17Adjustment payments by Commonwealth

17 Adjustment payments by Commonwealth

(1) The Minister may authorise payments by the Commonwealth to the successor body. (2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for payments under this section. (3) The limit on the appropriation is the sum of the following amounts: (a) the amount of any money that becomes an asset of the Commonwealth under section 15; (b) the proceeds of sale of any other asset that becomes an asset of the Commonwealth under section 15; (c) interest, dividends or other amounts derived from money covered by paragraph (a) or (b) or from assets that become assets of the Commonwealth under section 15; reduced by the sum of payments referred to in subsection 45(1).