Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts64. (1) If the Treasurer considers it appropriate to do so because of special circumstances, he or she may authorise the payment by a department of an amount to a person (in this section called the “payee”) although the payment of that amount (in this section called the “relevant amount”) would not otherwise be authorised by law or required to meet a legal liability.
(2) The authorisation may provide for the relevant amount to be paid by—
(a) more than 1 instalment and on the dates specified in the authorisation; or
(b) periodical payments of an amount, and for the period, specified in the authorisation.
(3) An authorisation may be expressed to be subject to conditions to be complied with by the payee.
(4) Where a condition is contravened, the Treasurer may by notice in writing addressed to the last known address of the payee require the payee, within 30 days of receipt of the notice, to pay an amount equal to all or part of the relevant amount.
(5) Where the payee does not pay the amount specified in the notice under subsection (4), the amount may be recovered by the Territory as a debt.
(6) Where the payment of an amount by a department is authorised under this section, the Treasurer shall—
(a) direct that the amount be paid from an appropriate appropriation for the department specified by the Treasurer;
(b) authorise payment of the amount under section 19; or
(c) authorise payment of the amount out of the public money of the Territory.
(7) The public money of the Territory is appropriated for the purposes of paragraph (6) (c).
(8) A payment made by a department under this section shall be reported in notes to the financial statements of the department that relate to the financial year during which the payment was made.
(9) The notes shall indicate in relation to each payment under this section the amount and grounds for the payment.
(10) The notes relating to a payment under this section shall not disclose the identity of the payee unless disclosure was agreed to by the payee as a condition of authorising the payment.