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TI. 308 - Government Loans and Guarantees
 
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Treasurer’s Instruction No308
TitleGovernment Loans and Guarantees
Effective date1 July 2005
Objective and BackgroundProvides instruction on the requirement to monitor the financial position of organisations which are the recipient of Government loans or guarantees
Last Reviewed Date1 July 2004
PDF VersionFMTI-0308.pdf
This Instruction was previously known as Treasurer's Instruction No 1013 - Government Loans and Guarantees.

Black letter (or bold) items within these Instructions are mandatory and other plain font items are instructional or for the purpose of providing guidance only.

1)The Head of Agency shall ensure that any agreement to provide a Government loan or guarantee shall contain conditions requiring the recipient organisation to:
(a)within one month of the finalisation of the recipient organisation’s audited financial statements, obtain a copy of those audited annual financial statements;
(b)each year, ascertain from the audited financial statements, the financial position of the recipient organisation; and
(c)inform the Secretary and the Auditor-General should any irregularity be discovered or if it is evident that the financial position of the relevant organisation may or will:
(i)in the case of a Government loan, cause the organisation to be unable to meet the costs involved in relation to its borrowings; or
(ii)in the case of a Government guarantee, involve a liability upon State funds.
2)The Head of Agency shall, during the term of every Government loan or guarantee:
(a)within one month of the finalisation of the recipient organisation’s audited financial statements, obtain a copy of those audited annual financial statements;
(b)each year, ascertain from the audited financial statements, the financial position of the recipient organisation; and
(c)inform the Secretary and the Auditor-General should any irregularity be discovered or if it is evident that the financial position of the relevant organisation may or will:
(i)in the case of a Government loan, cause the organisation to be unable to meet the costs involved in relation to its borrowings; or
(ii)in the case of a Government guarantee, involve a liability upon State funds.



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