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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation (Parliamentary
Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021
No. , 2020
(Finance)
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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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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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
Departmental items ............................................................................ 5
8
Administered items ............................................................................ 5
9
Administered assets and liabilities items ........................................... 5
10
Other departmental items ................................................................... 6
Part 3--Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
7
11
Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer.................................... 7
Part 4--Miscellaneous
9
12
Crediting amounts to special accounts ............................................... 9
13
Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ............................ 9
14
Repeal of this Act .............................................................................. 9
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2020-2021
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A Bill for an Act to appropriate money out of the
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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 is the
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act
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(No. 1) 2020-2021
.
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Part 1
Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
3
column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
4
according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Definitions
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In this Act:
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administered assets and liabilities item
means an amount set out in
15
Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the
16
heading "Administered Assets and Liabilities".
17
administered item
means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite
18
an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading
19
"Administered".
20
current year
means the financial year ending on 30 June 2021.
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departmental item
means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in
22
relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading
23
"Departmental".
24
Note:
The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading
25
"Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do
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Preliminary
Part 1
Section 3
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not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the
1
item.
2
expenditure
means payments for expenses, acquiring assets,
3
making loans or paying liabilities.
4
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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(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
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(d) an other departmental item.
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non-corporate entity
means:
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(a) a non-corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of
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the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
12
2013
; or
13
(b) the High Court.
14
Note:
Each Parliamentary Department is a non-corporate Commonwealth
15
entity for the purposes of the
Public Governance, Performance and
16
Accountability Act 2013
.
17
other departmental item
means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in
18
relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading
19
"Equity Injections".
20
Parliamentary Department
means any of the following:
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(a) the Department of the Senate;
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(b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
23
(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
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(d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
25
Portfolio Budget Statements
means the Portfolio Budget
26
Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of
27
Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
28
portfolio statements
means the Portfolio Budget Statements.
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President
means the President of the Senate.
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responsible Presiding Officer
means:
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(a) in relation to the Department of the Senate--the President; or
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Part 1
Preliminary
Section 4
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(b) in relation to the Department of the House of
1
Representatives--the Speaker; or
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(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services--the
3
President and the Speaker together; or
4
(d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office--the President
5
and the Speaker together.
6
Speaker
means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
7
special account
has the same meaning as in the
Public
8
Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
.
9
4 Portfolio statements
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The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for
11
the purposes of section 15AB of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
.
12
Note:
See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
which
13
provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation
14
of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the
15
Act to be a relevant document.
16
5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the
17
Commonwealth
18
For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between
19
non-corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real
20
transactions.
21
Note:
This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between
22
non-corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of
23
the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an
24
appropriation for the paying non-corporate entity, even though no
25
payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This
26
is consistent with section 76 of the
Public Governance, Performance
27
and Accountability Act 2013
.
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Appropriation items
Part 2
Section 6
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Part 2--Appropriation items
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2
6 Summary of appropriations
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The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $141,746,000.
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Note 1:
Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
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Note 2:
Sections 74 to 75 of the
Public Governance, Performance and
6
Accountability Act 2013
also provide for the adjustment of amounts
7
appropriated by this Act.
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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.
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8 Administered items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a
14
Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the
15
purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
16
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
17
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
18
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
19
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
20
contributing to achieving the outcome.
21
9 Administered assets and liabilities items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item
23
for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for
24
the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in
25
Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
26
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
27
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
28
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
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Part 2
Appropriation items
Section 10
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out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
1
contributing to achieving the outcome.
2
10 Other departmental items
3
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
4
Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental
5
expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
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Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
Part 3
Section 11
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Part 3--Advance to the responsible Presiding
1
Officer
2
3
11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
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(1) This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied
5
that there is an urgent need for expenditure in relation to a
6
Parliamentary Department, in the current year, that is not provided
7
for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1:
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(a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or
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(b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last
10
day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill
11
for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of
12
Representatives.
13
(2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance
14
with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make
15
provision for so much (if any) of the expenditure as the responsible
16
Presiding Officer determines.
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(3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) of this
18
section and subsection 11(2) of the
Supply (Parliamentary
19
Departments) Act (No. 1) 2020-2021
for the Department of the
20
Senate cannot be more than $300,000.
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(4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) of this
22
section and subsection 11(2) of the
Supply (Parliamentary
23
Departments) Act (No. 1) 2020-2021
for the Department of the
24
House of Representatives cannot be more than $300,000.
25
(5) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) of this
26
section and subsection 11(2) of the
Supply (Parliamentary
27
Departments) Act (No. 1) 2020-2021
for the Department of
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Parliamentary Services cannot be more than $1 million.
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(6) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) of this
30
section and subsection 11(2) of the
Supply (Parliamentary
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Part 3
Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
Section 11
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Departments) Act (No. 1) 2020-2021
for the Parliamentary Budget
1
Office cannot be more than $300,000.
2
(7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
3
instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 4 of
4
Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the
Legislation Act 2003
applies to the
5
determination.
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Miscellaneous
Part 4
Section 12
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Part 4--Miscellaneous
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2
12 Crediting amounts to special accounts
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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.
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13 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
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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
Public Governance, Performance and
11
Accountability Act 2013
.
12
14 Repeal of this Act
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This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2023.
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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 13.
Abstract
Department
Total
$'000
Department of the Senate
12,228
Department of the House of Representatives
10,487
Department of Parliamentary Services
115,474
Parliamentary Budget Office
3,557
Total
141,746
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 (plain figures)
--2020-2021
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2019-2020
Entity
Departmental Administered
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
12,228
-
-
12,228
23,853
-
-
23,853
Department of the House of
10,353
134
-
10,487
Representatives
25,649
319
-
25,968
Department of Parliamentary Services
90,748
3,676
21,050
115,474
141,719
11,565
50,632
203,916
Parliamentary Budget Office
3,557
-
-
3,557
8,258
-
-
8,258
Total: Parliamentary Departments
116,886
3,810
21,050
141,746
199,479
11,884
50,632
261,995
Services for which money is appropriated
Schedule 1
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--2020-2021
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2019-2020
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE
Operating
Outcome 1 -
Advisory and administrative support services to
12,228
-
12,228
enable the Senate and Senators to fulfil their
23,853
-
23,853
representative and legislative duties
Total: Department of the Senate
12,228
-
12,228
23,853
-
23,853
Schedule 1
Services for which money is appropriated
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--2020-2021
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2019-2020
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Operating
Outcome 1 -
Advisory and administrative services support the
10,353
134
10,487
House of Representatives to fulfil its
25,649
319
25,968
representative and legislative role
Total: Department of the House of
10,353
134
10,487
Representatives
25,649
319
25,968
Services for which money is appropriated
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--2020-2021
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2019-2020
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY
SERVICES
Operating
Outcome 1 -
Support the functions of Parliament and
90,748
3,676
94,424
parliamentarians through the provision of
141,719
11,565
153,284
professional services, advice and facilities and
maintain Australian Parliament House
Total: Operating
90,748
3,676
94,424
141,719
11,565
153,284
Non-operating
Administered Assets and Liabilities
21,050
50,632
Total: Non-operating
21,050
50,632
Total: Department of Parliamentary Services
90,748
3,676
115,474
141,719
11,565
203,916
Schedule 1
Services for which money is appropriated
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--2020-2021
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--2019-2020
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE
Operating
Outcome 1 -
Inform the Parliament by providing independent
3,557
-
3,557
and non-partisan analysis of the budget cycle,
8,258
-
8,258
fiscal policy and the financial implications of
proposals
Total: Parliamentary Budget Office
3,557
-
3,557
8,258
-
8,258