Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purpose of the following payments by the Commonwealth:
(a) payments for the purpose of meeting expenses or liabilities that the Commonwealth incurs in participating in processes of the kind mentioned in subsection 8(1);
(b) payments to another person or body in order to reimburse that person or body for expenses that the person or body incurs in participating in those processes.
(2) The limit on the appropriation is the sum of the amounts referred to in paragraphs 17(3)(a), (b) and (c), reduced by the sum of payments made under subsection 17(1).