Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 1)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-236504

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 1

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: LI, 568 Seiten

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part III. The Parliaments of the Dominions

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#44 PARLIAMENTS OF THE DOMINIONS {PART ITI moneys received in respect of sales or work done in respect of the account, corresponding in the British system to repay- ments in aid—all money paid by any person for the purpose of the account, and pay due to a militiaman if not claimed in three months, a curious item but not unimportant, These accounts can be used for any payments out of them for the purposes thereof, and the moneys in the fund are to be deemed to be money standing to the credit of the Trust Fund, which is one of the three funds into which the original Audit Act of 1901 divided the public funds. The others were the Consoli- Jated Revenue Fund and the Loan Fund, into which all moneys raised by loan fall to be paid, and from which no money is to be issued unless on a definite Act of Parliament specifying the amount to be paid and the purposes for which it is to be ex- pended. From the Trust Fund nothing can be spent likewise without the authority of an Act for the purposes of the fund. The audit of the accounts is secured in each case by the presence of an independent Auditor-General, who is appointed tor life and who is not removable from office save on an address from both Houses of Parliament.! In the Common- wealth he must not be a member of any Parliament in Australia nor an Executive Councillor, and the Governor- General has a carefully guarded right of suspension with a decision as to removal by both the Houses of Parliament. His salary is fixed at £1,000 by the Audit Act, which is appropriated by the law. In the Commonwealth the plan is similar to that in England; there is in the first place a staff which is engaged in checking the expenditure and receipt of money in the great departments day by day, including in their purview the propriety of departmental contracts and the sufficiency of government stores. Secondly, there is an examination of the accounts in the office of the Auditor-General. For this purpose he receives monthly statements from all persons who receive or disburse money of their receipts and disbursements for the period. and the There are similar Audit Acts in Canada, Newfoundland, the Provinces, che Australian States, and New Zealand, and in all cases the independence of the Auditor is fully recognized. For South Africa see the Exchequer and Audit Act, No. 21 of 1911.

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