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2013-2014-2015
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation (Parliamentary
Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2014-2015
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(Finance)
A Bill for an Act to appropriate additional 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
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 2
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Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
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Portfolio statements ........................................................................... 4
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Notional transactions between entities that are part of the
Commonwealth .................................................................................. 4
Part 2--Appropriation items
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Summary of appropriations ............................................................... 5
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Departmental items ............................................................................ 5
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Administered items ............................................................................ 5
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Administered assets and liabilities items ........................................... 5
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Other departmental items ................................................................... 6
Part 3--Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
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Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer .................................... 7
Part 4--Miscellaneous
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Crediting amounts to special accounts ............................................... 8
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Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ............................. 8
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Act ceases to be in force .................................................................... 8
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2014-2015
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A Bill for an Act to appropriate additional money
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out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for
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expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary
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Departments, and for related purposes
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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
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Departments) Act (No. 2) 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
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Assent.
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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
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Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the
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heading "Administered Assets and Liabilities".
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administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite
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an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading
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"Administered".
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departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in
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relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading
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"Departmental".
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Note:
The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading
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"Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do
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not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the
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item.
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expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets,
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making loans or paying liabilities.
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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
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2013; or
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(b) the High Court.
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Preliminary Part 1
Section 3
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Note:
Each Parliamentary Department is a non-corporate Commonwealth
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entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and
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Accountability Act 2013.
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other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in
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relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading
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"Equity Injections".
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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;
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(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
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(d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
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Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio
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Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or
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the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
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Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget
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Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of
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Representatives in relation to the Appropriation (Parliamentary
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Departments) Act (No. 1) 2014-2015.
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portfolio statements means:
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(a) the Portfolio Budget Statements; and
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(b) the Portfolio Additional Estimates 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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(b) in relation to the Department of the House of
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Representatives--the Speaker; or
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(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services--the
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President and the Speaker together; or
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(d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office--the President
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and the Speaker together.
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Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 4
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special account has the same meaning as in the Public
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Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
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4 Portfolio statements
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The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for
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the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
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Note:
See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which
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provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation
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of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the
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Act to be a relevant document.
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5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the
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Commonwealth
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For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between
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non-corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real
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transactions.
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Note:
This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between
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non-corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of
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the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an
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appropriation for the paying non-corporate entity, even though no
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payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This
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is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance
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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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6 Summary of appropriations
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The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $113,837,000.
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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 30A and 31 of the Financial Management and Accountability
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Act 1997 also provide for adjustments of amounts appropriated by this
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Act. Those sections continue to apply because of Part 2 of Schedule 2
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to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability
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(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014.
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Note 3:
Sections 74 and 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and
11
Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts
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appropriated by this Act.
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7 Departmental items
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The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary
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Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the
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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
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Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the
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purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
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(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
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kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
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particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
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out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
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contributing to achieving the outcome.
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9 Administered assets and liabilities items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item
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for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for
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Part 2 Appropriation items
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the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in
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Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
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(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
3
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
4
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
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out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
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contributing to achieving the outcome.
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10 Other departmental items
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The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
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Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental
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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
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Officer
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11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
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(1) If a responsible Presiding Officer determined an amount under
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subsection 11(2) of the Appropriation (Parliamentary
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Departments) Act (No. 1) 2014-2015 before the commencement of
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this Act, the amount is to be disregarded for the purposes of
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subsections 11(3), (4), (5) and (6) of that Act.
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Note:
This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the responsible
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Presiding Officers have access to the following amounts under
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section 11 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act
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(No. 1) 2014-2015, regardless of amounts that have already been
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determined under that section:
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(a) for the Department of the Senate--$300,000;
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(b) for the Department of the House of Representatives--$300,000;
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(c) for the Department of Parliamentary Services--$1 million;
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(d) for the Parliamentary Budget Office--$300,000.
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(2) If:
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(a) this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure;
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and
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(b) before the commencement of this Act, a responsible
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Presiding Officer determines an amount (the advanced
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amount) under section 11 of the Appropriation
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(Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2014-2015 for the
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expenditure;
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the amount appropriated by this Act for the expenditure is taken to
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be reduced (but not below nil) by the advanced amount.
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Part 4 Miscellaneous
Section 12
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Part 4--Miscellaneous
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12 Crediting amounts to special accounts
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If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is
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covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the
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special account), then amounts may be debited against the
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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
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the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as
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affected by:
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(a) the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, as
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that Act continues to apply because of Schedule 2 to the
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Public Governance, Performance and Accountability
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(Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014; and
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(b) the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
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2013.
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14 Act ceases to be in force
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This Act ceases to be in force at the start of 1 July 2017.
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Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
Note:
See sections 6 and 13.
Abstract
Page
Reference
Department
Total
$'000
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Department of Parliamentary Services
113,837
Total
113,837
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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APPROPRIATIONS
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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SUMMARY
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
-- 2014-2015
Budget Appropriation (italic figures)
-- 2014-2015
Entity
Departmental
Administered
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
-
-
-
-
20,627
-
-
20,627
Department of the House of
Representatives
-
-
-
-
20,821
325
-
21,146
Department of Parliamentary Services
2,707
2,730
108,400
113,837
142,051
1,670
13,812
157,533
Parliamentary Budget Office
-
-
-
-
7,013
-
-
7,013
Total: Parliamentary Departments
2,707
2,730
108,400
113,837
190,512
1,995
13,812
206,319
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
-- 2014-2015
Budget Appropriation (italic figures)
-- 2014-2015
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)
-- 2013-2014
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY
SERVICES
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
2,707
2,730
5,437
142,051
1,670
143,721
116,872
-
116,872
Total: Operating
2,707
2,730
5,437
Non-operating
Administered Assets and Liabilities
108,400
13,812
20,437
Total: Non-operating
108,400
Total: Department of Parliamentary Services
2,707
2,730
113,837