Interpretation (Delegations by Minister for Finance) Order 2024

No. S 133

Interpretation Act 1965

Interpretation
(Delegations by Minister for
Finance) Order 2024

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 36 of the Interpretation Act 1965, the Minister for Finance makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Interpretation (Delegations by Minister for Finance) Order 2024 and comes into operation on 1 March 2024.

Definitions

2. In this Order —

“accounting officer” means a public officer who is appointed by the MOF Permanent Secretary to account for the management of Funds voted under specified heads of the estimates of expenditure;

“MOF” means the Ministry of Finance;

“MOF Deputy Secretary” means any Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Finance;

“MOF Permanent Secretary” means any Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance.

Delegations to political office holders

3. The Minister for Finance, with the Prime Minister’s approval, delegates the functions under the provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the First Schedule to the persons specified in the third column of the First Schedule, subject to the conditions (if any) specified in the fourth column of the First Schedule.

Delegations to other persons

4.—(1) The Minister for Finance delegates the functions under the provisions of the Acts specified in the first column of the Second Schedule to the persons specified in the third column of the Second Schedule, subject to the conditions (if any) specified in the fourth column of the Second Schedule.

(2) The Minister for Finance delegates the functions under section 19 of the Financial Procedure Act 1966 to the persons specified in the first column of the Third Schedule, but only up to the amount (if any) and in the circumstances specified in the second and third columns of the Third Schedule, respectively.

Made on 27 February 2024.

TAN CHING YEE

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[MOF.LD.LD.2020.PROJ.9; AG/LEGIS/SL/1/2020/3 Vol. 1]

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