Appropriation accompanies transfer of business after redistribution
21 Appropriation accompanies transfer of business after redistribution
(1) Where, after the passing of an Appropriation Act, the Administrator redistributes, in whole or in part, the public business amongst Agencies, the appropriate proportions, as determined by the Treasurer, of any appropriation involved must be transferred accordingly.
For the purposes of accounting:
(a) receipts and expenditure relating to the public business redistributed under subsection (1) that are incurred before the redistribution occurred are taken to have occurred in the Agency to which the business is redistributed; and
(b) payments in relation to the redistributed business that were made from the Central Holding Authority before the redistribution occurred are taken to have been provided to the Purpose of the Agency to which the business is redistributed that is the same category of Purpose as the Purpose to which the payments were made.
(3) The Treasurer shall table in the Legislative Assembly, within 6 sitting days of the Assembly after the transfer in pursuance of subsection (1), a statement of the amounts of appropriation transferred under subsection (1).
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