28Treasurer's expenditure control authority

28 Treasurer's expenditure control authority

(1)  The Treasurer, from time to time, is to issue a Treasurer's expenditure control authority to the appropriate Minister for the purpose of issuing and applying money from the Public Account in accordance with an Appropriation Act.

(2)  The appropriate Minister is to authorise the responsible accountable authority to incur expenditure in accordance with the authority referred to in subsection (1) .

(3)  A Treasurer's expenditure control authority –

(a) may be a standing authority regulating expenditure in general terms; or

(b) may limit or specify the period or nature of expenditure transactions or series of expenditure transactions.

(4)  A reference in this section to the regulation of the expenditure of money includes a reference to the commitment of money for expenditure.

(5)  Nothing in this section authorises the Treasurer to expend money –

(a) in excess of an amount appropriated by Parliament; or

(b) for any purpose other than a purpose authorised by Parliament, unless otherwise provided in this Act or any other written law.