45Administrative terms

### 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 – > > > > > [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja3@GC1@Hpa@EN) ***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; > > > > [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja3@GC1@Hpb@EN) > > > > > ***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](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1927-097) , and includes that agreement as varied from time to time and any agreement made in substitution therefor; > > > > > [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja3@GC1@Hpc@EN) ***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; > > > > > ****Gazette****, ****Hobart Town Gazette****, ****Hobart Gazette****, ****Government Gazette****, or ****Tasmanian Government Gazette****, respectively shall mean the *Tasmanian Government Gazette* published, or purporting to be published, by or under the authority of the Government of this State; > > > > > ***gazetted*** shall mean published in the *Gazette*; > > > > > ***the Minister*** shall mean the Minister of the Crown for the time being administering the enactment in which, or in respect of which, the expression is used; > > > > > ***order-in-council*** shall mean an order made by the Governor in Council; > > > > > ***proclaim*** means fix, declare or specify by proclamation; > > > > > ***proclamation*** shall mean a proclamation made by the Governor and published or notified in the *Gazette*; > > > > > [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja3@GC1@Hpd@EN) ***the Public Account*** means the Public Account established under the [Financial Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2016-042) ; > > > > > [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja3@GC1@Hpe@EN) ***the responsible Department***, in relation to an enactment other than the enactment in which the expression occurs, means the department that is responsible, in relation to the administration of that other enactment, to the Minister to whom the administration of that other enactment is assigned. > > > > [*\[Section 45 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja3@GC1@Hpf@EN) > > > (2)  *\[Section 45 Subsection (2) added by No. 4 of 1990, s. 10 and Sched. 1 \]*Where – > > > > > > (a) the administration of an enactment (in this subsection referred to as "the relevant enactment") is assigned, in different respects, to separate Ministers; and > > > > > > > (b) reference is made – > > > > > > > > > > (i) in the relevant enactment to the Minister or to the Department; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) in another enactment to the Minister administering the relevant enactment or to the responsible Department in relation to the relevant enactment; and > > > > > > > (c) that reference relates to the respects in which the administration of the relevant enactment is assigned to a particular Minister – > > > > that reference shall be interpreted accordingly. > > > (3)  *\[Section 45 Subsection (3) added by No. 4 of 1990, s. 10 and Sched. 1 \]*For the purposes of this section – > > > > > ***assigned*** means assigned by order under [section 4 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1990-004#GS4@EN) [Administrative Arrangements Act 1990](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1990-004) ; > > > > > ***department*** has the same meaning as in the [Administrative Arrangements Act 1990](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1990-004) ; > > > > > ***enactment*** means – > > > > > > > > (a) an Act; or > > > > > > > > > (b) any other instrument of a legislative character; or > > > > > > > > > (c) any provision or part of an Act or of an instrument referred to in [paragraph (b)](#GS45@Gs3@Nd56@Hpb@EN) .