This section amends section 2 so the account money is treated as State moneys and used only for approved defence-related spending, with specific approval and payment-authorisation roles.
3. Section 2 of the prin'dpal Act is hereby am~nded- . (a) by the substitution in subsection (1) for paragraph (a). of the following paragraph: '. · ·' 5 "(a) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the moneys in the account shall be State moneys for the purposes of the Exchequer Act, 1975 (Act No. 66 of 1975), and the [Chief of the South African Defence Force, · as] accounting officer of the [South African] Department of Defence [Force in terms of that Act] shall be charged 10 with the responsibility of administering and accounting for the moneys in the account received by him and moneys paid from the account by him in connection with the special defence activities and purchases of the [South Mrican] Department of Defence [Force] referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and the expenditure 15 referred to in paragraph' (b) of that subsection."; (b) by the substitution for subsections (2) and (3) of the following . ,subsections: .' :•:'. .. '; . '. . • .. • . "(2);The moneys m the account shall:-:-: . (a) . with the approval of the Minister of [State Expenditure] 20 Finance be utilized to defray the expenditure incurred in connection with such special defence activities in connection with the functions contained in the Defence Act,1957 (Act No. 44 of 1957), and purchases of the [South Mrican] Department of Defence [Force] and the Corporation as the Minister of 25 Defence may from time to time approve; (b) if the account has been credited with moneys referred to in section 1(b), also be utilized to defray any expenditure which would normally have been defrayed by the [South Mrican] Department of Defence [Force] out of moneys appropriated by 30 the Appropriation or other Act in question. . , . . .· (3) Payments for the said special defence activities !md purchases of the [South African] Department of Defence [Force] shall be made by the [South African] Department of Defence [Force], and . ·payments for the said special defence activities.arid purchasesofthe 35 · Corporation shall be made by the Corporation."; and · (c) by the substitution for the proviso to subsection (4) of the following :, , proviso: . ":Provided that the Director-General: State Expenditure or any person , .. in the. Department of State Expenditure designated by him, may 40 authorize·. a person or persons employed by the [South African] Department of Defence [Force] in the Defence Secretariat or the Corporation to sign warrant vouchers necessary for the said payments.". ... · . , , . ·. . · . . . .· . · , Short title