3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

abolition of an Agency means –

(a) the abolition of the Agency; or

(b) the amalgamation of the Agency with one or more Agencies; or

(c) the division of the Agency into 2 or more Agencies;

accountable authority means a person from time to time holding or acting in –

(a) a position specified in Column 2 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 , opposite an Agency specified in Column 1 of that Part of the Schedule; or

(b) the position of a person specified in an order under section 6(3) to be the accountable authority in relation to an entity;

accounts means –

(a) records, however compiled, recorded or stored, of transactions in respect of money, or other property, expressed in monetary units or, in the case of property, expressed in monetary units or other units of measurement; and

(b) any books, documents, writing, monetary forms, abstracts, vouchers and other records of any kind from which records mentioned in paragraph (a) have been compiled;

Agency means a Government department, State authority, body, organisation, or office, that is specified in Column 1 of Part 1 or 2 of Schedule 1 ;

Agency Trust Account means an Agency Trust Account established under section 18 ;

appropriate Minister – see section 4 ;

Appropriation Act means an Act which authorises the issue and application of any money from the Public Account to meet –