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the payment or entry does not have the effect of reducing the amount available for expenditure by virtue of an appropriation.".

Warrants not required for certain expenditure
23. Section 33b of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "The last three preceding sections do not apply in relation to moneys" and substituting "Sections 32 and 33 do not apply in relation to moneys standing to the credit of an account comprised".

Duties of paying officers, &c.
24. (1) Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (4).
(2) Section 34 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

Duties of paying, authorizing and certifying officers
"34. (1) An accounting officer shall not cause or permit an amount to be paid out of—
      (a) a bank account comprised in the Commonwealth Public Account; or
      (b) any other bank account opened under section 20 that is designated as a drawing account,
except by way of, or for the purpose of, a payment that has been authorized by a person appointed by the Minister for the purposes of this sub-section (in this section referred to as an 'authorizing officer').

"(2) An authorizing officer shall not authorize the payment of an amount under sub-section (1) unless—
      (a) after making such checks as are prescribed or specified in directions given by the Minister under the regulations, he is satisfied that moneys are lawfully available for the payment of that amount;
      (b) a person (who may be the same person as the authorizing officer) appointed by the Minister for the purpose (in this section referred to as a 'certifying officer') has certified that the payment may properly be made; and
      (c) such other requirements relating to the authorization of the payment of the amount as are prescribed, or specified in directions given by the Minister under the regulations, have been complied with.
"(3) For the purposes of sub-section (2), moneys are not lawfully available for a payment unless—
      (a) in the case of a payment from the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Loan Fund—moneys sufficient for the payment are available from a relevant appropriation of that Fund, after allowing for payments previously made or authorized to be made in respect of that appropriation, or are available in accordance with section 36a; or
      (b) in the case of a payment from the Trust Fund—moneys sufficient for the payment stand to the credit of a relevant Trust Account or head of the Trust Fund, after allowing for any payments previously authorized to be made that are to be, but have not yet been, debited to that Trust Account or head of the Trust Fund.
"(4) Subject to sub-section (5), a certifying officer