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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT 1996 (NO. 22 OF 1996) - SECT 16

Transfer of functions between departments

16. (1) Where, after the passing of an Appropriation Act for a financial year, the responsibility for a service or function for which an appropriation is made in that Act is transferred from the department for which the appropriation was made to another department, the Treasurer may, by instrument, direct that the appropriation shall not lapse but may be issued to, or applied by, that other department, in accordance with the instrument, for that service or function.

(2) Where the Treasurer gives a direction under subsection (1), he or she shall cause a copy of the direction to be laid before the Legislative Assembly within 3 sitting days after it is given.



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