Compliance registers

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) maintains central registers for gifts received by FRNSW, gift of government property, and statutory act of grace payments, as per NSW Treasury requirements.

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Register of gifts and benefits received by FRNSW

FRNSW employees may not ask for gifts, benefits or hospitality, and certain gifts, benefits or hospitality must be refused.

We do not solicit donations for our own core activities. FRNSW only accepts donations (usually in the form of sponsorship) for certain community safety prevention programs.

Register

Gifts of government property

Under the Treasurer’s direction TD21-04 Gifts of Government Property [external link], FRNSW is required to maintain a register of gifts of government property made above the threshold of $10,000.

This direction makes provision for and with respect to the circumstances in which a person handling government resources can make a gift of government property, for the purposes of section 5.6(1)(c) of the Government Sector Finance Act 2018 [external link].

The direction also makes provision for the records that are to be kept in respect of gifts of government property made by or on behalf of a GSF agency.

An amendment for this direction (TD22-27 [external link]) was published on the 2nd September 2022.

Section 5.6(1) of the Government Sector Finance Act 2018 [external link] states that a person handling government resources cannot make a gift of government property unless:

  • the property was acquired or produced to use as a gift, or
  • the gift has been authorised by the Treasurer in writing, or
  • the gift is made in accordance with the Treasurer’s directions (see TD21-04 Gifts of Government PropertyExternal [external link]), or
  • the gift was authorised by or under any law.

Register

Employees must declare gifts of government property made over the $10,000 threshold in a central register, which is published on FRNSW's website annually here.

Statutory act of grace payments

Under the Treasury circular TC22-01 Statutory Act of Grace Payments [external link], FRNSW is required to maintain a register of all statutory grace of payments made. Statutory act of grace payments may be made under section 5.7 of the Government Sector Finance Act 2018 [external link] where the Minister, or Minister’s delegate, is satisfied that there are special circumstances which warrant the making of an act of grace payment. Examples of where special circumstances may exist include:

  • a person, or persons, have suffered financial or other detriment as a result of the workings of government, or
  • a person, or persons, have suffered financial or other detriment as a result of significant natural, health, or other disasters requiring an emergency government response; and
  • the State has no present legal obligation to compensate the person or persons for that detriment, but it is nonetheless morally justifiable for the State to make a payment in the circumstances.

Register

Employees must declare statutory act of grace payments made in a central register, which is published on FRNSW's website annually here.

Central register for FRNSW Staff

FRNSW staff can submit entries into the central register via the FRNSW Intranet.