Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Amounts standing to the credit of the Account may be debited for the following purposes:
(a) making payments for purposes related to:
(i) the monitoring and reporting of the level of contaminants in applicable products; and
(ii) the testing, either on a random basis or in specific cases, of applicable products or the environment for the purpose of tracing the sources of contaminants and determining the causes of contamination; and
(iii) the testing and reporting of the level of contaminants in applicable products or the environment, and any associated activities, for the purpose of investigating the potential sources, and determining the potential causes, of such contaminants; and
(iv) the prevention of contamination in, and the management of risks associated with, contamination of applicable products;
(b) if an amount that was credited to the Account was given by a person or body to the Commonwealth for a particular purpose but has not been fully spent for that purpose--repaying the unspent amount to the person or body.
(2) Amounts may be debited from the Account equal to expenditure incurred by the Commonwealth in relation to:
(a) the collection and recovery of amounts referred to in paragraph 7(b) or (c); or
(b) the administration of paragraph 7(b) or (c); or
(c) the carrying out of any activities of kinds referred to in paragraph ( 1)(a) or any related activities.
(3) An amount that has been credited to the Account under an Appropriation Act may be debited from the Account.
(4) Without limiting the generality of subsection ( 2), the reference in that subsection to expenditure incurred includes a reference to:
(a) remuneration and allowances paid to staff; and
(b) other expenditure incurred in relation to the provision of staff or the provision of the services of staff; and
(c) expenditure incurred in relation to surveys conducted for the purpose of monitoring the level of contaminants; and
(d) expenditure incurred in relation to the provision of accommodation or administrative support.