Financial Regulations 1990 · 2025 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Custody of Public Moneys
26. Safeguarding of public moneys
Feedback & supportThe Accounting Officer must make necessary arrangements to ensure that all public moneys are properly safeguarded.
An officer is personally responsible for any loss of public moneys arising from his or her negligence.
An officer must deposit all public moneys as soon as possible into a public or official bank account.
No private money is to be paid into any public or official bank account.
Subregulation 1
The Accounting Officer must make necessary arrangements to ensure that all public moneys are properly safeguarded.
Subregulation 2
An officer is personally responsible for any loss of public moneys arising from his or her negligence.
Subregulation 3
An officer must deposit all public moneys as soon as possible into a public or official bank account.
Subregulation 4
No private money is to be paid into any public or official bank account.