Appropriation (2005/2006) Act 2005 (Vic)

Appropriation (2005/2006) Act 2005

Act No. 26/2005

table of provisions

Section  Page

1.Purpose

2.Commencement

3.Issue of moneys

4.Appropriation

5.Application of amounts appropriated

6.Application of amounts for future payments

7.Public Account advance

8.Advance to Treasurer

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

SCHEDULE 3

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Endnotes

Appropriation (2005/2006) Act 2005

[Assented to 21 June 2005]

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 for the ordinary annual services of the Government for the financial year 2005/2006.

2.Commencement

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

3.Issue of moneys

(1)The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year 2005/2006 the sum of $25 007 006 000 as set out in Schedule 1.

(2)If—

(a)in respect of the financial year 2005/2006 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 Fund an amount not exceeding the increased 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 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 is applied to an item in Schedule 1 for the provision of outputs of a Department, the amount shown for the item in Schedule 1 relating to that Department in respect of additions to the net asset 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 2005/2006, 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 2005/2006, 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 payments made on behalf of the State specified in Schedule 2 and those sums shall be repaid to the Public Account.

8.Advance to Treasurer

The sums specified in Schedule 3 have been expended to meet urgent claims out of the Advance appropriated in the Appropriation (2003/2004) Act 2003 under the Department of Treasury and Finance and the payments so made shall be deemed to have been appropriated for the purposes and services specified in Schedule 3.

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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1

DEPARTMENTAL VOTES

ESTIMATES

Summary

Department	2004/2005 Budget	2005/2006 Estimate
$'000	$'000
Education and Training	5 995 560	6 522 409
Human Services	7 714 598	8 355 073
Infrastructure	3 017 025	3 440 180
Innovation, Industry and Regional Development	365 267	414 822
Justice	2 495 434	2 531 034
Premier and Cabinet	419 654	501 286
Primary Industries	246 392	307 920
Sustainability and Environment	734 496	814 854
Treasury and Finance	1 881 721	1 523 511
Victorian Communities	481 571	595 917
23 351 718	25 007 006

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	5 995 560	6 417 384
2.     Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	0	105 025
Total Appropriation	5 995 560	6 522 409

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	7 432 536	7 933 757
2.     Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	282 032	421 316
3.     Cemeteries—Grants towards maintenance and improvement pursuant to the Cemeteries Act 1958	30	0
Total Appropriation	7 714 598	8 355 073

Note:Because of the commencement on 1 July 2005 of the Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2003 which repeals the Cemeteries Act 1958, the appropriation for cemeteries for 2005/2006 is included in item 1.

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	2 713 528	3 054 627
2.     Additions to the net asset base	303 497	349 653
3.     Payments made on behalf of the State	0	35 900
Total Appropriation	3 017 025	3 440 180

DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATION, INDUSTRY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	249 733	239 085
2.     Additions to the net asset base	90 534	140 737
3.     Payment to Regional        Infrastructure Development        Fund pursuant to section 4        of the Regional        Infrastructure Development        Fund Act 1999	25 000	35 000
Total Appropriation	365 267	414 822

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	2 176 705	2 371 939
2.     Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	263 780	104 785
3.     Payments made on behalf of the State	54 000	53 300
4. Victorian Law Reform Commission – pursuant to section 17(b) of the Victorian Law Reform Commission Act 2000	949	1 010
Total Appropriation	2 495 434	2 531 034

DEPARTMENT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item		Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)		382 227	430 113
2.     Additions to the net asset base		37 427	71 173
3.     Payments made on behalf of the State	0		0
Total Appropriation		419 654	501 286

DEPARTMENT OF primary industries

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	233 055	235 611
2.     Additions to the net asset base	13 337	72 309
Total Appropriation	246 392	307 920

DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	641 454	676 168
2.Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	13 835	41 980
3.Payments made on behalf of the State	1 100	1 100
4.Provision of outputs—Victorian Water Trust (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	9 714	13 101
5.Additions to the net asset base—Victorian Water Trust	15 000	29 500
6.Provision of outputs pursuant to section 15 of the Environment Protection Act 1970 (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	27 573	28 415
7.Additions to the net asset base pursuant to section 15 of the Environment Protection Act 1970	0	0
8.Contribution by the State under        agreements pursuant to section 25 of        the Murray-Darling Basin Act        1993	25 820	24 590
Total Appropriation	734 496	814 854

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	180 259	179 223
2.     Additions to the net asset base	39 795	22 960
3.Payments made on behalf of the State	1 187 439	1 040 125
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	474 228	281 203
Total Appropriation	1 881 721	1 523 511

DEPARTMENT fOR victorian communitIES

2004/2005	2005/2006
Item	Budget	Estimate
$'000	$'000
1.     Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)	412 424	554 017
2.     Additions to the net asset base	51 323	23 905
3.     Payments made on behalf of the State	17 824	17 995
Total Appropriation	481 571	595 917

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SCHEDULE 2

Payments from advances pursuant to section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994, 2003/2004

Department	Purpose	Amount
$
Human Services	Latrobe Regional Hospital – finalisation of former private hospital arrangements	2 500 000
Reinstatement of equity funding provided to hospitals in 2002-03	18 000 000
20 500 000
Infrastructure	New public transport partnership agreements	50 474 000
Hazardous Waste: long term containment facility	1 000 000
Redevelopment of 'vic.gov.au' portal to enhance e-government	1 309 000
52 783 000
Premier and Cabinet	Cultural Infrastructure and Facilities – including Museum floor	2 265 000
Rephase Meat Market Craft Centre – Stage 2	1 870 000
Rephase Redevelopment of Core Business Systems	411 000
4 546 000
Department of Sustainability and Environment	Alpine Resorts (Lake Mountain visitor centre and associated infrastructure)	975 000
Alpine Resorts (new Delatite River at Mt Stirling)	900 000
1 875 000
Treasury and Finance	Victorian Managed Insurance Authority – capital contribution	8 300 000
8 300 000
Department	Purpose	Amount
$
Victorian Communities	Fit out of 1 Spring Street Corporate infrastructure associated	737 000
with establishment of the department	6 688 000
Victorian Archives Building – refurbishment	1 148 000
8 573 000
Total	96 577 000

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SCHEDULE 3

Payments from Advance to Treasurer, 2003/2004

Department			Purpose		Amount
$
Education and		Apprentice Trainee Completion Bonus			3 440 000
Training		Services to students with disabilities			4 000 000
School maintenance			7 100 000
Workforce management strategy			2 910 000
17 450 000
Human Services		Security and counter terrorism			1 462 000
Emergency response to the briquette shortage			4 000 000
Price index for the non-government sector			16 600 000
Price index for the preschool sector			3 076 000
Workforce management strategy			1 968 000
Completion of Commonwealth funded mental health program			955 000
Drought response funding			2 780 000
Capital Assets Charge for Kew Residential Services/Royal Women's Hospital			4 800 000
Supplementation to the Hospitals and Charities Fund			112 643 000
Hospital sustainability			79 169 000
Concessions to pensioners and beneficiaries			23 100 000
Mental health services – transmission of business			6 815 000
Medical indemnity premium – recognition of claims incurred but not reported			36 300 000
293 668 000
Infrastructure		Emergency response to the briquette shortage			277 000
Renegotiation of train and tram partnership agreements			21 000 000
New public transport partnership agreements			94 981 000
Bus services planning			300 000
Public and products liability insurance			1 887 000
Public transport: ongoing management costs			2 200 000
Review of Freight Australia Limited arrangements			300 000
Department			Purpose		Amount
$
Infrastructure		Electricity Network Tariff Rebate Scheme			39 000 000
(continued)	Melbourne City Link Authority compensation settlement				5 315 000
165 260 000
Innovation, Industry and	Victorian Endowment of Knowledge, Science and Innovation				1 299 000
Regional Development	Rural Leadership and Community Event Program				250 000
Coode Island redevelopment				5 996 000
Co-operative airline marketing program				1 000 000
Victorian contribution to the Union Education Foundation				1 500 000
Drought response funding				1 500 000
Reinstatement of Government's contribution to Film & TV studio				10 100 000
Investment Support Program				18 500 000
Overseas Projects Corporation of Victoria				4 386 000
44 531 000
Justice	Life Saving Victoria: financial support				100 000
Security and counter terrorism				924 000
Operational support for Victoria Police				10 000 000
Handgun Buyback Program				16 061 000
27 085 000
Premier and	Bushfire Inquiry			446 000
Cabinet	National Gallery relocation			625 000
National Gallery of Victoria & Australian Centre for Moving Image fitout costs			760 000
The 2004 Melbourne International Arts Festival			3 000 000
2004 Eureka Week Celebrations			150 000
New public service career structure implementation			1 250 000
Centralised Industrial Relations Governance Model			850 000
National Gallery of Victoria – Ian Potter Centre and Australian Centre for Moving Image rent of public spaces			832 000
Department		Purpose		Amount
$
Premier and	St Paul's Cathedral Restoration Program			1 000 000
Cabinet (continued)	National Gallery of Victoria insurance premium			3 120 000
Ombudsman – Additional salary related expenses			382 000
12 415 000
Primary Industries	State Contribution to exceptional circumstances drought relief to the Rural Finance Corporation			670 000
Eradication Program for Red Imported Fire Ant			5 247 000
Drought response funding			1 725 000
Funding of Research and Development projects			2 898 000
10 540 000
Sustainability and	Timber Salvage Harvesting Program Fire risk management			4 200 000 22 615 000
Environment	Bushfire recovery initiatives			6 200 000
Development of a geospatial emergency information network business case			250 000
Drought response funding			800 000
Contribution to the Murray Darling Basin Commission			3 052 000
37 117 000
Victorian Communities	Transfer of Business Migration Program from the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development			80 000
Community Jobs Program			1 390 000
Corporate operations associated with establishment of the department			4 591 000
Office of Commonwealth Games Co‑ordination projects			1 268 000
Queen Elizabeth Oval upgrade			213 000
Transfer of responsibility for the office of Minister for Local Government and Minister for Housing			360 000
Funding provided for achieving reconciliation and the private sector skills development program			4 327 000
Department		Purpose		Amount
$
Victorian Communities	Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village – site remediation works			500 000
(continued)	Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games – associated administration and legal costs			400 000
Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games – refurbishment of heritage buildings			1 230 000
Corporate shared services costs			1 300 000
15 659 000
Parliament	Parliament extended sitting hours and other operating costs			300 000
Vehicle lease costs			200 000
Payroll tax and WorkCover expenses – Members of Parliament			743 000
1 243 000
Total			624 968 000

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Endnotes

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 3 May 2005

Legislative Council: 14 June 2005

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "for the appropriation of certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government for the financial year 2005/2006 and for other purposes."