Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00264:clause:11_160:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00264
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 11 cl 160 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 686650–689238

160  Cost of administration of, and of medical examinations under, Act etc.
 (1) The costs of the administration of this Act and of the superseded Act, including the costs of and incidental to the management of the Fund by CSC (other than costs which the regulations provide shall be paid out of the Fund), shall be paid out of moneys appropriated from time to time by the Parliament for the purpose.
 (2) Moneys received and paid under this section, and the accounts in connexion therewith, shall be kept, as part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, separately from the moneys and accounts of the Fund.
 (3) Subject to subsection (4), the cost of a medical examination carried out for the purposes of section 16 or 16AB is part of the cost of the administration of this Act.
 (4) Where a person who:
 (a) proposes to become, becomes or is employed by an approved authority or a declared authority; or
 (b) is the proposed appointee to, or the holder of, a statutory office whose remuneration is paid by an approved authority or declared authority;
is required to undergo a medical examination under section 16 or 16AB, the cost of the examination is to be paid by the approved authority or declared authority (as the case may be).
 (5) For the purposes of subsection (6), the Minister may prepare an estimate of the costs referred to in subsection (1) that are likely to be incurred in respect of a financial year.
 (6) The Minister may direct an authority or body that is or was, during the period specified in the direction, being a period that is included in, or is, a financial year in respect of which an estimate has been prepared under subsection (5):
 (a) an approved authority that employs or employed eligible employees; or
 (b) a declared authority whose staff includes or included eligible employees;
to pay to the Commonwealth such part of the costs estimated by the Minister in respect of that period as:
 (c) is determined by the Minister having regard to such matters (if any) as are prescribed; and
 (b) is specified in the direction.
 (7) An authority or body that is required to make a payment under subsection (4) or (6) may apply for that purpose any money under its control.
 (8) In this section:
declared authority means:
 (a) an authority (other than an approved authority) or a body:
 (i) whose staff consist of persons engaged under the Public Service Act; and
 (ii) that has been declared by the Minister (whether before or after the commencement of this subparagraph) to be an authority or body to which this section applies; or
 (b) an authority (other than an