4Interpretation

4 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

Authorizing Officer means a person appointed by the Minister under subsection (1) of section 34 of the Act to authorize the payment of accounts.

Certifying Officer means a person appointed in writing by the Minister under paragraph 34 (2) (b) of the Act to indicate, in a manner approved in writing by the Minister, that a payment may properly be made.

Collector means a Collector of Public Moneys appointed under these Regulations or under the repealed Regulations.

Department means:

(a) a Department of State; or

(b) a Department of the Parliament; or

(c) a prescribed authority the staff of which consists of persons employed under the Public Service Act 1922; or

(da) Official Secretary to the Governor-General; or

(e) the Australian Security Intelligence Organization; or

(f) the Australian Secret Intelligence Service; or

(g) the Australian Federal Police.

head of expenditure means:

(a) a division in the Schedule to an annual Appropriation Act that has no subdivisions or items;

(b) a subdivision of a division in the Schedule to an annual Appropriation Act that:

(i) has no items; and

(ii) is not a subdivision that is, in accordance with a direction under section 29 of the Act, to be taken to be divided into notional items;

(c) an item of a division, or of a subdivision of a division, in the Schedule to an annual Appropriation Act;

(ca) one of the notional items into which a subdivision of a division in the Schedule to an annual Appropriation Act is, in accordance with a direction under section 29 of the Act, to be taken to be divided;

(d) a Special Appropriation;

(e) a separate account of the Trust Fund; and

(f) a separate account of the Loan Fund.

licence includes any permit the issue of which is subject to the payment of a fee.

Receiver means a Receiver of Public Moneys appointed under these Regulations or under the repealed Regulations.

Regional Office means an office established under regulation 123.

Secretary, in relation to a Department, means:

(a) where the Department is a Department of State or a Department of the Parliament — the person who, under the Public Service Act 1922, holds, or is performing the duties of, the office of Secretary of that Department; or