{"id":"F2007B00950","name":"Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 23 of 2001-2002)","slug":"f2007b00950","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":363129,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00950-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA","sectionType":"part","heading":"DIRECTION UNDER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, 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) 2001-2002Administered Expenses – Outcome 3 | Department of Family and Community Services |                                                  |           |\n|                                                                      |                                             |                                                  |           |\n| Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2001-2002Administered Expenses – Outcome 1 |                                             | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations | 1,499,138 |\n|                                                                      |                                             |                                                  |           |\n\nJames Kerwin  \n29 January 2002 No. 23 of 2001-2002","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2207},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"rejection_reason":"","scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This direction performs the exact function contemplated by section 32 of the FMA Act — adjusting appropriations when agency functions change. It is a routine administrative transfer that stays strictly within the statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single fixed monetary transaction with no variables","No defined terms or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or triggers","Simple two-agency, one-line transfer with tabular format"],"plain_english_summary":"This **Financial Management Direction** formally shifts approximately **$1.5 million** in government funding from one department to another.\n\nWhen responsibilities (called \"functions\") move between Australian Government departments — typically during machinery-of-government changes — the budget money attached to those programs must move too. This document executes that transfer under the *Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997*.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Moves:** $1,499,138\n- **From:** Department of Family and Community Services (specifically from their \"Administered Expenses\" budget for Outcome 3)\n- **To:** Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (into their \"Administered Expenses\" budget for Outcome 1)\n\n**What this means:**\n*Administered expenses* refers to money Parliament has approved for specific government programs and services (as distinct from the department's own running costs). This direction gives the receiving department legal authority to spend these funds on the programs that have been transferred to them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/f2007b00950","history":"/api/acts/f2007b00950/history","analysis":"/api/acts/f2007b00950/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/f2007b00950/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/f2007b00950/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/f2007b00950/documents"}}