Queensland Consolidated ActsThe Treasurer shall, not later than the last day of each month of the year, pay to the Commonwealth amounts ascertained in accordance with the formula—

where—
A is the amount of royalty payable under this Act, together with the amount (if any) payable under this Act by reason of late payment of that royalty, by a permittee or licensee in respect of petroleum recovered in the adjacent area under the permit or licence and received by the Minister during the preceding month;
B is the percentage rate at which royalty is payable under this Act by the permittee or licensee in respect of that petroleum;
and the Consolidated Fund is hereby, to the necessary extent, appropriated accordingly.