Acts Interpretation Act 1931
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45 Administrative terms
[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 54 of 1986, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]**[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 1990, s. 10 and Sched. 1 ]
(1) *[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 11 of 1962, s. 13 ]*In an enactment –
[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019] Appropriation Act means an Act which authorizes the issue and application of any money from the Public Account to meet –
(a) the cost of the ordinary annual services of the Government; or
(b) expenditure on public works or any property required for public purposes; or
(c) the making of a loan authorized by law;
commencement, in relation to an enactment, means the time of coming into operation, or taking effect, of that enactment;
[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019]
the Department means the department that is responsible, in relation to the administration of the enactment in which the expression occurs, to the Minister to whom the administration of that enactment is assigned;
Financial Agreement shall mean the agreement made between the Commonwealth and the States and ratified by the Financial Agreement Act 1927 , and includes that agreement as varied from time to time and any agreement made in substitution therefor;
[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019] financial year, in respect of any matter relating to the Public Account, or to money provided by Parliament, or to the Treasury, or to taxes or finance, or to accounting or reporting to the Treasurer as to public money, shall mean the period of 12 months terminating on the last day of June;