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Federal Court of Australia Act 1976
18ZDManaging appropriations
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#### 18ZD Managing appropriations
(1) This section applies if, in an Appropriation Act for the ordinary annual services of the Government:
(a) there is a departmental item (within the meaning of that Act) for the listed entity referred to in section 18ZB; and
(b) there is an outcome for the listed entity that relates to:
(i) the administrative affairs of the Court; or
(ii) the administrative affairs of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1); or
(iii) the administrative affairs of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2); or
(iv) the corporate services of the Court, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2), as referred to in subsection 18Z(1); and
(c) there is an amount (the outcome amount) set out, above the departmental item and opposite the outcome, under the heading “Departmental”.
(2) Before spending a part of the outcome amount for another outcome for the listed entity, if the outcome amount relates to the administrative affairs of a court mentioned in an item of the following table, the Chief Executive Officer must:
(a) consult the person or persons mentioned in that item about the spending; and
(b) obtain the consent of:
(i) the person or persons mentioned in that item to the spending; or
(ii) the Attorney‑General to the spending.
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(4) This section does not affect the operation of the Appropriation Act in relation to the listed entity’s departmental item.
> Note: For example, the Appropriation Act provides that the listed entity’s departmental item may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the listed entity.