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this Act, as if it had been opened by the Minister, in accordance with section 20 of the Principal Act as so amended, on the date of commencement of this section.

18. (1) Sections 22 and 23 of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted:
Accounting officers to pay money, &c., to Minister or bank, &c.
"22. Except as otherwise provided in this Act, every accounting officer shall, in accordance with directions of the Minister, transmit or pay, daily or at such other intervals as the Minister directs, all public moneys collected or received by him—
      (a) to the Minister;
      (b) into the Commonwealth Public Account;
      (c) to such person as the Minister directs; or
      (d) to the credit of another account with a bank as directed by the Minister.

Minister to pay money daily into bank
"23. The Minister shall daily pay into the Commonwealth Public Account all public moneys received by him.".
(2) A direction in force under section 22 of the Principal Act immediately before the date of commencement of this section has effect, on and after that date, as if it had been given by the Minister for Finance under section 22 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.
19. Sections 25 to 30 (inclusive) of the Principal Act are repealed and the following sections substituted:

Private moneys collected by officers, &c.
"25. (1) Where—
      (a) moneys are, in pursuance of an enactment, to be paid to the Minister administering this Act, another Minister or an officer, into the Treasury or to the credit of the Trust Fund;
      (b) a Minister or officer who is, by virtue of his office, the trustee, or one of the trustees, of a trust receives moneys as the trustee, or as a trustee, of the trust; or
      (c) moneys are otherwise received by a Minister or officer in the course of performing the duties of his office,
and the moneys are to be held otherwise than on account of, or for the use or benefit of, the Commonwealth, the moneys are moneys to which this section applies.
"(2) Subject to this section, moneys to which this section applies form part of the Trust Fund.

"(3) Where the Minister is of the opinion that, having regard to the terms on which any moneys to which this section applies are required to be held, it would not be appropriate for those moneys to form part of the Trust Fund, the Minister may direct, in writing, that the moneys shall not form part of the Trust Fund and may, from time to time while such a direction is in force, give further directions, in writing, as to the