Freedom of Information Manual: Section 16

Financial and Procurement Procedures

The financial and accounting rules and procedures in the NSWQB accord with relevant legislation and with the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies issued by the Department of Finance.

Legislation background to NSWQB financial and procurement procedures include:

Late Payment in Commercial Transactions, 2002
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act, 1993
Freedom of Information Acts, 1997 and 2003
Data Protection Act, 1988, and the Data Protection Amendment Act, 2003.

The Board complies fully with the requirements set out in the Department of Finance publication, entitled:

An Outline of Government Contract Procedures and Public Procurements (1994), available from the Government Publications Sales Office, Sun Alliance House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2.

Internal payment procedures are in place in order to comply with the European Communities:

Late Payment in Commercial Transactions, 2002.

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