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2010-2011-2012-2013
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Appropriation (Parliamentary
Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014
No. , 2013
(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
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1
Short title ........................................................................................... 1
2
Commencement ................................................................................. 2
3
Definitions ......................................................................................... 2
4
Portfolio Statements ........................................................................... 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) 2013-2014 No. , 2013 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) 2013-2014.
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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
4
In this Act:
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administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in
6
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.
13
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 2014.
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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".
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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.
27
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.
2
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:
6
(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
17
(b) in relation to the Department of the House of
18
Representatives--the Speaker; or
19
(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services--the
20
President and the Speaker together; or
21
(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.
24
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
28
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.
8
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 $184,775,000.
4
Note 1:
Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
5
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
9
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.
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
8 Administered items
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(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a
17
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.
27
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
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Part 2 Appropriation items
Section 10
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the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in
1
Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
2
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.
5
(2) If the Portfolio Statements indicate that activities of a particular
6
kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a
7
particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying
8
out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of
9
contributing to achieving the outcome.
10
10 Other departmental items
11
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a
12
Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental
13
expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
14
Note:
The Finance Minister manages the expenditure of public money
15
through the issue of drawing rights under the Financial Management
16
and Accountability Act 1997.
17
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
other than to correct an error.
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(6) A request made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.
20
(7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
21
instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
22
Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
23
to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
24
not apply to the determination.
25
12 Reducing administered items
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(1) If:
27
(a) an annual report for a Parliamentary Department for the
28
current year is tabled in the Parliament; and
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Part 3 Adjusting appropriation items
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(b) the report specifies an amount required by the Parliamentary
1
Department in respect of an administered item; and
2
(c) the required amount is less than the amount of the item;
3
the item is taken to be reduced to the required amount.
4
(2) The Finance Minister may, by writing:
5
(a) determine that subsection (1):
6
(i) does not apply in relation to the item; or
7
(ii) applies as if the amount specified in the annual report
8
were the amount specified in the determination; or
9
(b) if the report does not specify the required amount--
10
determine an amount that is taken to be the required amount
11
for the purposes of subsection (1).
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(3) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
13
instrument and, despite subsection 44(2) of the Legislative
14
Instruments Act 2003, section 42 (disallowance) of that Act applies
15
to the determination. However, Part 6 (sunsetting) of that Act does
16
not apply to the determination.
17
13 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer
18
(1) This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied
19
that there is an urgent need for expenditure in relation to a
20
Parliamentary Department, in the current year, that is not provided
21
for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1:
22
(a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or
23
(b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last
24
day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill
25
for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of
26
Representatives.
27
(2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance
28
with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make
29
provision for so much (if any) of the additional expenditure as the
30
responsible Presiding Officer determines.
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(3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
32
Department of the Senate cannot be more than $300,000.
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(4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
1
Department of the House of Representatives cannot be more than
2
$300,000.
3
(5) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
4
Department of Parliamentary Services cannot be more than $1
5
million.
6
(6) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the
7
Parliamentary Budget Office cannot be more than $300,000.
8
(7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative
9
instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 6
10
(sunsetting) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 applies to the
11
determination.
12
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.
12
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014 No. , 2013 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
21,905
15
Department of the House of Representatives
23,218
16
Department of Parliamentary Services
131,950
17
Parliamentary Budget Office
7,702
Total
184,775
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) 2013-2014 No. , 2013 13
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)
--
2013-2014
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2012-2013
Entity
Departmental
Administered
Non-
operating
Total
$'000
$'000
$'000
$'000
Department of the Senate
21,905
-
-
21,905
21,141
-
-
21,141
Department of the House of
Representatives
22,893
325
-
23,218
22,691
-
-
22,691
Department of Parliamentary Services
111,513
-
20,437
131,950
110,822
-
12,896
123,718
Parliamentary Budget Office
7,702
-
-
7,702
6,063
-
-
6,063
Total: Parliamentary Departments
164,013
325
20,437
184,775
160,717
-
12,896
173,613
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--
2013-2014
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2012-2013
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
21,905
-
21,905
21,141
-
21,141
Total: Department of the Senate
21,905
-
21,905
21,141
-
21,141
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014 No. , 2013 15
PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--
2013-2014
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2012-2013
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
22,893
325
23,218
22,691
-
22,691
Total: Department of the House of
Representatives
22,893
325
23,218
22,691
-
22,691
Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated
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PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--
2013-2014
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2012-2013
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
111,513
-
111,513
110,822
-
110,822
Total: Operating
111,513
-
111,513
110,822
-
110,822
Non-operating
Administered Assets and Liabilities
20,437
12,896
Total: Non-operating
20,437
12,896
Total: Department of Parliamentary Services
111,513
-
131,950
110,822
-
123,718
Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2013-2014 No. , 2013 17
PARLIAMENT
Appropriation (plain figures)
--
2013-2014
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)
--
2012-2013
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
7,702
-
7,702
6,063
-
6,063
Total: Parliamentary Budget Office
7,702
-
7,702
6,063
-
6,063
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