Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations(a) the execution of works or the supply of services for or by the Territory; or
(b) the purchase of chattels or other property for or by the Territory;
unless—
(c) where a payment in connection with the obligation would be required to be made during the financial year that is current when the obligation is incurred—
(i) moneys have been appropriated under a head of expenditure under which moneys may lawfully be expended during that financial year that are sufficient to meet the payment and all other payments that have been met, or may reasonably be expected to be met during that financial year, from that head of expenditure;
(ii) provision for such an appropriation has been included in a proposed law submitted to the Assembly; or
(iii) the Minister has given approval to the obligation being incurred; and
(d) where a payment in connection with the obligation would be required to be made after the end of the financial year that is current when the obligation is incurred—
(i) approval has been given by the Minister for the payment to be met from moneys to be appropriated for the service of, or for specified expenditure in respect of, such financial year as the Minister specifies; or
(ii) the obligation is specified in, or is included in a class of obligations that is specified in, a declaration made by the Minister under subregulation (3).
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to an obligation of a kind referred to in that subregulation if the obligation is incurred in pursuance of the provisions of an enactment authorising the incurring of the obligation.
(3) The Minister may, by instrument in writing, declare, in relation to an obligation of a kind referred to in subregulation (1) that is specified in, or is included in a class of obligations specified in, the instrument, that any payment in connection with the obligation, being a payment that is to be made after the end of the financial year that is current when the obligation is incurred may be made without the approval of the Minister referred to in subparagraph (1) (d) (i) in relation to the payment being obtained.