Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) There is payable to the Audit Office such money as is appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the Audit Office.
(2) The Finance Minister may give directions about the amounts in which, and the times at which, money payable under subsection (1) is to be paid to the Audit Office.
(3) If a direction under subsection (2) is given in writing, the direction is not a legislative instrument.
(4) A provision of an Appropriation Act that authorises the Finance Minister to determine that a departmental item of a Commonwealth entity is to be reduced does not apply in relation to a departmental item of the Audit Office.
(5) A provision of an Appropriation Act that has the effect of reducing an administered item of a Commonwealth entity does not apply in relation to an administered item of the Audit Office.