Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Subject to
subsections (2) and (3), the total expenditure that may be
authorised under sections 27(1) and (2) and 28(1) in a
financial year cannot exceed an amount equal to 3% of the total amount
appropriated for the previous financial year by the Appropriation Acts.
(2) For the purpose of
determining the total amount referred to in subsection (1) in respect of
a financial year, any advance made under section 28(1)(a) or (b)
that has been recovered in that financial year, whether in respect of that
financial year or a previous financial year, is to be disregarded.
(3) Expenditure that
exceeds the limit specified in subsection (1) may be authorised by a
Treasurer’s Advance Authorisation Act to make payments in respect of
extraordinary or unforeseen matters or to make advances for the purposes
referred to in section 28(1).