1) The Minister may authorise the redeployment of amounts appropriated by the most recent Annual Appropriation Act for administration by the Ministry of Finance to the heads of appropriation and appropriation categories to be administered by one or more other budget sector agencies.
2) The Minister may authorise the redeployment of amounts appropriated by the most recent Annual Appropriation Act for administration by a budget sector agency (other than the Ministry of Finance) to the heads of appropriation and appropriation categories to be administered by one or more other budget sector agencies.
3) The amounts redeployed under subsection (1) are taken to be appropriated by the most recent Annual Appropriation Act to the heads of appropriation and appropriation categories as indicated in the authorisation, without further appropriation than this Act.
4) A statement of amounts redeployed under subsection (2) must be included in the first Bill for an Annual Appropriation Act after the authorisation is given, unless it is included in an earlier Appropriation Act.
5) The amounts redeployed under subsection (2) are taken to be appropriated by the most recent Annual Appropriation Act to the heads of appropriation and appropriation categories as indicated in the authorisation, without further appropriation than this Act, pending enactment of the legislation referred to in subsection (4).
6) The power of the Minister to give authorisations under this section cannot be delegated under this Act.
(Financial Management Act 2004 s(22))