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APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 1) 2009-2010
2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation (Parliamentary
Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010
No. , 2009
(Finance and Deregulation)
A Bill for an Act to appropriate money out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in
relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for
related purposes
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
1
1
Short title ............................................................................................ 1
2
Commencement .................................................................................. 2
3
Definitions .......................................................................................... 2
4
Portfolio Statements............................................................................ 3
5
Notional payments, receipts etc. ......................................................... 4
Part 2--Appropriation items
5
6
Summary of appropriations ................................................................ 5
7
Departmental items ............................................................................. 5
8
Administered items ............................................................................. 5
9
Administered assets and liabilities items ............................................ 5
10
Other departmental items.................................................................... 6
Part 3--Adjusting appropriation items
7
11
Reducing departmental items, administered assets and
liabilities items and other departmental items .................................... 7
12
Reducing administered items .............................................................. 7
13
Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer .................................... 8
Part 4--Miscellaneous
10
14
Crediting amounts to Special Accounts............................................ 10
15
Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ........................... 10
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
11
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 No. , 2009 1
A Bill for an Act to appropriate money out of the
1
Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in
2
relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for
3
related purposes
4
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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Part 1--Preliminary
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary
9
Departments) Act (No. 1) 2009-2010.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commence ment
1
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
2
Assent.
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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 Parliamentary Department 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 Parliamentary Department under the heading
10
"Administered Expenses".
11
Agency has the same meaning as in the Financial Management and
12
Accountability Act 1997.
13
Note:
Each Parliamentary Department is an Agency for the purposes of the
14
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
15
Chief Executive has the same meaning as in the Financial
16
Management and Accountability Act 1997.
17
current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2010.
18
departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in
19
relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading
20
"Departmental Outputs".
21
Note:
The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading
22
"Departmental Outputs", are "notional". They are not part of the item,
23
and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised
24
by the item.
25
expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets,
26
making loans or paying liabilities.
27
Finance Minister means the Minister administering this Act.
28
item means any of the following:
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(a) a departmental item;
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(b) an administered item;
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Preliminary Part 1
Section 4
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(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
1
(d) an other departmental item.
2
other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in
3
relation to a Parliamentary Department:
4
(a) opposite the heading "Equity Injections"; or
5
(b) opposite the heading "Loans"; or
6
(c) opposite the heading "Previous Years' Outputs".
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Parliamentary Department means any of the following:
8
(a) the Department of the Senate;
9
(b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
10
(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services.
11
Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget
12
Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of
13
Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
14
Portfolio Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements.
15
President means the President of the Senate.
16
responsible Presiding Officer means:
17
(a) in relation to the Department of the Senate--the President; or
18
(b) in relation to the Department of the House of
19
Representatives--the Speaker; or
20
(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services--the
21
President and the Speaker together.
22
Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
23
Special Account has the same meaning as in the Financial
24
Management and Accountability Act 1997.
25
4 Portfolio Statements
26
The Portfolio Statements are hereby declared to be relevant
27
documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts
28
Interpretation Act 1901.
29
Note:
See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 5
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5 Notional payments, receipts etc.
1
For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between
2
Agencies are to be treated as if they were real transactions.
3
Note:
This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between Agencies
4
that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this
5
section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for
6
the paying Agency, even though no payment is actually made from the
7
Consolidated Revenue Fund.
8
9
Appropriation items Part 2
Section 6
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 No. , 2009 5
Part 2--Appropriation items
1
2
6 Summary of appropriations
3
The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $172,738,000.
4
Note 1:
Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
5
Note 2:
Sections 30 to 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability
6
Act 1997 also provide for adjustments of amounts appropriated by this
7
Act.
8
7 Departmental items
9
The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary
10
Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the
11
Parliamentary Department.
12
Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
13
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
14
and Accountability Act 1997.
15
8 Administered ite ms
16
(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a
17
Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the
18
purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
19
Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
20
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
21
and Accountability Act 1997.
22
(2) If the Portfolio Statements indicate that activities of a particular
23
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
24
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
25
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
26
contributing to achieving the outcome.
27
9 Administered assets and liabilities items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item
29
for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for
30
the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in
31
Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
32
Part 2 Appropriation items
Section 10
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Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
1
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
2
and Accountability Act 1997.
3
(2) If the Portfolio Statements indicate that activities of a particular
4
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
5
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
6
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
7
contributing to achieving the outcome.
8
10 Other departme ntal ite ms
9
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
10
Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental
11
expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
12
Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
13
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
14
and Accountability Act 1997.
15
16
Adjusting appropriation items Part 3
Section 11
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 No. , 2009 7
Part 3--Adjusting appropriation items
1
2
11 Reducing departme ntal ite ms, administered assets and liabilities
3
items and othe r departmental items
4
(1) A written request to reduce a departmental item, an administered
5
assets and liabilities item or an other departmental item for a
6
Parliamentary Department may be made to the Finance Minister by
7
the responsible Presiding Officer.
8
(2) If a request is made under subsection (1), the Finance Minister
9
may, by writing, determine that the item is to be reduced by the
10
amount specified in the request.
11
(3) However, the determination has no effect to the extent that it would
12
reduce the item below nil, after subtracting amounts that have been
13
applied under Part 2 in respect of the item.
14
(4) The item is taken to be reduced in accordance with the
15
determination.
16
(5) A request made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.
17
(6) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
18
instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
19
Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
20
to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
21
not apply to the determination.
22
12 Reducing administered items
23
(1) If:
24
(a) an annual report for a Parliamentary Department for the
25
current year is tabled in the Parliament; and
26
(b) the report specifies an amount required by the Parliamentary
27
Department in respect of an administered item; and
28
(c) the required amount is less than the amount of the item;
29
the item is taken to be reduced to the required amount.
30
Part 3 Adjusting appropriation items
Section 13
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(2) The Finance Minister may, by writing, determine that
1
subsection (1):
2
(a) does not apply in relation to the item; or
3
(b) applies as if the amount specified in the annual report were
4
the amount specified in the determination.
5
(3) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
6
instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
7
Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
8
to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
9
not apply to the determination.
10
13 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
11
(1) This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied
12
that there is an urgent need for expenditure in relation to a
13
Parliamentary Department, in the current year, that is not provided
14
for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1:
15
(a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or
16
(b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last
17
day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill
18
for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of
19
Representatives.
20
(2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance
21
with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make
22
provision for so much (if any) of the additional expenditure as the
23
responsible Presiding Officer determines.
24
(3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
25
Department of the Senate cannot be more than $300,000.
26
(4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
27
Department of the House of Representatives cannot be more than
28
$300,000.
29
(5) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
30
Department of Parliamentary Services cannot be more than $1
31
million.
32
Adjusting appropriation items Part 3
Section 13
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 No. , 2009 9
(6) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
1
instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 6
2
(sunsetting) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 applies to the
3
determination.
4
5
Part 4 Miscellaneous
Section 14
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Part 4--Miscellaneous
1
2
14 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
15 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 the Financial Management and Accountability Act
11
1997.
12
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 No. , 2009 11
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
Note:
See sections 6 and 15.
Abstract
Page
Reference
Entity
Total
$'000
14
Department of the Senate
20,513
15
Department of the House of Representatives
22,219
16
Department of Parliamentary Services
130,006
Total
172,738
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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APPROPRIATIONS
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 No. , 2009 13
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)
--
2009-2010
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2008-2009
Entity
Departmental
Outputs
Administered
Expenses
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
20,482
-
31
20,513
20,254
-
-
20,254
Department of the House of
Representatives
22,188
-
31
22,219
21,935
-
-
21,935
Department of Parliamentary Services
118,165
-
11,841
130,006
116,852
-
11,915
128,767
Total: Parliamentary Departments
160,835
-
11,903
172,738
159,041
-
11,915
170,956
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE
Appropriation (plain figures)
--
2009-2010
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2008-2009
Departmental
Outputs
Administered
Expenses
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE
Operating
Outcome 1 -
Advisory and administrative support services to
enable the Senate and Senators to fulfil their
representative and legislative duties
20,482
-
20,482
20,254
-
20,254
Total: Operating
20,482
-
20,482
20,254
-
20,254
Non-operating
Previous Years' Outputs
31
-
Total: Non-operating
31
-
Total: Department of the Senate
20,482
-
20,513
20,254
-
20,254
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010 No. , 2009 15
DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Appropriation (plain figures)
--
2009-2010
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2008-2009
Departmental
Outputs
Administered
Expenses
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Operating
Outcome 1 -
Advisory and administrative services support
the House of Representatives to fulfil its
representative and legislative role
22,188
-
22,188
21,935
-
21,935
Total: Operating
22,188
-
22,188
21,935
-
21,935
Non-operating
Previous Years' Outputs
31
-
Total: Non-operating
31
-
Total: Department of the House of
Representatives
22,188
-
22,219
21,935
-
21,935
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES
Appropriation (plain figures)
--
2009-2010
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2008-2009
Departmental
Outputs
Administered
Expenses
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY
SERVICES
Operating
Outcome 1 -
Occupants of Parliament House are supported
by integrated services and facilities, Parliament
functions effectively and its work and building
are accessible to the public
118,165
-
118,165
116,852
-
116,852
Total: Operating
118,165
-
118,165
116,852
-
116,852
Non-operating
Previous Years' Outputs
61
469
Administered Assets and Liabilities
11,780
11,446
Total: Non-operating
11,841
11,915
Total: Department of Parliamentary Services
118,165
-
130,006
116,852
-
128,767
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