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Appropriation Bill 2010
Appropriation Bill 2010
Explanatory Notes
General Outline
Policy Objectives of the Bill
Section 27(a) of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 provides that, for
each financial year, the Treasurer must present to the Legislative Assembly
a Bill for an ordinary Annual Appropriation Act.
The policy objectives of the Bill, the reasons for those objectives and the
ways in which the policy objectives will be achieved by the Bill are
detailed in the Budget Speech and the accompanying Budget Papers.
This Bill provides for:
· Appropriation for 2010-11 to fund the cost of delivering departmental
services, administered items and equity adjustment in that year and
certain services, equity adjustment and administered items delivered
in the previous year but not previously funded;
· Supply for 2011-12 to allow the normal operations of government to
continue until the Appropriation Bill for 2011-12 receives assent; and
· Supplementary appropriation for unforeseen expenditure that
occurred in the 2008-09 financial year.
The supplementary appropriation sought is based on the Consolidated
Fund Financial Report, noting unforeseen expenditure to be appropriated,
which has been prepared by the Treasurer and reported upon by the
Auditor-General in accordance with Section 23 of the Financial
Accountability Act 2009. Brief explanations of departmental unforeseen
expenditure requirements have been provided as part of the Consolidated
Fund Financial Report 2008-09.
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Notes On Provisions
Clause 1 provides for the short title of the Act.
Clause 2 provides that for each department, the vote amount mentioned for
the department in Schedule 2 is appropriated for the 2010-11 financial year
for the department for application to its departmental services,
administered items and equity adjustment.
It also provides that part of the vote amount may be applied for some
payments necessary in respect of departmental services, administered items
and equity adjustment delivered in 2009-10 which departments were not
paid for by the end of that financial year.
Clause 2(3) provides that the total amount of $45 227 421 000 includes the
amount already authorised by the Appropriation Act 2009, section 3, to be
paid for the financial year starting 1 July 2010.
Clause 3 provides that the amount of $22 600 000 000 is authorised to be
paid for the 2011-12 financial year for departments for application to their
departmental services, administered items and equity adjustment until the
Appropriation Bill for 2011-12 receives assent.
Clause 4(1) authorises the Treasurer to pay $2 957 439 000 from the
consolidated fund for departments as stated in Schedule 3 for the financial
year starting 1 July 2008.
Clause 4(2) provides that for each department, the total amount mentioned
in Schedule 3 is appropriated for the department for application to its
departmental services, administered items and equity adjustment for the
year as stated in the Schedule.
Clause 5 repeals the Appropriation Act 2007 (2007 Act No. 33) and the
Appropriation (Supplementary 2006-07) Act 2008 (2008 Act No. 21).
Schedule 1 sets out how the amount appropriated from the Consolidated
Fund for the year starting on 1 July 2010 is to be distributed between
departments, other than the Legislative Assembly and Parliamentary
Service.
Schedule 2 details the total amount appropriated for each department for
application to its departmental services, administered items and equity
adjustment for the financial year 2010-11.
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Accountable Officers may apply the total of funds received from the
Treasurer for departmental services across the individual services of the
department.
Under section 33 of the Financial Accountability Act, the Treasurer may
pay a department's appropriation in amounts different to those set out in the
Annual Appropriation Act, provided that the total Vote amount is not
exceeded. If the Treasurer considers there is a surplus in one or more of the
headings of a department for a financial year and a deficiency in another
heading or headings of that department, the Treasurer may allocate an
amount to one or more of the headings that are deficient from the heading
or headings in surplus.
Section 34 of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 provides for an
amount called the Treasurer's Advance which is included in the Vote for
the Treasury Department but which may be used for purposes that may be
delivered by any department. Amounts from the Treasurer's Advance may
be paid by the Treasurer to other departments for departmental services,
administered items or equity adjustment, even though the amount
appropriated to other departments under the relevant Annual Appropriation
Act for the financial year will be exceeded.
Schedule 3 details the total amount of supplementary appropriation for
each department for application to its departmental services, administered
items and equity adjustment for the financial year 2008-09.
Legislative Standards
Consultation
Consultation has been undertaken with departments in establishing the
appropriations payable to them pursuant to this Bill.
© State of Queensland 2010
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