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under subsection 48g (1) in respect of the year; and
     (b) shall sign copies of the report and transmit them to each House of the Parliament.".

Sections 32 and 33:
Repeal the sections, substitute the following sections:

Minister may make payments from Commonwealth Public Account
"32. (1) The Minister may, subject to this section, make payments from the Commonwealth Public Account in accordance with an appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund.
"(2) The aggregate of the amounts paid under subsection (1) in relation to an appropriation shall not exceed the amount available for expenditure in accordance with the appropriation.
"(3) Where it appears to the Minister that an amount, not exceeding the amount available for expenditure in respect of any services or purposes in accordance with an appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund, is required, or likely to be required, to be drawn from the Commonwealth Public Account for expenditure in respect of the services or purposes, the Minister may, in writing, authorise the Secretary to the Department to draw the amount from the Commonwealth Public Account in respect of the services or purposes.
"(4) A reference in this section to an appropriation includes a reference to a contingent or conditional appropriation and, in relation to such an appropriation, a reference in this section to the amount available for expenditure in accordance with the appropriation is a reference to the amount that is, subject to the occurrence of the contingency or the fulfilment of the condition, available for expenditure in accordance with the appropriation.
"(5) This section does not authorise the payment of money out of a bank account comprised in the Commonwealth Public Account otherwise than in accordance with section 34.

Secretary may make allocations in accordance with authorisation of Minister
"33. (1) Where the Minister has, under subsection 32 (3), authorised the Secretary to the Department to draw an amount from the Commonwealth Public Account in respect of any services or purposes, the Secretary to the Department may draw the amount from the Commonwealth Public Account and make allocations from the amount in respect of the services or purposes.

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"(2) Money or a payment that is, under section 36c or 58a, taken in reduction of expenditure from an appropriation to which an authorisation under subsection 32 (3) relates shall, for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, also be taken to be an amount allocated to the authority of the authorisation.
"(3) Where a payment is made out of a bank account comprised in the Commonwealth Public Account, the bank is not required to ascertain whether the payment was made on the authority of an authorisation under subsection 32