2004 No 811 New South Wales Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2004 under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983. MICHAEL EGAN, M.L.C., Treasurer Explanatory note The object of this Regulation is to amend clause 17 of the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2000 to reflect the establishment of NSWbusinesslink as a Department. This Regulation prescribes officers of NSWbusinesslink as officers of an authority with respect to the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, the Department of Community Services, the Department of Housing and the Home Care Service of New South Wales, for the purposes of exercising functions under sections 12 and 13 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 (which deal with commitment of expenditure and the payment of accounts). This Regulation is made under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983, including the definition of officer of an authority in section 4 (1) and section 64 (the general regulation-making power). Published in Gazette No 198 of 10 December 2004, page 8986 Page 1 2004 No 811 Clause 1 Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2004 Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2004 under the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2004. 2 Amendment of Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2000 The Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2000 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. Page 2 2004 No 811 Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Officers) Regulation 2004 Amendments Schedule 1 Schedule 1 [1] Amendments (Clause 2) Clause 17 Definitions of "authority" and "officer of an authority" Omit "the persons holding the positions in NSW Businesslink, Department of Housing, that are specified in Part A of the Table to this subclause are prescribed as officers in relation to authorities specified in Part B of the Table" from clause 17 (10). Insert instead "an officer of NSWbusinesslink is a prescribed person in relation to the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care, the Department of Community Services, the Department of Housing and the Home Care Service of New South Wales". [2] Clause 17 (10), Table Omit the Table. BY AUTHORITY Page 3