Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 (62 of 2014)

Schedule 2   Amendment of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997

Part 2   Transitional and application provisions

Division 1   Transitional and application provisions

55   Chief Executive may delegate powers

Delegation of Chief Executive’s powers

(1) A delegation, under section 53 of the FMA Act, by a Chief Executive of an Agency of his or her powers under section 32B or 32C of that Act (but not powers of a Minister that have been delegated to the Chief Executive) that is in force immediately before the commencement time is taken, after that time, to be a delegation by an accountable authority of a non-corporate Commonwealth entity under subsection 32D(3) of the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 (as inserted by this Schedule).

Note: The FMA Act is renamed the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 by Part 1 of this Schedule.

(2) A direction given by a Chief Executive of an Agency for the purposes of a delegation referred to in subitem (1) that is in force immediately before the commencement time is taken, after that time, to have been given for the purposes of subsection 32D(4) of the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 (as inserted by this Schedule).

Subdelegation of Finance Minister’s powers by Chief Executive

(3) A delegation, under section 53 of the FMA Act, by a Chief Executive of an Agency of the Finance Minister’s powers or functions under section 32B or 32C of that Act that is in force immediately before the commencement time is taken, after that time, to be a delegation by an accountable authority of a non-corporate Commonwealth entity under subsection 32DA(1) of the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 (as inserted by this Schedule).

(4) A direction given by a Chief Executive of an Agency for the purposes of a delegation referred to in subitem (3) that is in force immediately before the commencement time is taken, after that time, to have been given for the purposes of subsection 32DA(3) of Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997 (as inserted by this Schedule).