New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 108

108 Rural fire brigade funding amount

(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of each financial year, the Minister must prepare and, subject to the Treasurer's agreement, adopt an update of rural fire brigade funding for the financial year (the
"rural fire brigade funding amount" ).

(2) The rural fire brigade funding amount is the estimated rural fire brigade expenditure for the financial year (that is, EE t in the rural fire brigade funding target for the financial year), adjusted and updated in accordance with this section.

(3) Estimated rural fire brigade expenditure is to be adjusted for the purposes of the rural fire brigade funding amount so that the estimate--

(a) is reduced or increased, as appropriate, for any difference between the estimate of rural fire brigade expenditure for the financial year, as adopted in the rural fire brigade funding target, and an updated estimate of that amount, and

(b) is reduced or increased, as appropriate, for any difference between the rural fire brigade funding amount for the previous financial year and the actual amount of rural fire brigade expenditure for that financial year.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the Minister may, with the Treasurer's agreement, decide that adjustments are not to be made to the rural fire brigade funding amount in respect of--

(a) any surplus in the Fund at the end of the previous financial year, or

(b) certain money paid into the Fund, or

(c) certain amounts it is estimated will be paid to the NSW Rural Fire Service for the financial year.

(5) An adjustment to the estimated rural fire brigade expenditure that is made under this section has no effect on, and is not to be used in the calculation of, the rural fire brigade funding target for a financial year.