Appendix 3

Extract from the Administrative Arrangement Orders, 18 December 2003 (amended by Orders in Council dated 24 June and 21 July 2004), pp.18-19

PART 9 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Matters dealt with by the Department

Budget policy advice and process, and review of governmental programs
Government financial accountability, governance and financial management frameworks
Shareholder advice on Government Business Enterprises
General policy guidelines for Commonwealth statutory authorities
Superannuation for Commonwealth employees
Asset sales
Strategic property management in Australia, including acquisition, ownership and disposal of real property
Procurement policy and services (including competitive tendering and contracting, removals and disposals)
Electoral matters
Administration of Parliamentarians’ entitlements
Administration of the Commonwealth’s self-managed general insurance fund (Comcover)
Evaluation and audit of indigenous programmes and operations

Legislation administered by the Minister

Aerospace Technologies of Australia Limited Sale Act 1994
AIDC Sale Act 1997
Airports (Transitional) Act 1996
Appropriation Acts
Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997
Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988, section 27 insofar as it relates to the declaration of land in the Australian Capital Territory to be National Land where the land is required for Commonwealth purposes other than for the special purposes of Canberra as the National Capital
Australian Industry Development Corporation Act 1970
CFM Sale Act 1996
Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997
Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
Commonwealth Electoral Legislation (Provision of Information) Act 2000
Commonwealth Funds Management Limited Act 1990
Commonwealth Grants Commission Act 1973
Commonwealth Vehicles (Registration and Exemption from Taxation) Act 1997
CSL Sale Act 1993
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997
Lands Acquisition Act 1989
Lands Acquisition (Defence) Act 1968
Lands Acquisition (Northern Territory Pastoral Leases) Act 1981
Lands Acquisition (Repeal and Consequential Provisions) Act 1989
Loan Acts, except insofar as they give authority to borrow
Loan (Temporary Revenue Deficits) Act 1953, section 3
Loan (War Service Land Settlement) Acts
Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act 2002
Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
Ministers of State Act 1952
Northern Territory (Commonwealth Lands) Act 1980
Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978, sections 69 and 70
Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973, insofar as it relates to superannuation and retirement benefits
Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Termination Act 1976
Parliamentary Allowances Act 1952
Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1948
Parliamentary Entitlements Act 1990
Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988
Parliamentary Retiring Allowances (Increases) Acts
Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951
Public Works Committee Act 1969
Qantas Sale Act 1992, except to the extent administered by the Treasurer or the Minister for Transport and Regional Services
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984
Representation Act 1983
Salaries Adjustment Acts
Superannuation Acts
Superannuation Benefits (Supervisory Mechanisms) Act 1990
Superannuation (Distribution of Surplus) Act 1974
Superannuation (Pension Increases) Acts
Superannuation (Productivity Benefit) Act 1988
Supply Acts
Surplus Revenue Acts
Territory Authorities (Financial Provisions) Act 1978
Transferred Officers' Allowances Act 1948
Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act 1919
War Gratuity Act 1945
War Gratuity Appropriation Act 1948
Western Australia (South-West Region Water Supplies) Agreement Act 1965