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Direction under section 32, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 – Adjustments of Appropriations on Change of Agency Functions (No. 11 of 2005-2006)

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This direction authorises the transfer of $2.79 million in unspent government funding from the Department of Family and Community Services to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.

When government responsibilities (or 'functions') move from one department to another—often during administrative reorganisations—the money allocated for those responsibilities must move too. This document acts like a formal bank transfer instruction between government accounts. It moves non-lapsing appropriations (funding from previous years that hasn't expired and can still be spent) to ensure the receiving department has the budget to carry out its new responsibilities.

The transfer is authorised under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, which allows the Finance Minister (or their delegate) to adjust appropriations when agency functions change. This keeps taxpayer funds aligned with the actual work they were intended to fund.

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DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA

DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997

I, Beverley Anne Hazell, Division Manager, Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division, Department of Finance and Administration, in my capacity as a delegate of the Minister for Finance and Administration pursuant to section 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, hereby direct that the moneys listed in column 4 of the attached schedule for the items listed in column 1, be transferred from the 'old agency' listed in column 2 to the 'new agency' listed in column 3. This direction takes effect on 15 November 2005.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Appropriation Item	Old Agency	New Agency	$

Non Lapsing Appropriationsfrom Prior Years	Department of Family and Community Services	Department of Employment and Workplace Relations	2,791,483.44

Beverley Anne Hazell

Delegate of the Minister for Finance and Administration

Division Manager

Financial Reporting and Cash Management Division

Financial Management Group

15 November 2005 No. 11of 2005-2006

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DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MA DIRECTION UNDER SECTION 32, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT 1997