Financial Accountability Act 2009

This section applies if, before the enactment of the ordinary annual appropriation Act for a financial year, the Legislative Assembly authorises the payment of an amount (the ordinary supply amount) from the consolidated fund to departments, other than the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, but does not appropriate a total amount for each of the departments for the financial year.

The Treasurer must prepare a statement setting out—

the total amount available for each of the departments from the ordinary supply amount; and

the way the total amount available for each of the departments is to be applied.

As soon as practicable after preparing the statement, the Treasurer must give notice to the accountable officer of each of the departments about—

the total amount available for the department from the ordinary supply amount before the enactment of the ordinary annual appropriation Act; and

the way the total amount available for the department is to be applied.

The Treasurer may pay an amount to a department under the statement.

A payment under the statement is taken to be authorised by the ordinary annual appropriation Act for the financial year.