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2013-2014-2015
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2014-2015
No. , 2015
(Finance)
A Bill for an Act to appropriate additional money
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain
expenditure, and for related purposes
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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1
Short title ........................................................................................... 1
2
Commencement ................................................................................. 2
3
Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
4
Portfolio statements ........................................................................... 4
5
Notional transactions between entities that are part of the
Commonwealth .................................................................................. 4
Part 2--Appropriation items
5
6
Summary of appropriations ............................................................... 5
7
State, ACT, NT and local government items ..................................... 5
8
Administered items ............................................................................ 5
9
Administered assets and liabilities items ........................................... 6
10
Other departmental items ................................................................... 6
11
Corporate entity items ........................................................................ 6
Part 3--Advance to the Finance Minister
8
12
Advance to the Finance Minister ....................................................... 8
Part 4--Miscellaneous
9
13
Crediting amounts to special accounts ............................................... 9
14
Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ............................. 9
15
Act ceases to be in force .................................................................... 9
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
10
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A Bill for an Act to appropriate additional money
1
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain
2
expenditure, and for related purposes
3
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
4
Part 1--Preliminary
5
6
1 Short title
7
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2014-2015.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal
2
Assent.
3
3 Definitions
4
In this Act:
5
administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in
6
Schedule 1 in relation to a non-corporate entity opposite the
7
heading "Administered Assets and Liabilities".
8
administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite
9
an outcome for a non-corporate entity under the heading "New
10
Administered Outcomes".
11
corporate entity means:
12
(a) a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the
13
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
14
2013; or
15
(b) a Commonwealth company within the meaning of that Act.
16
corporate entity item means the amount set out in Schedule 1 in
17
relation to a corporate entity under the heading "Non-operating".
18
expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets,
19
making loans or paying liabilities.
20
Finance Minister means the Minister administering this Act.
21
item means any of the following:
22
(a) a State, ACT, NT and local government item;
23
(b) an administered item;
24
(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
25
(d) an other departmental item;
26
(e) a corporate entity item.
27
non-corporate entity means:
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(a) a non-corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of
1
the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
2
2013; or
3
(b) the High Court.
4
other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in
5
relation to a non-corporate entity opposite the heading "Equity
6
Injections".
7
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio
8
Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or
9
the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for the
10
Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2014-2015 and the Bill for the
11
Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2014-2015.
12
Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget
13
Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of
14
Representatives in relation to the Bill for the Appropriation Act
15
(No. 1) 2014-2015 and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 2)
16
2014-2015.
17
portfolio statements means:
18
(a) the Portfolio Budget Statements; and
19
(b) the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements; and
20
(c) the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates
21
Statements.
22
Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements means
23
the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements that
24
were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in
25
relation to the Bill for this Act and the Bill for the Appropriation
26
Act (No. 5) 2014-2015.
27
special account has the same meaning as in the Public
28
Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
29
State, ACT, NT and local government item means an amount set
30
out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non-corporate entity
31
under the heading "Payments to States, ACT, NT and local
32
government".
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4 Portfolio statements
1
The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for
2
the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
3
Note:
See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which
4
provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation
5
of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the
6
Act to be a relevant document.
7
5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the
8
Commonwealth
9
For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between
10
non-corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real
11
transactions.
12
Note:
This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between
13
non-corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of
14
the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an
15
appropriation for the paying non-corporate entity, even though no
16
payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This
17
is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance
18
and Accountability Act 2013.
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Appropriation items Part 2
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Part 2--Appropriation items
1
2
6 Summary of appropriations
3
The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $422,679,000.
4
Note 1:
Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
5
Note 2:
Sections 30A and 31 of the Financial Management and Accountability
6
Act 1997 also provide for adjustments of amounts appropriated by this
7
Act. Those sections continue to apply because of Part 2 of Schedule 2
8
to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability
9
(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014.
10
Note 3:
Sections 74 and 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and
11
Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts
12
appropriated by this Act.
13
7 State, ACT, NT and local government items
14
(1) The amount specified in a State, ACT, NT and local government
15
item for an outcome for a non-corporate entity may be applied for
16
the purpose of making payments to or for the States, the Australian
17
Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and local government
18
authorities for the purpose of contributing to achieving that
19
outcome.
20
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
21
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
22
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
23
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
24
contributing to achieving the outcome.
25
8 Administered items
26
(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a
27
non-corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the
28
purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
29
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
30
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
31
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particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
1
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
2
contributing to achieving the outcome.
3
9 Administered assets and liabilities items
4
(1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item
5
for a non-corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the
6
purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified for the
7
entity:
8
(a) in Schedule 1 to this Act; or
9
(b) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2014-2015; or
10
(c) in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2014-2015; or
11
(d) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2014-2015; or
12
(e) in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2014-2015; or
13
(f) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2014-2015.
14
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
15
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
16
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
17
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
18
contributing to achieving the outcome.
19
10 Other departmental items
20
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
21
non-corporate entity may be applied for the departmental
22
expenditure of the entity.
23
11 Corporate entity items
24
(1) The amount specified in a corporate entity item for a corporate
25
entity may be paid to the entity to be applied for the purposes of
26
the entity.
27
(2) If:
28
(a) an Act provides that a corporate entity must be paid amounts
29
that are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of
30
the entity; and
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(b) Schedule 1 contains a corporate entity item for that entity;
1
then the entity must be paid the full amount specified in the item.
2
Part 3 Advance to the Finance Minister
Section 12
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Part 3--Advance to the Finance Minister
1
2
12 Advance to the Finance Minister
3
(1) If the Finance Minister determined an amount under
4
subsection 12(2) of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2014-2015
5
before the commencement of this Act, the amount is to be
6
disregarded for the purposes of subsection 12(3) of that Act.
7
Note:
This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the Finance
8
Minister has access to $380 million under section 12 of the
9
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2014-2015, regardless of amounts that have
10
already been determined under that section.
11
(2) If:
12
(a) this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure;
13
and
14
(b) before the commencement of this Act, the Finance Minister
15
determines an amount (the advanced amount) under
16
section 12 of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2014-2015 for the
17
expenditure;
18
the amount appropriated by this Act for the expenditure is taken to
19
be reduced (but not below nil) by the advanced amount.
20
Miscellaneous Part 4
Section 13
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Part 4--Miscellaneous
1
2
13 Crediting amounts to special accounts
3
If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is
4
covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the
5
special account), then amounts may be debited against the
6
appropriation for that item and credited to that special account.
7
14 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
8
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for
9
the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as
10
affected by:
11
(a) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, as
12
that Act continues to apply because of Schedule 2 to the
13
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability
14
(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014; and
15
(b) the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
16
2013.
17
15 Act ceases to be in force
18
This Act ceases to be in force at the start of 1 July 2017.
19
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
Note:
See sections 6 and 14.
Abstract
Portfolio
Total
$'000
Defence
411,727
Foreign Affairs and Trade
144
Social Services
10,000
Treasury
808
Total
422,679
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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APPROPRIATIONS
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Portfolio
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Agriculture
-
-
-
-
-
-
540,080
540,080
Attorney-
General's
-
-
-
-
5,712
-
156,072
161,784
Communications
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,290,640
3,290,640
Defence
-
-
411,727
411,727
-
-
2,367,886
2,367,886
Education and Training
-
-
-
-
100,431
-
9,642
110,073
Employment
-
-
-
-
-
-
23,987
23,987
Environment
-
-
-
-
5,620
-
79,197
84,817
Finance
-
-
-
-
-
-
215,433
215,433
Foreign Affairs and Trade
-
-
144
144
-
-
342,851
342,851
Health
-
-
-
-
-
-
16,002
16,002
Immigration and Border Protection
-
-
-
-
-
-
290,403
290,403
Industry and Science
-
-
-
-
-
-
108,963
108,963
Infrastructure and Regional
Development
-
-
-
-
460,415
-
40,022
500,437
Prime Minister and Cabinet
-
-
-
-
8,517
-
44,329
52,846
Social Services
-
-
10,000
10,000
-
-
50,164
50,164
Treasury
-
-
808
808
-
-
41,758
41,758
Total: Bill 6
-
-
422,679
422,679
580,695
-
7,617,429
8,198,124
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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DEFENCE PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Entity
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of Defence
-
-
411,727
411,727
-
-
2,346,764
2,346,764
Department of Veterans' Affairs
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,678
8,678
Payments to corporate entities:
Australian War Memorial
-
-
12,444
12,444
Total: Defence
-
-
411,727
411,727
-
-
2,367,886
2,367,886
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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DEFENCE PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)
--2013-2014
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
Non-operating
Equity Injections
411,727
2,346,764
1,418,385
Total: Department of Defence
-
-
411,727
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Entity
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade
-
-
144
144
-
-
333,618
333,618
Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,725
8,725
Australian Trade Commission
-
-
-
-
-
-
505
505
Total: Foreign Affairs and Trade
-
-
144
144
-
-
342,851
342,851
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)
--2013-2014
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND
TRADE
Non-operating
Equity Injections
144
120,920
72,015
Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade
-
-
144
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Entity
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of Social Services
-
-
10,000
10,000
-
-
6,373
6,373
Payments to corporate entities:
National Disability Insurance
Scheme Launch Transition Agency
-
-
23,349
23,349
Department of Human Services
-
-
-
-
-
-
20,442
20,442
Total: Social Services
-
-
10,000
10,000
-
-
50,164
50,164
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SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)
--2013-2014
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Non-operating
Equity Injections
10,000
6,373
41,663
Total: Department of Social Services
-
-
10,000
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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TREASURY PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Entity
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Australian Bureau of Statistics
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,328
5,328
Australian Competition and Consumer
Commission
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,700
2,700
Australian Prudential Regulation
Authority
-
-
-
-
-
-
108
108
Australian Securities and Investments
Commission
-
-
-
-
-
-
11,978
11,978
Australian Taxation Office
-
-
-
-
-
-
21,644
21,644
Inspector General of Taxation
-
-
808
808
-
-
-
-
Total: Treasury
-
-
808
808
-
-
41,758
41,758
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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TREASURY PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)
--2013-2014
Payments to
States, ACT,
NT and local
government
New
Administered
Outcomes
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
INSPECTOR GENERAL OF TAXATION
Non-operating
Equity Injections
808
-
-
Total: Inspector General of Taxation
-
-
808