Queensland Consolidated Acts

CONSTITUTION OF QUEENSLAND 2001 - SECT 26C

26C Special provision for annual appropriation Bills

(1) The Legislative Assembly must ensure each Bill for an annual appropriation Act is referred to the portfolio committees for examination in a public hearing.

(2) The referred Bill must be accompanied by any associated documentation tabled in the Legislative Assembly that—

(a) explains the appropriation the subject of the Bill; and

(b) includes estimates of the expenditure for the financial year of the departments of government to which the Bill relates, or the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, whichever is relevant.

(3) In this section—

"annual appropriation Act" means an Act that appropriates an amount from the consolidated fund for departments of government, or the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, for a financial year.