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APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 1) 2012-2013

2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation (Parliamentary
Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013
No. , 2012
(Finance and Deregulation)
A Bill for an Act to appropriate 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
1
1 Short
title
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1
2 Commencement
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2
3 Definitions
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2
4 Portfolio
Statements
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3
5
Notional payments, receipts etc. ........................................................ 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--Adjusting appropriation items
7
11
Reducing departmental items, administered assets and
liabilities items and other departmental items .................................... 7
12 Reducing
administered items ............................................................. 7
13
Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer .................................... 8
Part 4--Miscellaneous
10
14
Crediting amounts to Special Accounts ........................................... 10
15
Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ........................... 10
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
11
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013 No. , 2012 1
A Bill for an Act to appropriate money out of the
1
Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in
2
relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for
3
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 may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary
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Departments) Act (No. 1) 2012-2013.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 2
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2 Commencement
1
This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal
2
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
7
heading "Administered Assets and Liabilities".
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administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite
9
an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading
10
"Administered".
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Agency has the same meaning as in the Financial Management and
12
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
16
Management and Accountability Act 1997.
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current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2013.
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departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in
19
relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading
20
"Departmental".
21
Note:
The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading
22
"Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do
23
not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the
24
item.
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expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets,
26
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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(b) an administered item;
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Preliminary Part 1
Section 4
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(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
1
(d) an other departmental item.
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other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in
3
relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading
4
"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 Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget
11
Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of
12
Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
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Portfolio Statements means the Portfolio Budget 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
18
Representatives--the Speaker; or
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(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services--the
20
President and the Speaker together; or
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(d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office--the
22
Parliamentary Budget Officer.
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Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Special Account has the same meaning as in the Financial
25
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.
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Part 1 Preliminary
Section 5
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5 Notional payments, receipts etc.
1
For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between
2
Agencies are to be treated as if they were real transactions.
3
Note:
This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between Agencies
4
that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this
5
section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for
6
the paying Agency, even though no payment is actually made from the
7
Consolidated Revenue Fund.
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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 $174,550,000.
4
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
6
Act 1997 also provide for adjustments of amounts appropriated by this
7
Act.
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7 Departmental items
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The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary
10
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
13
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
14
and Accountability Act 1997.
15
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
18
purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
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Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
20
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
21
and Accountability Act 1997.
22
(2) If the Portfolio Statements indicate that activities of a particular
23
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
24
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
25
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
26
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
29
for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for
30
the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in
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Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
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Part 2 Appropriation items
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Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
1
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
2
and Accountability Act 1997.
3
(2) If the Portfolio Statements indicate that activities of a particular
4
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
5
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
6
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
7
contributing to achieving the outcome.
8
10 Other departmental items
9
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
10
Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental
11
expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
12
Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
13
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
14
and Accountability Act 1997.
15
16
Adjusting appropriation items Part 3
Section 11
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Part 3--Adjusting appropriation items
1
2
11 Reducing departmental items, administered assets and liabilities
3
items and other departmental items
4
(1) A written request to reduce a departmental item, an administered
5
assets and liabilities item or an other departmental item for a
6
Parliamentary Department may be made to the Finance Minister by
7
the responsible Presiding Officer.
8
(2) If a request is made under subsection (1), the Finance Minister
9
may, by writing, determine that the item is to be reduced by the
10
amount specified in the request.
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(3) However, the determination has no effect to the extent that it would
12
reduce the item below nil, after subtracting amounts that have been
13
applied under Part 2 in respect of the item.
14
(4) The item is taken to be reduced in accordance with the
15
determination.
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(5) Despite subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, the
17
determination must not be rescinded, revoked, amended or varied.
18
(6) A request made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.
19
(7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
20
instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
21
Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
22
to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
23
not apply to the determination.
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12 Reducing administered items
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(1)
If:
26
(a) an annual report for a Parliamentary Department for the
27
current year is tabled in the Parliament; and
28
(b) the report specifies an amount required by the Parliamentary
29
Department in respect of an administered item; and
30
(c) the required amount is less than the amount of the item;
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Part 3 Adjusting appropriation items
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the item is taken to be reduced to the required amount.
1
(2) The Finance Minister may, by writing:
2
(a) determine that subsection (1):
3
(i) does not apply in relation to the item; or
4
(ii) applies as if the amount specified in the annual report
5
were the amount specified in the determination; or
6
(b) if the report does not specify the required amount--
7
determine an amount that is taken to be the required amount
8
for the purposes of subsection (1).
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(3) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
10
instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
11
Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
12
to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
13
not apply to the determination.
14
13 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
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(1) This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied
16
that there is an urgent need for expenditure in relation to a
17
Parliamentary Department, in the current year, that is not provided
18
for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1:
19
(a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or
20
(b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last
21
day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill
22
for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of
23
Representatives.
24
(2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance
25
with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make
26
provision for so much (if any) of the additional expenditure as the
27
responsible Presiding Officer determines.
28
(3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
29
Department of the Senate cannot be more than $300,000.
30
(4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
31
Department of the House of Representatives cannot be more than
32
$300,000.
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Adjusting appropriation items Part 3
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(5) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
1
Department of Parliamentary Services cannot be more than $1
2
million.
3
(6) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
4
instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 6
5
(sunsetting) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 applies to the
6
determination.
7
8
Part 4 Miscellaneous
Section 14
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Part 4--Miscellaneous
1
2
14 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
15 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
8
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for
9
the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as
10
affected by the Financial Management and Accountability Act
11
1997.
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Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013 No. , 2012 11
Schedule 1--Services for which money is
appropriated
Note:
See sections 6 and 15.
Abstract
Page
Reference
Department
Total
$'000
14
Department of the Senate
21,141
15
Department of the House of Representatives
22,691
16
Department of Parliamentary Services
124,635
17
Parliamentary Budget Office
6,083
Total 174,550
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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APPROPRIATIONS
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013 No. , 2012 13
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)--2012-2013
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)--2011-2012
Entity
Departmental
Administered
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
21,141
-
-
21,141
21,569
-
-
21,569
Department of the House of
Representatives
22,691
-
-
22,691
23,253
-
-
23,253
Department of Parliamentary Services
111,739
-
12,896
124,635
123,774
-
12,279
136,053
Parliamentary Budget Office
6,083
-
-
6,083
-
-
-
-
Total: Parliamentary Departments
161,654
-
12,896
174,550
168,596
-
12,279
180,875
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)--2012-2013
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)--2011-2012
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE
Operating
Outcome 1-
Advisory and administrative support services to
enable the Senate and Senators to fulfil their
representative and legislative duties
21,141
-
21,141
21,569
-
21,569
Total: Department of the Senate
21,141
-
21,141
21,569
-
21,569
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013 No. , 2012 15
PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)--2012-2013
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)--2011-2012
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Operating
Outcome 1-
Advisory and administrative services support
the House of Representatives to fulfil its
representative and legislative role
22,691
-
22,691
23,253
-
23,253
Total: Department of the House of
Representatives
22,691
-
22,691
23,253
-
23,253
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)--2012-2013
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)--2011-2012
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY
SERVICES
Operating
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
111,739
-
111,739
123,774
-
123,774
Total: Operating
111,739
-
111,739
123,774
-
123,774
Non-operating
Administered Assets and Liabilities
12,896
12,279
Total: Non-operating
12,896
12,279
Total: Department of Parliamentary Services
111,739
-
124,635
123,774
-
136,053
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013 No. , 2012 17
PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)--2012-2013
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)--2011-2012
Departmental
Administered
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE
Operating
Outcome 1-
Inform the Parliament by providing independent
and non-partisan analysis of the budget cycle,
fiscal policy and the financial implications of
proposals
6,083
-
6,083
-
-
-
Total: Parliamentary Budget Office
6,083
-
6,083
-
-
-
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2012-2013 No. , 2012 1

 

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