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APPROPRIATION ACT (NO. 3) 1999-2000 - SECT 6
Departmental items—basic appropriation
- (1)
- For a departmental item for an entity, the Finance Minister may issue out
of the Consolidated Revenue Fund amounts that do not exceed, in total, the
amount specified in the item.
- Note: Generally, the Finance Minister is permitted, but not obliged, to issue
the amounts out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. However, subsections (3) and
(4) impose an obligation on the Finance Minister to issue the amounts in
certain circumstances.
- (2)
- An amount issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for a departmental
item may only be applied for the departmental expenses, acquisition of assets
or payment of liabilities, of the entity.
- Note: The acquisition of new assets will usually be funded from a departmental
capital item (in another Appropriation Act).
- (3)
- If:
- (a)
- an Act provides that an entity must be paid amounts that are appropriated
by the Parliament for the purposes of the entity; and
- (b)
- the Schedule contains a departmental item for that entity;
then the Finance Minister, under subsection (1), must issue out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund the full amount specified in the item.
- (4)
- If a departmental item for an Agency includes provision for payment of
remuneration and allowances to the holder of:
- (a)
- a public office (within the meaning of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973
); or
- (b)
- an office specified in a Schedule to the Remuneration and Allowances Act
1990 ;
then the Finance Minister, under subsection (1), must issue out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund, under that item, amounts that are sufficient to pay
the remuneration and allowances and must apply the amounts for that purpose.
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