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2013-2014
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation (Parliamentary
Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2013-2014
No. , 2014
(Finance)
A Bill for an Act to appropriate additional money
out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for
expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary
Departments, and for related purposes
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Contents
Part 1--Preliminary
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 2
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Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
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Portfolio Statements ........................................................................... 4
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Notional payments, receipts etc. ........................................................ 4
Part 2--Appropriation items
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Summary of appropriations ............................................................... 5
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Departmental items ............................................................................ 5
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Administered items ............................................................................ 5
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Administered assets and liabilities items ........................................... 5
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Other departmental items ................................................................... 6
Part 3--Adjusting appropriation items
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Reducing departmental items, administered assets and
liabilities items and other departmental items .................................... 7
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Reducing administered items ............................................................. 7
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Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer .................................... 8
Part 4--Miscellaneous
10
14
Crediting amounts to Special Accounts ........................................... 10
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Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ........................... 10
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2013-2014
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A Bill for an Act to appropriate additional money
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out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for
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expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary
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Departments, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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Part 1--Preliminary
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary
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Departments) Act (No. 2) 2013-2014.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Definitions
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In this Act:
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administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in
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Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the
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heading "Administered Assets and Liabilities".
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administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite
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an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading
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"Administered".
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Agency has the same meaning as in the Financial Management and
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Accountability Act 1997.
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Note:
Each Parliamentary Department is an Agency for the purposes of the
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Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
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Chief Executive has the same meaning as in the Financial
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Management and Accountability Act 1997.
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current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2014.
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departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in
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relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading
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"Departmental".
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Note:
The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading
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"Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do
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not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the
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item.
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expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets,
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making loans or paying liabilities.
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Finance Minister means the Minister administering this Act.
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item means any of the following:
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(a) a departmental item;
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Preliminary Part 1
Section 3
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(b) an administered item;
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(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
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(d) an other departmental item.
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other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in
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relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading
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"Equity Injections".
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Parliamentary Department means any of the following:
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(a) the Department of the Senate;
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(b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
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(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
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(d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
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Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio
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Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or
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the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
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Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget
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Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of
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Representatives in relation to the Appropriation (Parliamentary
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Departments) Act (No. 1) 2013-2014.
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Portfolio Statements means:
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(a) the Portfolio Budget Statements; and
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(b) the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements.
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President means the President of the Senate.
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responsible Presiding Officer means:
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(a) in relation to the Department of the Senate--the President; or
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(b) in relation to the Department of the House of
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Representatives--the Speaker; or
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(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services--the
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President and the Speaker together; or
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(d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office--the President
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and the Speaker together.
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Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Section 4
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Special Account has the same meaning as in the Financial
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Management and Accountability Act 1997.
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4 Portfolio Statements
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The Portfolio Statements are hereby declared to be relevant
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documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts
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Interpretation Act 1901.
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Note:
See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which
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provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation
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of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the
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Act to be a relevant document.
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5 Notional payments, receipts etc.
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For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between
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Agencies are to be treated as if they were real transactions.
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Note:
This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between Agencies
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that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this
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section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for
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the paying Agency, even though no payment is actually made from the
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Consolidated Revenue Fund. This is consistent with section 6 of the
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Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
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Appropriation items Part 2
Section 6
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Part 2--Appropriation items
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6 Summary of appropriations
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The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $5,359,000.
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Note 1:
Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
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Note 2:
Sections 30 to 32 of the Financial Management and Accountability
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Act 1997 also provide for adjustments of amounts appropriated by this
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Act.
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7 Departmental items
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The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary
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Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the
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Parliamentary Department.
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Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
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through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
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and Accountability Act 1997.
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8 Administered items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a
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Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the
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purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
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Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
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through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
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and Accountability Act 1997.
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(2) If the Portfolio Statements indicate that activities of a particular
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kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
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particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
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out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
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contributing to achieving the outcome.
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9 Administered assets and liabilities items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item
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for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for
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Part 2 Appropriation items
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the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in
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Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
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Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
3
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
4
and Accountability Act 1997.
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(2) If the Portfolio Statements indicate that activities of a particular
6
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
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particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
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out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
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contributing to achieving the outcome.
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10 Other departmental items
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The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
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Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental
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expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
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Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
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through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
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and Accountability Act 1997.
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Adjusting appropriation items Part 3
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Part 3--Adjusting appropriation items
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11 Reducing departmental items, administered assets and liabilities
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items and other departmental items
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(1) A written request to reduce a departmental item, an administered
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assets and liabilities item or an other departmental item for a
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Parliamentary Department may be made to the Finance Minister by
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the responsible Presiding Officer.
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(2) If a request is made under subsection (1), the Finance Minister
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may, by writing, determine that the item is to be reduced by the
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amount specified in the request.
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(3) However, the determination has no effect to the extent that it would
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reduce the item below nil, after subtracting amounts that have been
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applied under Part 2 in respect of the item.
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(4) The item is taken to be reduced in accordance with the
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determination.
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(5) Despite subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the
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determination must not be rescinded, revoked, amended or varied,
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other than to correct an error.
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(6) A request made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.
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(7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
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instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
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Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
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to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
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not apply to the determination.
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12 Reducing administered items
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(1) If:
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(a) an annual report for a Parliamentary Department for the
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current year is tabled in the Parliament; and
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(b) the report specifies an amount required by the Parliamentary
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Department in respect of an administered item; and
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(c) the required amount is less than the amount of the item;
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the item is taken to be reduced to the required amount.
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(2) The Finance Minister may, by writing:
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(a) determine that subsection (1):
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(i) does not apply in relation to the item; or
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(ii) applies as if the amount specified in the annual report
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were the amount specified in the determination; or
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(b) if the report does not specify the required amount--
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determine an amount that is taken to be the required amount
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for the purposes of subsection (1).
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(3) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
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instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
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Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
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to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
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not apply to the determination.
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13 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
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(1) If a responsible Presiding Officer determined an amount under
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subsection 13(2) of the Appropriation (Parliamentary
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Departments) Act (No. 1) 2013-2014 before the commencement of
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this Act, the amount is to be disregarded for the purposes of
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subsections 13(3), (4), (5) and (6) of that Act.
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Note:
This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the responsible
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Presiding Officers have access to the following amounts under
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section 13 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act
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(No. 1) 2013-2014, regardless of amounts that have already been
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determined under that section:
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(a) for the Department of the Senate--$300,000;
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(b) for the Department of the House of Representatives--$300,000;
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(c) for the Department of Parliamentary Services--$1 million;
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(d) for the Parliamentary Budget Office--$300,000.
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(2) If:
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(a) this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure;
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and
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(b) before the commencement of this Act, a responsible
1
Presiding Officer determines an amount (the advanced
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amount) under section 13 of the Appropriation
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(Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2013-2014 for the
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expenditure;
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the amount appropriated by this Act for the expenditure is taken to
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be reduced (but not below nil) by the advanced amount.
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Part 4 Miscellaneous
Section 14
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Part 4--Miscellaneous
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14 Crediting amounts to Special Accounts
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If any of the purposes of a Special Account is a purpose that is
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covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the
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Special Account), then amounts may be debited against the
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appropriation for that item and credited to that Special Account.
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15 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
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The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for
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the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as
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affected by the Financial Management and Accountability Act
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1997.
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Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
Note:
See sections 6 and 15.
Abstract
Page
Reference
Department
Total
$'000
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Department of Parliamentary Services
5,359
Total
5,359
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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APPROPRIATIONS
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
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SUMMARY
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--
2013-2014
Budget Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2013-2014
Entity
Departmental
Administered
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
-
-
-
-
21,905
-
-
21,905
Department of the House of
Representatives
-
-
-
-
22,893
325
-
23,218
Department of Parliamentary Services
5,359
-
-
5,359
111,513
-
20,437
131,950
Parliamentary Budget Office
-
-
-
-
7,702
-
-
7,702
Total: Parliamentary Departments
5,359
-
-
5,359
164,013
325
20,437
184,775
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--
2013-2014
Budget Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2013-2014
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)
--
2012-2013
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY
SERVICES
Outcome 1-
Occupants of Parliament House are supported
by integrated services and facilities, Parliament
functions effectively and its work and building
are accessible to the public
5,359
-
5,359
111,513
-
111,513
110,822
-
110,822
Total: Department of Parliamentary Services
5,359
-
5,359
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Section 15
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