24Annual financial report

24 Annual financial report

(1) The Minister must prepare an annual financial report for each financial year.

(2) The annual financial report—

S. 24(2)(a) amended by No. 43/2004 s. 8(1)(a).

(a) must be prepared in the manner and form determined by the Minister, having regard to appropriate financial reporting frameworks;

S. 24(2)(b) amended by No. 43/2004 s. 8(1)(b).

(b) must present fairly the financial position of the State and the Victorian general government sector at the end of the financial year and—

(i) the transactions on the Public Account;

S. 24(2)(b)(ii) amended by No. 43/2004 s. 8(1)(b).

(ii) the transactions of the Victorian general government sector;

(iii) other financial transactions of the State—

in respect of the financial year;

(c) must include details of amounts paid into Working Accounts under section 23;

(d) must include details of amounts allocated to departments during the financial year under section 28;

(e) must include details of money credited under section 29 to an item in a Schedule to an appropriation Act for that financial year;

(f) must include particulars of amounts transferred in accordance with determinations under section 30 or 31;

S. 24(2)(g) substituted by No. 26/2006 s. 5.

(g) must include details of—

(i) amounts appropriated in respect of the financial year as a result of a determination under section 32 in respect of unused appropriation for the preceding financial year;

(ii) the application during the financial year of amounts referred to in subparagraph (i);

(iii) amounts appropriated in respect of the next financial year as a result of a determination under section 32 in respect of unused appropriation for the financial year;

(h) must include—

(i) details of expenses and obligations met from money advanced to the Minister under section 35(1) during the financial year;

(ii) a statement of the reasons for carrying forward any part of an unused advance to the next financial year under section 35(4);

(i) must include details of payments made during the financial year out of money advanced to the Treasurer in an annual appropriation Act for that year to meet urgent claims;

(j) must include details of—

(i) payments made during the financial year in fulfilment of any guarantee by the Government under any Act;

(ii) money received or recovered by the Minister or Treasurer during the financial year in respect of any guarantee payments;