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Appropriation (2004/2005) Bill
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
General
This Bill provides appropriation authority for payments from the
Consolidated Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government for
the 2004/2005 financial year. The amounts contained in Schedule 1 to the
Bill provide for the ongoing operations of departments, new output initiatives
and new asset investment in so far as these are funded by way of annual
appropriation. The Schedule also includes payments made on behalf of the
State. These payments are not related to the direct provision of outputs by
departments and are generally on-passed by departments for specific
purposes. In some cases, the annual appropriations in Schedule 1 include line
items that are specifically referenced in separate legislation, but unlike
special appropriations, require annual appropriations from Parliament.
In addition to the annual appropriations contained in this Bill, funds are
also made available to departments by way of special appropriation.
Special appropriations arise through provisions that are contained in
legislation. These appropriations provide for the specific purposes set out
in that legislation and they do not lapse annually like the annual
Appropriation Act. Details of these can be found in Table 5.4 of Budget
Paper No. 4: Statement of Finances.
Where an item in Schedule 1 provides that section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994 applies, money received from the provision of
services or asset sales by that department or by specific purpose payment by
the Commonwealth or by a municipal council may be credited to that item
during the financial year and is deemed to have been appropriated. Details of
appropriation annotated pursuant to section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994 may be found in Table 5.5 of Budget Paper No. 4:
Statement of Finances.
Unapplied appropriation under the Appropriation (2003/2004) Act 2003 has
been estimated and is included in the Budget Papers. Prior to 30 June 2004
actual unapplied appropriation are finalised, approved carryover amounts
determined, and the 2004/2005 appropriations increased accordingly,
pursuant to section 32 of the Financial Management Act 1994.
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Advances during 2003/2004 from the Treasurer's Advance and those
available under section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994 are not
brought to account in this Bill. They are tabled in the Parliament in the
Spring Sittings as part of the Financial Report for the State of Victoria
2003/2004 and formally brought to account in the Appropriation (2005/2006)
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Act. Advances relating to 2002/2003 which were published in the Financial
Report for the State of Victoria 2002/2003, are brought to account in
clauses 7 and 8 of, and Schedules 2 and 3 to, this Bill.
To enable comparison of the appropriations between years, Schedule 1 to the
Bill contains both the 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 appropriated amounts.
Clause Notes
The Bill is comprised of 8 clauses as follows:
Clause 1 defines the purpose of the proposed Act.
Clause 2 specifies that the proposed Act comes into operation on the day it
receives Royal Assent.
Clause 3 provides that the Treasurer may issue the stated amount out of the
Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year 2004/2005 for
the purposes set out in Schedule 1 to the Bill. Sub-clauses (2)
and (3) provide authority for additional appropriation if necessary
for increases in salaries and related costs that may be the result of
determinations or legislation during the year.
Clause 4 provides that the Consolidated Fund is appropriated to the extent
necessary for the purposes included in clause 3.
Clause 5 provides that the amounts specified for an item in Schedule 1 are
to be applied subject to section 30 of the Financial Management
Act 1994 and on the basis that the amounts specified for that item
are not exceeded.
The clause also states that if depreciation is included in the
provision of outputs of a department in Schedule 1 to the Bill,
then the additions to the net asset base of that department may be
increased, subject to the Treasurer's approval, by an amount up to
the depreciation amount.
Clause 6 provides for the application of amounts in 2004/2005 for
arrangements, expenses or obligations that arise in 2004/2005
but do not require payment until a future year.
Clause 7 provides that appropriation authority for additional funding
approved by the Treasurer during 2002/2003 pursuant to the
provisions of section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994
as detailed in Schedule 2.
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Clause 8 provides appropriation authority for additional funding approved
by the Treasurer during 2002/2003 from funds appropriated for
Advance to the Treasurer under the Department of Treasury and
Finance. Details are contained in Schedule 3.
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