32AChannelling State/Territory grants through the Federation Reform Fund—resilience etc.

32A Channelling State/Territory grants through the Federation Reform Fund—resilience etc.

(1A) If the Emergency Management Minister decides that a grant of financial assistance should be made to a State or Territory under subsection 20(1A), the Emergency Management Minister may request the Finance Minister to transfer a specified amount (which must equal the amount of the grant) from the Disaster Ready Fund Special Account to the Federation Reform Fund. (1) If the Emergency Management Minister requests the Finance Minister under subsection (1A) to transfer an amount from the Disaster Ready Fund Special Account to the Federation Reform Fund, the Finance Minister must, by writing, direct that, on a specified day, a specified amount (which must equal the requested amount) is to be: (a) debited from the Disaster Ready Fund Special Account; and (b) credited to the Federation Reform Fund. (2) The direction must be expressed to be given in order to enable the amount to be debited from the Federation Reform Fund for the purpose of making the grant. (3) The Emergency Management Minister must not make a request under subsection (1A) if a direction given in response to the request would contravene subsection 34(1) (annual limit). (4) Two or more directions under subsection (1) may be set out in the same document. (5) A direction under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument. (6) If the Finance Minister personally gives a direction under subsection (1), the Finance Minister must give a copy of the direction to the Treasurer and the Emergency Management Minister. (7) If a delegate of the Finance Minister gives a direction under subsection (1), the delegate must give a copy of the direction to the Treasury Department and the NEMA.