{"id":"F2007B00064","name":"Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Determination 2000/09 - Determination to Establish a Special Account","slug":"financial-management-and-accountability-act-1997-determination-2000-09-determination-to-establish-a-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":61717,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007B00064-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 - Determination 2000/09 - Determination to Establish a Special Account","content":"DETERMINATION 2000/09\n\nSECTION 20 OF THE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997\n\nDETERMINATION TO ESTABLISH A SPECIAL ACCOUNT\n\nI, Gavin Back, Special Adviser, Financial Framework Branch, pursuant to powers delegated to me by the Finance Chief Executive under section 53 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, determine, for the purposes of section 20 of that Act, that the Attorney-General’s Department – CrimTrac Account is established as a Special Account.\n\nI further determine that:\n\n(a) amounts of the following kinds may be credited to this account:\n\n-   all money appropriated by law to CrimTrac;\n\n-   all money received in consideration for any service, benefit, activity, transaction or other matter which is congruent with the expenditure purposes of the account;\n\n-   all money paid to the Commonwealth by any person for the expenditure purposes of the account;\n-   all money held in the “AGD Official CrimTrac Account”; and,\n\n(b) the purposes for which amounts may be debited to the account are:\n\n-   for expenditure incurred to develop, procure, implement and operate new information systems and to ensure that appropriate services are provided to CrimTrac clients in relation to the new and the existing Information Technology systems.\n\nSigned Gavin Back\n\nGavin Back\n\nDelegate of the Finance Chief Executive\n\n9 August 2000","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1855},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is the original establishment instrument creating the CrimTrac Special Account. The scope remains precisely limited to establishing a financial mechanism for CrimTrac's IT systems and client services, with no expansion beyond this original administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument establishing one financial mechanism","Only two operative provisions (credits and debits) with no sub-paragraphs or nested conditions","No definitions section or interpretive clauses","Minimal cross-referencing (only sections 20 and 53 of the FMA Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument creates a dedicated **Special Account**—essentially a separate wallet within the government's budget—for CrimTrac (a national criminal justice information agency within the Attorney-General's Department).\n\n**What money can go in:**\n- Government funding allocated by Parliament\n- Fees charged for CrimTrac services and activities\n- Money transferred from the old \"AGD Official CrimTrac Account\" \n- Any payments made to the Commonwealth specifically for this account\n\n**What money can be spent on:**\n- Building, buying, and setting up new computer systems\n- Running and maintaining IT systems (both new and existing)\n- Providing services to CrimTrac clients\n\n**Why this matters:**\nSpecial Accounts ensure that money collected for specific purposes can only be spent on those purposes. This determination creates financial transparency and accountability for how Australia funds its national criminal history checking and police information sharing systems."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/financial-management-and-accountability-act-1997-determination-2000-09-determination-to-establish-a-","history":"/api/acts/financial-management-and-accountability-act-1997-determination-2000-09-determination-to-establish-a-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/financial-management-and-accountability-act-1997-determination-2000-09-determination-to-establish-a-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/financial-management-and-accountability-act-1997-determination-2000-09-determination-to-establish-a-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/financial-management-and-accountability-act-1997-determination-2000-09-determination-to-establish-a-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/financial-management-and-accountability-act-1997-determination-2000-09-determination-to-establish-a-/documents"}}