Public Accounts Committee Act 1970 (Tas)

Public Accounts Committee Act 1970

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Parliamentary standing committee of public accounts [Royal Assent 15 December 1970]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Public Accounts Committee Act 1970 .

1A. Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – Agency has the same meaning as in the State Service Act 2000 ; Appropriation Act has the same meaning as in section 36 of the Constitution Act 1934 ; Committee means the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Public Accounts established under section 2(1) ; Government Business Enterprise has the same meaning as in the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; public sector finances includes – (a) any money forming part of, or payable to, the Public Account or an Agency Trust Account; and (b) any money received by – (i) an Agency; or (ii) a Government Business Enterprise; or (iii) a statutory authority; or (iv) a local authority; and (c) any expenditure which is made or authorised by – (i) an Appropriation Act or any other Act; or (ii) an Agency; or (iii) a Government Business Enterprise; or (iv) a statutory authority; or (v) a local authority; and (d) any liability for the satisfaction of which any expenditure by the Crown is, or may be, required; statutory authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, which is established or constituted by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative, being a body or authority which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another statutory authority and includes the governing authority of a statutory authority.