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Appropriation Bill 2016
Appropriation Bill 2016
Explanatory Notes
Short title
The short title of the Bill is the Appropriation Bill 2016.
Policy objectives and the reasons for them
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.
Achievement of policy objectives
This Bill provides for:
Appropriation for 2016-17 to fund the cost of delivering departmental services,
administered items and equity adjustment in that year; and
Supply for 2017-18 to allow the normal operations of government to continue until the
Appropriation Bill for 2017-18 receives assent.
There is no supplementary unforeseen expenditure in this Bill as the supplementary
appropriation for 2014-15 unforeseen expenditure was included in the Appropriation Act
(No. 2) 2015. Consistent with this approach, any supplementary appropriation for 2015-16,
identified following the completion of annual financial statements, will be included in a
separate Appropriation Bill.
Alternative ways of achieving policy objectives
The policy objectives can only be achieved by legislation.
Estimated cost for government implementation
The Bill will provide appropriation for departments, other than the Legislative Assembly and
parliamentary service, for the 2016-17 financial year and interim supply for 2017-18 until the
2017-18 Appropriation Bill receives assent.
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Consistency with fundamental legislative principles
The Bill is consistent with fundamental legislative principles.
Consultation
Consultation has been undertaken with departments in establishing the appropriations payable
to them pursuant to this Bill.
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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 2016-17 financial year for the department for application to
its departmental services, administered items and equity adjustment.
Clause 2(3) provides that the total amount of $47,622,087,000 includes the amount already
authorised by the Appropriation Act 2015, section 3, to be paid for the financial year starting
1 July 2016.
Clause 3 provides that the amount of $23,811,044,000 is authorised to be paid for the
2017-18 financial year for departments for application to their departmental services,
administered items and equity adjustment until the Appropriation Bill for 2017-18 receives
assent.
Clause 4 repeals the Appropriation Act 2014 (Act No. 37) and the Appropriation Act (No. 2)
2014 (Act No. 53).
Schedule 1 sets out how the amount appropriated from the Consolidated Fund for the year
starting on 1 July 2016 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
2016-17.
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 2009, 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.
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