45Responsibilities of Certifying Officers

45 Responsibilities of Certifying Officers

Before indicating, under paragraph 34 (2) (b) of the Act, that a payment may properly be made, a Certifying Officer shall, in respect of a claim for such payment (not being a claim for a payment included in a class of payments that is a prescribed class of payments for the purposes of regulation 45A):

(a) ensure that the claim:

(i) is correct as to amount;

(ii) is for expenditure that has been duly approved;

(iii) is made out in the name of a person or authority to whom payment may be made in accordance with regulation 68;

(iv) has not previously been paid; and

(v) identifies the head of expenditure to which the amount is chargeable; and

(b) where the claim relates to any agreement or contract under which the claimant, in order to become entitled to payment, must comply with certain requirements — after having taken such steps as are reasonably practicable to establish compliance with those requirements, be satisfied that those requirements have been so complied with.