New Zealand Legislation: Acts

6 Authority to spend public money

• Public money may be spent, without further authority than this section, for the purpose of—

  • (a) meeting expenses or capital expenditure incurred in accordance with an appropriation or other authority by or under an Act; and

  • (b) the payment of goods and services tax in relation to those expenses or capital expenditure; and

  • (c) the repayment of debt of the Crown or an Office of Parliament; and

  • (d) the settlement of liabilities of the Crown or an Office of Parliament.

  Section 6: substituted, on 25 January 2005, by section 7 of the Public Finance Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 113).