Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996-97
19Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year
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19 Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year
Section 11 is repealed and the following section is substituted:
11 Consolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year
(1) An amount appropriated under section 3 or 4 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1997.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1997:
(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the financial accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or
(b) to balance the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act);
if the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.