"}}