Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (148 of 2010)

Schedule 7   Amendment of the Criminology Research Act 1971

Part 1   Amendments

18   Section 50

Repeal the section, substitute:

46 Criminology Research Special Account

(1) The Criminology Research Special Account is established by this section.

(2) The Criminology Research Special Account is a Special Account for the purposes of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

(3) The following amounts must be credited to the Criminology Research Special Account:

(a) amounts appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the Account;

(b) amounts paid by a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory to the Institute;

(c) amounts received by the Institute in relation to performing any of its functions, or exercising any of its powers, under this Act;

(d) amounts of any gifts given, or bequests made, for the purposes of the Account.

Note: An Appropriation Act provides for amounts to be credited to a Special Account if any of the purposes of the Account is a purpose that is covered by an item in the Appropriation Act.

(4) The Criminology Research Special Account may be debited for the following purposes:

(a) the costs, expenses and other obligations incurred by the Commonwealth in the performance of the Institute's functions;

(b) any remuneration and allowances payable to a person under this Act;

(c) the expenses of administering the Account;

(d) any amount that is required or permitted to be repaid;

(e) to reduce the balance of the Account (and, therefore, the available appropriation for the Account) without making a real or notional payment.

Note: See section 21 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (debits from Special Accounts).

47 Institute may charge for services

(1) The Institute may charge for services that it provides in performing any of its functions, or exercising any of its powers, under this Act.

(2) The charge must be an amount that is reasonably related to the cost of providing the services.

48 Delegation by Director

(1) The Director, by signed instrument, may delegate all or any of the Director's functions or powers to an SES employee, or acting SES employee, of the Institute.

(2) A delegate must comply with any written directions that the Director gives to the delegate when performing a function, or exercising a power, of the Director.

49 Annual report

(1) The Director must prepare a written report on the operations of the Institute each financial year, and give it to the Minister for presentation to the Parliament.

Note: Also see section 34C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which contains extra rules about annual reports.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report must include:

(a) if a grant was made to a person during the financial year:

(i) the name of the person; and

(ii) the amount of the grant; and

(iii) the purpose of the grant; and

(b) any other matter prescribed by the regulations.