2013 Amendments to the Public Finance Act 1989 and Crown Entities Act 2004

The 2013 amendments to the Public Finance Act 1989 and the Crown Entities Act 2004:

provide for more flexible funding to support results
require more meaningful reporting on what is intended to be achieved and what has been achieved with expenditure from appropriations
lift the strategic focus of statements of intent to drive a clearer focus on results and outcomes
clarify the financial responsibilities of the department (and departmental agency) chief executives [PFA s.34, s.35].

This page contains resource materials and presentations that explain the changes made by the amendments.

Guidance is arranged in these categories:

2013 Amendments to the Public Finance Act 1989 and Crown Entities Act 2004: Overview
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1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	A series of diagrams explaining the reporting changes made by the July 2013 amendments to the Public Finance Act and the Crown Entities Act: Diagram 1: Changes from Parliament's point of view PDF 47.65 KB
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	State Sector Public Finance Reform Bill Fact Sheets PDF 57.3 KB

2013 Amendments to the Public Finance Act 1989 and Crown Entities Act 2004: Public Finance Amendment Act 2013
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1 Nov 2013	The Treasury	A Guide to Appropriations PDF 179.29 KB
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	A series of diagrams explaining the reporting changes made by the July 2013 amendments to the Public Finance Act and the Crown Entities Act: Diagrams 2a-4: Public Finance Act changes to performance information PDF 97.06 KB

Public Finance Amendment Act 2013: The responsibilities of an appropriation administrator
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1 Oct 2013	The Treasury	The responsibilities of an appropriation administrator PDF 128.22 KB

Public Finance Amendment Act 2013: Multi-category appropriations
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1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	Public Finance Act provisions for establishing a multi-category appropriation PDF 101.33 KB
1 Jun 2013	The Treasury	What's changing in the Public Finance Act: multi-category appropriations PDF 264.82 KB

Public Finance Amendment Act 2013: Using an appropriation administered by another department
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1 Aug 2013	The Treasury	Administration and Use of Appropriations - Technical Guidance for Departments PDF 168.45 KB
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	Overview guidance on the administration and use of appropriations PDF 115.85 KB
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	What's changing in the Public Finance Act: administration and use provisions PDF 182.96 KB

Public Finance Amendment Act 2013: Start-of-year and end-of-year reporting and statements of intent
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1 Jan 2014	The Treasury	Who reports against appropriations? PDF 60.79 KB
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	What's changing in the Public Finance Act: start-of-year and end of year reporting and statements of intent PDF 184.96 KB

Start-of-year and end-of-year reporting and statements of intent
Strategic Intentions and Statements of Intent
Appropriations and Reportable Outputs

2013 Amendments to the Public Finance Act 1989 and Crown Entities Act 2004: Crown Entities Amendment Act 2013
Doc. Date Sort ascending	Creator	Title
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	A series of diagrams explaining the reporting changes made by the July 2013 amendments to the Public Finance Act and the Crown Entities Act: Diagrams 5-8: Crown Entities Act changes to performance information PDF 103.87 KB

Statements of Intent and Reportable Outputs
		Strategic Intentions and Statements of Intent
		Appropriations and Reportable Outputs (including the Statement of Performance Expectations)

Crown Entities Amendment Act 2013: Information for monitors of Crown Entities
Doc. Date Sort ascending	Creator	Title
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	Overview of the 2013 Amendments to the Crown Entities Act PDF 123.12 KB
1 Jul 2013	The Treasury	Planning and reporting changes in the Crown Entities Act: information for monitors PDF 269.34 KB

The changes to the State Sector Act are available at: State Sector Amendment Act 2013.

Last updated

Tuesday, 18 December 2018