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2022-2023
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation (Parliamentary
Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023
No. , 2023
(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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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023
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Contents
Part 1
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Preliminary
1
1
Short title ........................................................................................... 1
2
Commencement ................................................................................. 2
3
Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
4
Portfolio statements ........................................................................... 4
5
Notional transactions between entities that are part of the
Commonwealth ................................................................................. 4
Part 2
--
Appropriation items
5
6
Summary of appropriations ............................................................... 5
7
Departmental items ............................................................................ 5
8
Administered items ............................................................................ 5
9
Administered assets and liabilities items ........................................... 5
10
Other departmental items ................................................................... 6
Part 3
--
Miscellaneous
7
11
Crediting amounts to special accounts ............................................... 7
12
Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ............................ 7
13
Repeal of this Act .............................................................................. 7
Schedule
1--Services for which money is
appropriated
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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023
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A Bill for an Act to appropriate additional money
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out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for
2
expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary
3
Departments, and for related purposes
4
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 is the
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act
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(No. 2) 2022-2023
.
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Part 1
Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
2
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
3
column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
4
according to its terms.
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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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
15
Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the
16
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
19
"Administered".
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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
22
"Departmental".
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Note:
The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading
24
"Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do
25
not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the
26
item.
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Preliminary
Part 1
Section 3
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expenditure
means payments for expenses, acquiring assets,
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making loans or paying liabilities.
2
item
means any of the following:
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(a) a departmental item;
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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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non-corporate entity
means:
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(a) a non-corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of
9
the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
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2013
; or
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(b) the High Court.
12
Note:
Each Parliamentary Department is a non-corporate Commonwealth
13
entity for the purposes of the
Public Governance, Performance and
14
Accountability Act 2013
.
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other departmental item
means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in
16
relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading
17
"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
25
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) 2022-2023
.
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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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Part 1
Preliminary
Section 4
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special account
has the same meaning as in the
Public
1
Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
.
2
4 Portfolio statements
3
The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for
4
the purposes of section 15AB of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
.
5
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
7
of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the
8
Act to be a relevant document.
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5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the
10
Commonwealth
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For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between
12
non-corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real
13
transactions.
14
Note:
This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between
15
non-corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of
16
the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an
17
appropriation for the paying non-corporate entity, even though no
18
payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This
19
is consistent with section 76 of the
Public Governance, Performance
20
and Accountability Act 2013
.
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Appropriation items
Part 2
Section 6
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Part
2--Appropriation items
1
2
6 Summary of appropriations
3
The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $560,000.
4
Note:
Sections 74 to 75 of the
Public Governance, Performance and
5
Accountability Act 2013
also provide for the adjustment of amounts
6
appropriated by this Act.
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7 Departmental items
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The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary
9
Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the
10
Parliamentary Department.
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8 Administered items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a
13
Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the
14
purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
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(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
16
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
17
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
18
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
19
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
22
for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for
23
the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in
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Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
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(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular
26
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
27
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
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Part 2
Appropriation items
Section 10
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out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
1
contributing to achieving the outcome.
2
10 Other departmental items
3
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
4
Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental
5
expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
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Miscellaneous
Part 3
Section 11
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Part
3--Miscellaneous
1
2
11 Crediting amounts to special accounts
3
If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is
4
covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the
5
special account), then amounts may be debited against the
6
appropriation for that item and credited to that special account.
7
12 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
10
affected by the
Public Governance, Performance and
11
Accountability Act 2013
.
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13 Repeal of this Act
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This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2025.
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Schedule 1
Services for which money is appropriated
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Schedule
1--Services for which money is
appropriated
Note:
See sections 6 and 12.
Abstract
Department
Total
$'000
Department of the House of Representatives
560
Total
560
Services for which money is appropriated
Schedule 1
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APPROPRIATIONS
Schedule 1
Services for which money is appropriated
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SUMMARY
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--
2022-2023
Budget Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2022-2023
Entity
Departmental Administered
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
-
-
-
-
24,202
-
-
24,202
Department of the House of
560
-
-
560
Representatives
25,092
334
-
25,426
Department of Parliamentary Services
-
-
-
-
175,392
5,633
48,358
229,383
Parliamentary Budget Office
-
-
-
-
8,823
-
-
8,823
Total: Parliamentary Departments
560
-
-
560
233,509
5,967
48,358
287,834
Services for which money is appropriated
Schedule 1
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PARLIAMENT
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)
--
2022-2023
Budget Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2022-2023
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)
--
2021-2022
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Operating
Outcome 1-
Advisory and administrative services support the
560
-
560
House of Representatives to fulfil its
25,092
334
25,426
representative and legislative role
25,664
327
25,991
Total: Department of the House of
560
-
560
Representatives