Financial Management and Accountability Regulations 1997. Country/Territory Australia Document type Regulation Date 1997 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Subsidy/incentive Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract These Regulations, made under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, concern the procedures for and ethics of the expenditure of public money and in particular the making of a grant, i.e. an arrangement for the provision of financial assistance by the Commonwealth: (a) under which public money is to be paid to a recipient other than the Commonwealth; and (b) which is intended to assist the recipient achieve its goals; and (c) which is intended to promote one or more of the Australian Government’s policy objectives; and (d) under which the recipient is required to act in accordance with any terms or conditions specified in the arrangement. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au