Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002 (Vic)

Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Act No. 33/2002

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purpose	1
2.	Commencement	1
3.	Issue of moneys	2
4.	Appropriation	3
5.	Application of amounts appropriated	3
6.	Application of amounts for future payments	3
7.	Public Account advance	3
8.	Advance to Treasurer	4

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SCHEDULES	5
SCHEDULE 1	5
SCHEDULE 2	15
SCHEDULE 3	16

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Victoria

No. 33 of 2002

Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002†

[Assented to 18 June 2002]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to make provision for
the appropriation of certain sums out of the
Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year

2002/2003.

2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Act No. 33/2002 s. 3

3. Issue of moneys

(1) The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated

Fund in respect of the financial year 2002/2003
the sum of $19 576 163 000 as set out in
Schedule 1.

(2) If—

(a)	in respect of the financial year 2002/2003 the amount payable in respect of salaries and related costs is increased as the result of any act or determination; and
(b)	the amounts specified in the relevant items in Schedule 1 are insufficient to provide for the payment of the increased amount payable in respect of salaries and related costs—

the Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated amount payable in respect of salaries and related costs in addition to the amount issued under sub- section (1).

(3) In this section—

"salaries and related costs" includes wages or

other amounts in the nature of salary,
payments by way of overtime or penalty
rates or in lieu of long service leave or for
retiring gratuities, superannuation
contributions, annual leave loadings, pay-roll
tax payments and WorkCover insurance
policy premiums;

"determination" includes any regulation or any award, order or determination of a person or body authorised to determine minimum

salaries or wages under any law of the Commonwealth or of the State, or any agreement approved in accordance with the
Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the

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Commonwealth, or any agreement entered

into by or on behalf of the State.

4. Appropriation

The Consolidated Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of section 3.

5. Application of amounts appropriated

(1) The amounts to be applied to an item specified in

Schedule 1 shall not, except as provided in this section or section 30 of the Financial Management Act 1994, exceed the amount specified for that item.

(2) If an amount in respect of depreciation of an asset

provision of outputs of a Department, the amount
shown for the item in Schedule 1 relating to that

is applied to an item in Schedule 1 for the base is increased, if the Treasurer so determines, by an amount not exceeding the amount in respect of depreciation.

6. Application of amounts for future payments

If, during the financial year 2002/2003, an arrangement is made, or an expense or obligation is incurred, for the payment of an amount in a future financial year, a corresponding amount is applied, in respect of the financial year 2002/2003, to the appropriate item in Schedule 1 for the relevant Department.

7. Public Account advance

The sums specified in Schedule 2 which by the
authority of section 35 of the Financial
Management Act 1994 have been expended from
the Public Account to meet urgent claims are
hereby deemed to have been appropriated from
the Consolidated Fund for the provision of
outputs, additions to the net asset base and

Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Act No. 33/2002 s. 8

payments made on behalf of the State specified in Schedule 2 and those sums shall be re-paid to the Public Account.

8. Advance to Treasurer

The sums specified in Schedule 3 have been shall be deemed to have been appropriated for the purposes and services specified in Schedule 3.
expended to meet urgent claims out of the
Advance appropriated in the Appropriation

(2000/2001) Act 2000 under the Department of

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Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

DEPARTMENTAL VOTES

ESTIMATES

SUMMARY

Department 2001/2002 2002/2003

Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

Education and Training	5 183 788	5 322 157
Human Services	5 466 543	6 073 902
Infrastructure	2 321 616	2 593 094
Innovation, Industry and
Regional Development	362 348	423 757
Justice	1 716 403	1 961 424
Natural Resources and
Environment	817 348	963 997
Premier and Cabinet	402 112	408 095
Tourism, Sport and the
Commonwealth Games	—	108 552
Treasury and Finance	1 759 244	1 721 185
18 029 402	19 576 163

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Act No. 33/2002 Sch. 1

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.	Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	5 183 788	5 322 157
2.	Additions to the net asset base
(section 29 of the Financial

Management Act 1994 applies) 0 0

Total Appropriation 5 183 788 5 322 157

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Sch. 1 Act No. 33/2002

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.       Provision of outputs (section

29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994

applies) 5 405 177 5 931 055

2.       Additions to the net asset base

(section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994

applies) 61 337 142 818

3.       Cemeteries—Grants towards

maintenance and
improvement pursuant to the

Cemeteries Act 1958 29 29

Total Appropriation 5 466 543 6 073 902

Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Act No. 33/2002 Sch. 1

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.       Provision of outputs

(section 29 of the
Financial Management

Act 1994 applies) 2 101 532 2 276 491

2.       Additions to the net asset

base 208 701 299 883

3.       Payments made on behalf

of the State 11 383 16 720

Total Appropriation 2 321 616 2 593 094

Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Sch. 1 Act No. 33/2002

DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.       Provision of outputs (section

29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994

applies) 300 408 298 517
2.	Additions to the net asset base 4 150 52 320

3.       Payments made on behalf of

the State 4 400 0

4.       Payment to Regional

Infrastructure Development
Fund pursuant to section 4
of the Regional
Infrastructure Development

Fund Act 1999 53 390 72 920

Total Appropriation 362 348 423 757

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Act No. 33/2002 Sch. 1

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.       Provision of outputs (section

29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994

applies) 1 590 749 1 818 897

2.       Additions to the net asset

base (section 29 of the
Financial Management

Act 1994 applies) 125 654 141 609

3.       Victorian Law Reform

Commission – pursuant to
section 17(b) of the
Victorian Law Reform

Commission Act 2000 —* 918

Total Appropriation 1 716 403 1 961 424

* previously included in item 1.

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Sch. 1 Act No. 33/2002

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND

ENVIRONMENT

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.1	Provision of outputs (section 29 of
the Financial Management Act
1994 applies) 724 909 835 099
1.2	Additions to the net asset base 39 457 68 554
1.3	Payments made on behalf of the 1 954 1 300
State
2.1	Provision of outputs pursuant to section 15 of the Environment Protection Act 1970 (section 29 of
the Financial Management Act
1994 applies) 33 794 37 544
2.2	Additions to the net asset base
pursuant to section 15 of the
Environment Protection Act 1970 0 0
3.	Contribution by the State under
agreements pursuant to section 25 of
the Murray-Darling Basin Act
1993 17 234 21 500

Total Appropriation 817 348 963 997

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Act No. 33/2002 Sch. 1

DEPARTMENT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.       Provision of outputs (section

29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994

applies) 318 131 332 268
2.	Additions to the net asset base 83 981 75 827

Total Appropriation 402 112 408 095

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Sch. 1 Act No. 33/2002

DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, SPORT AND THE

COMMONWEALTH GAMES

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000

1.	Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	95 902
2.	Additions to the net asset base	8 250
3.	Payments made on behalf of

the State 4 400 108 552

Total Appropriation

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Act No. 33/2002 Sch. 1

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE

2001/2002 2002/2003

Item Budget Estimate

$'000 $'000

1.	Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	196 818	186 455
2.	Additions to the net asset base
(section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994

applies) 90 839 2 900

3.       Payments made on behalf of the

State 1 001 953 909 337

4.       Advance to Treasurer to enable Treasurer to meet urgent claims that may arise before

Parliamentary sanction is

obtained, which will afterwards be submitted for Parliamentary authority 469 634 622 493

Total Appropriation 1 759 244 1 721 185

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Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Sch. 2 Act No. 33/2002

SCHEDULE 2

Payments from advances pursuant to section 35 of the Financial

Management Act 1994, 2000/2001

Department	Purpose	Amount
$

Human Services Equity injection to various

Metropolitan Health Services	34 600 000
34 600 000

Infrastructure	Marine boat operator licensing system	413 000
413 000
Justice	Acquisition of Metropolitan Women's	17 795 000

Correctional Centre

CFA reform package	22 500 000
40 295 000

Natural Resources	Linton bushfire Coronial Inquiry
and Environment	2 440 000
2 440 000
Premier and	Federation Square project
Cabinet	5 000 000
5 000 000

Total 82 748 000

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Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Act No. 33/2002 Sch. 3

SCHEDULE 3

Payments from Advance to Treasurer, 2000/2001

Department Purpose Amount

$

Education,	Middle Years of Schooling initiative	7 790 000
Employment	WorkCover - impact of government
and Training	policy changes	5 007 000

17⋅5 per cent recreation leave loading 140 000

backpay

Approved wage increases (including 71 774 000

on-costs)

84 711 000

Human Services Completion of Commonwealth funded 1 596 000

programs

Drugs program expenses	6 000 000
Legal costs for representation at the	2 210 000

Metropolitan Ambulance Service

Royal Commission

Revenue shortfall - private patients in 6 300 000

public hospitals

Trauma System agreement	5 824 000
Tobacco legislation expenses	2 158 000
Reinstatement of embedded tax savings	4 400 000

for charities

International Year of Volunteers	200 000
National Depression Initiative	2 625 000
WorkCover - impact of government	14 947 000

policy changes

Mildura Hospital - expenses including 30 825 000

closure costs of the former hospital

Program Development Unit expenses	2 453 000
Latrobe Hospital - allocated facilities	4 180 000

charge

Approved wage increases (including 72 222 000

on-costs)

155 940 000

Infrastructure Resourcing of major rail infrastructure 14 200 000

projects

Recreational boat operator licensing 1 500 000

expenses

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Department Purpose Amount

$

WorkCover - impact of government 420 000

policy changes

Wurundjeri Way works	6 410 000
Sports and Entertainment precinct	1 300 000

works

Box Hill and Sydenham line extensions	2 000 000
Dock Link road extensions	364 000
Transfer of responsibility of Office of	1 217 000

Major Projects

Multi Purpose Taxi Program - legal 3 000 000

settlement

17⋅5 per cent recreation leave loading 370 000

backpay

Capital Assets Charge and depreciation 4 200 000

for revalued assets

Bus replacements and operator 13 864 000

payments

Approved wage increases (including 2 409 000

on-costs)

51 254 000

Justice Metropolitan Women's Correctional 2 351 000

Centre(MWCC) - loan facility

termination costs

MWCC - costs of settlement, 1 307 000

administration and transfer of

responsibilities

Victims Referral Assistance Service	2 800 000
Metropolitan Ambulance Service	2 180 000

Royal Commission - legal expenses

Correctional Services - health costs	970 000
Native Title administration	1 229 000
Fines processing - LMT contract	6 304 000

payment

17⋅5 per cent recreation leave loading 600 000

backpay

Reinstatement of embedded tax savings 200 000

on charities

WorkCover - impact of government 6 320 000

policy changes

Approved wage increases (including 19 120 000

on-costs)

43 381 000

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Act No. 33/2002 Sch. 3

Department Purpose Amount

$

Natural Resources Aboriginal Affairs funding for 1 831 000

and Environment development grants

Fire preparedness costs	3 354 000
Emergency relief arrangements	500 000

resulting from bushfires near Stawell

Transfer of responsibility of 500 000

Cooperative Research Centre

Transfer of responsibility of Rural 436 000

Financial Counselling Service

Additional fire suppression costs	2 756 000
Reinstatement of embedded tax savings	500 000

on charities

WorkCover - impact of government 505 000

policy changes

Locusts plague - Victorian contribution 1 557 000

to Australian Plague Locust

Commission

Seal Rocks arbitration	3 311 000
17⋅5 per cent recreation leave loading	808 000

backpay

Commercial forests working account - 932 000

increased funding matched by

revenue

Landata working account - increased 188 000

funding matched by revenue

Snowy River project - Tungamah and 2 430 000

Normanville pipeline water saving

projects

Commercial forests working account - 5 778 000

capital funding

Approved wage increases (including 14 976 000

on-costs)

40 362 000

Parliament Transfer of responsibility for Support 115 000

of Independent Members

Approved wage increases (including 1 276 000

on-costs)

1 391 000

Premier and	Melbourne Reconciliation Walk	200 000
Cabinet	Reinstatement of embedded tax savings	700 000

on charities

WorkCover - impact of government 110 000

policy changes

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Department Purpose Amount

$

17⋅5 per cent recreation leave loading 98 000

backpay

Approved wage increases (including 4 143 000

on-costs)

5 251 000

State and	Vodaphone Arena legal settlement	6 200 000
Regional	State Weightlifting Centre	841 000
Development	State Gymnastics Training Centre	2 237 000

Completion of development of 543 000

Wellsford Forest Complex - Bendigo

Major Events funding	3 224 000
Anzac Day proceeds	404 000
Industry development initiatives	11 764 000
Transfer of responsibility - Koorie	276 000

Business Network

17⋅5 per cent recreation leave loading 252 000

backpay

Approved wage increases (including 3 790 000

on-costs)

WorkCover - impact of government 22 000

policy changes

29 553 000

Treasury and Initial contribution to HIH builders' 10 000 000

Finance warranty claims

Communications Strategy - 750 000

Government response to changes in

the State tax regime

Office of the Regulator-General - legal 700 000

expenses for challenge to general

electricity prices determination

WorkCover - impact of government 68 000

policy changes

17⋅5 per cent recreation leave loading 352 000

backpay

Approved wage increases (including

on-costs)	2 843 000
14 713 000
Total	426 555 000

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Appropriation (2002/2003) Act 2002

Act No. 33/2002 Endnotes

ENDNOTES

†

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 7 May 2002

Legislative Council: 11 June 2002

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "for the appropriation of certain
sums out of the Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year
2002/2003 and for other purposes."