Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ACT 1996 - SECT 12

    (1)     A proposed budget for a directorate for a financial year presented to the Legislative Assembly under section 10 (b) must include—

        (a)     the financial statements required under the financial management guidelines; and

        (b)     a statement that sets out—

              (i)     the outputs and classes of outputs it is proposed the directorate should provide during the year; and

              (ii)     the performance criteria to be met by the directorate in providing the outputs; and

              (iii)     for each output and class of output mentioned in subparagraph (i)—

    (A)     the proposed budget expense and proposed appropriation for the financial year; and

    (B)     the estimated expense and appropriation for the previous financial year; and

        (c)     if, during the year, the directorate is to be given a capital injection that must be repaid—a statement that—

              (i)     states that the capital injection is a capital injection; and

              (ii)     sets out the conditions under which the injection is to be given, including the requirements about the time within which it must be repaid.

    (2)     Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to—

        (a)     the Office of the Legislative Assembly; or

        (b)     an officer of the Assembly.

    (3)     A proposed budget must be in a form that facilitates a comparison between—

        (a)     the proposed budget for the directorate; and

        (b)     the budget for the directorate for the previous financial year; and

        (c)     the estimated results for the directorate for the previous financial year.

    (4)     A proposed budget must also include, for the financial statements mentioned in subsection (1) (a), budget estimates for each of the next 3 financial years.