JAC DELEGATED AUTHORITY SIGNING POWERS (AS AT APRIL 2006)

The following officers have been given authority to instruct Finance Accounts Team to make payments as specified below.

Signed: ……………………………………………………………..                             Date: ……………………………

Director: GARY DAVIS

1

Repayment Work

£500k

Not Delegated from Director

2

Capital Investment projects [1]

(Note:  Adoption of the OGC Gateway Process is required for all high risk projects – see DAASIC Guidance Booklet appendix 1, paras 1.17 and 1.18)

£600k
(or as required by the local Board)

Not Delegated from Director

3

Employer’s liability claims as a result of a court award, or where, on legal advice, it is apparent that a court would probably make such an award (includes compensation payments for injuries to staff and unfair dismissal of ex-employees)

None

4

Employers’ liability in all other circumstances (includes compensation payments for injuries to staff and unfair dismissal of ex-employees)

None

5

Claims waived or abandoned

£12k

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

6

Cash Losses: (See GA 18.1 Type A Delegation Group 1)

i.  Physical losses of cash and cash equivalents ie coins, bank notes, stamps, tokens, postal orders etc, due to fire, accident or other similar causes

£5k

Finance Officer (Christine Campbell)

ii.  Book keeping losses:

a.        unvouched or incompletely  vouched payments (including where vouchers are missing).

b.        charges to the Account to clear inexplicable or erroneous debit balances.

£5k

£5k

£1k

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

Finance Officer (Christine Campbell)

iii.  Losses due to fluctuations in exchange rate or revaluation of currencies

£5k

Finance Officer (Christine Campbell)

iv.  Loses of pay, allowances and superannuation benefits:

a.  overpayments due to miscalculation, misinterpretation of    Acts, regulations or scheme rules or the full facts not been known

b.         unauthorised issues, egs payments not admissible under the Acts, regulations or scheme rules

£5k

£5k

£1k

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

Finance Officer (Christine Campbell)

7

Losses of Accountable Stores

£5k

Finance Officer (Christine Campbell)

8

Disposal of obsolete equipment[2]

£25k[3]

Finance Officer (Christine Campbell)

9

Special Payments:

1.        Extra contractual and ex gratia payments to contractors

£1k

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

2.        Other ex gratia payments

£8k

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

3.        Compensation payments: property and cash

None

4.        Extra statutory and extra regulatory payments

None

5.        Road Traffic Accidents: payments to third parties

None

10

Gifts of obsolete2 stores and equipment to educational establishments

£5k3

(per item)

Finance Officer (Christine Campbell)

11

Gifts of equipment purchased under Research Grants where ownership of such equipment remained vested in PPARC.

None

12

Gifts and Prizes:

1.        Protocol gifts (to hosts and visitors)

£75

(per item)

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

2.        Prizes to schools, students

£200

(per item)

(max £1.5k per year)

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

13

Gifts to employees (per employee)

None

14

Research Grants

None

15

Contracts including Gemini Work Scopes, Agreements and SLAs

1.  Contracts  -  signing powers

£1000k

Not Delegated from Director

2.  Contracts  -  single tender or restricted contracts external to PPARC

£50k

Decided per case

3.  Agreements signing powers

None

4.  Service Level Agreements with other PPARC \ Establishments[4]

Full

Head of Admin (Stuart Putland)

16

Acquiring property (appendix C to FM 2005)

None

17

Non-cash DEL eg

Depreciation (per item)

Impairment

Provisions

$750k

None

None

Not delegated from Director

18

Cheque signature and Electronic Banking Approval

For any JAC business

Andy Adamson (AJA)

Christine Campbell (CAC)

Craig Walther (CAW)

Ian Midson (ILM)

Remo Tilanus (RPT)

Simon Craig (SCC)

Stuart Putland (SP)

19

The listed main budget holders (MBHs) are authorised to issue Purchase Orders (POs) up to $5,000 within their specified budgets. POs over $5,000 must be approved by the Finance Officer.  MBHs may delegate purchases of up to $1000.

Non-Purchase Invoices of over $5000 may be authorised by a MBH, but the individual will be accountable for the expenditure.

$5,000

(per PO)

Andy Adamson (AJA)

Christine Campbell (CAC)

Craig Walther (CAW)

Gary Davis  (GRD)