Appropriation Act 1996-97 (ACT)

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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Appropriation Act 1996-97

No. 55 of 1996

An Act to appropriate money for the purposes of the Territory in respect of the year that commenced on 1 July 1996, and for related purposes

[Notified in ACT Gazette S312: 22 November 1996]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 1996-97.

Commencement

2.  This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

Purposes

3.  This Act is made for the purposes of—

(a)sections 57 and 58 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth; and

(b)sections 6 and 8 of the Financial Management Act 1996.

Interpretation

4.  (1)  A word or expression in this Act has the same meaning as in the Financial Management Act 1996.

(2)  In this Act—

“Auditor-General” includes the staff assisting the Auditor-General;

“department” includes—

(a)the Legislative Assembly Secretariat; and

(b)the Auditor-General;

“financial year” means the year commencing on 1 July 1996.

(3)  For the purposes of this Act and the Financial Management Act 1996, the Canberra Institute of Technology is a department.

Appropriations of $1,374,451,000

5.  (1)  Where a department is listed in column 1 of Schedule 1—

(a)the corresponding amount listed in column 3 of the Schedule is appropriated to the department for the net cost of providing outputs in the financial year;

(b)the corresponding amount listed in column 4 of the Schedule is appropriated to the department for capital injection in the financial year; and

(c)the corresponding amount listed in column 5 of the Schedule is appropriated to the department for payments to be made on behalf of the Territory in the financial year.

(2)  Where an appropriation unit is listed in column 2 of Schedule 1—

(a)the corresponding amount listed in column 3 of the Schedule is appropriated to the appropriation unit for the net cost of providing outputs in the financial year;

(b)the corresponding amount listed in column 4 of the Schedule is appropriated to the appropriation unit for capital injection in the financial year; and

(c)the corresponding amount listed in column 5 of the Schedule is appropriated to the appropriation unit for payments to be made on behalf of the Territory in the financial year.

(3)  The amount listed in column 6 of Part 18 of Schedule 1 is appropriated to the Treasurer’s advance for the purposes of section 18 of the Financial Management Act 1996.

(4)  In Schedule 1 (except Part 18), the appropriations under subsection (1) to the department listed in column 1 of each Part are to be taken to be appropriations in the form of the corresponding appropriations under subsection (2) to the appropriation unit or units listed in column 2 of that Part.

Classes of outputs

6.  (1)  A group of outputs listed in column 2 of Schedule 2 is identified as a class of outputs for the purposes of the Financial Management Act 1996.

(2)  An appropriation unit listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 consists of the corresponding class of outputs, or group of output classes, listed in column 2 of that Schedule.

Commonwealth specific purpose payments

7.  Section 17 of the Financial Management Act 1996 applies to all appropriations under subsections 5 (1) and (2) of this Act except the appropriations to the following departments and appropriation units:

(a)Legislative Assembly Secretariat;

(b)Auditor-General;

(c)ACT Executive;

(d)Central Financing Unit;

(e)ACT Superannuation Provision;

(f)InTACT;

(g)ACTION;

(h)ACT Forests.

SCHEDULE 1  Section 5

APPROPRIATIONS

1 2 3 4 5 6
Department Appropriation unit

Net cost of outputs


$

Capital
injection


$

Payments on behalf of Territory

$

Total


$

Part 1
Legislative Assembly
Secretariat
Legislative Assembly Secretariat

3,179,000


2,451,000


5,630,000
Part 2
Auditor-General Auditor-General 848,000 848,000
Part 3
Chief Minister’s Department Chief Minister’s Department
34,210,000

760,000

22,891,000

57,861,000
Part 4
ACT Executive ACT Executive 1,726,000 1,726,000
Part 5
Central Financing Unit Central Financing Unit
12,147,000

22,629,000

34,776,000
Part 6
ACT Superannuation Provision ACT Superannuation Provision
13,324,000

13,324,000
Part 7
Department of Health and Community Care Department of Health and Community Care

13,900,000


308,502,000


322,402,000
Part 8
Business and Regional Development

8,054,000


42,000


5,102,000


13,198,000
Canberra Tourism 5,409,000 1,007,000 6,416,000
Arts and Heritage 3,605,000 14,735,000 18,340,000
Bureau of Sport, Recreation and Racing

8,982,000


10,611,000


19,593,000
Department of Business, the Arts, Sport and Tourism (Total) 26,050,000 1,049,000 30,448,000 57,547,000
Part 9
Urban Services 136,965,000 48,506,000 8,860,000 194,331,000
Planning and Land Management
26,417,000

13,149,000

39,566,000
Department of Urban Services (Total) 163,382,000 61,655,000 8,860,000 233,897,000
Part 10
InTACT InTACT
Part 11
ACT Housing ACT Housing 23,398,000 8,164,000 31,562,000
Part 12
ACTION ACTION 37,765,000 4,020,000 41,785,000
Part 13
ACT Forests ACT Forests 960,000 960,000
Part 14
Attorney-General’s 36,665,000 437,000 20,085,000 57,187,000
Maintenance of Law and Order
3,223,000

53,192,000

56,415,000
Attorney-General’s Department (Total) 36,665,000 3,660,000 73,277,000 113,602,000
Part 15
Emergency Services Bureau Emergency Services Bureau
17,974,000

17,974,000
Part 16
Government Schooling
230,342,000

2,269,000

365,000

232,976,000
Non-Government Schooling
1,293,000

68,295,000

69,588,000
Training 4,542,000 4,642,000 9,184,000
Children’s, Family and Youth Services
43,171,000

473,000

14,303,000

57,947,000
Department of Education and Training (Total) 279,348,000 2,742,000 87,605,000 369,695,000
Part 17
Canberra Institute
of Technology
Canberra Institute
of Technology

54,016,000

3,246,000

57,262,000
Total appropriated to
departments

690,735,000

90,239,000

579,877,000

1,360,851,000

Part 18

Treasurer’s advance

13,600,000
Total appropriations 690,735,000 90,239,000 579,877,000 1,374,451,000

SCHEDULE 2  Section 6

CLASSES OF OUTPUTS

1 2
Appropriation unit Class of output
Legislative Assembly Secretariat 1.  Legislative Assembly  
Auditor-General 1.  Auditor-General
Chief Minister’s Department 1.  Public sector management
2.  Economic and financial management
3.  Strategic policy and planning
4.  Information technology and human resource management
5.  Economic and financial services
Central Financing Unit 1.  Central Financing Unit
Department of Health and Community Care 1.  Policy advice and ministerial services
2.  Purchase of health and disability services
3.  Health Protection Service
Business and Regional Development 1.  Policy advice and ministerial servicing
2.  Business and regional development services
3.  Employment and industrial services
4.  Compensation and labour legislation advice to business
5.  Regulatory activities
6.  Redevelopment of Kingston foreshores
7.  Land development
Canberra Tourism 1.  Tourism and international tourism promotion
Arts and Heritage 1.  Ministerial servicing and policy advice
2.  Services and facilities
3.  Grants management
4.  Regulatory services
Bureau of Sport, Recreation and Racing 1.  Policy advice
2.  Services and facilities
3.  Management of grants
4.  Regulatory activities
Urban Services

Minister for Urban Services

1.  Policy advice, administration and regulation

2.  Commissioning of city services
3.  Delivery of city services
4.  Delivery of works and commercial services

Minister for the Environment, Land and Planning

5.  Policy advice, administration and regulation

6.  Commissioning of city services
7.  Delivery of city services
Planning and Land Management 1.  Policy advice and ministerial support
2.  Planning and land controls
3.  Planning, land and building services
ACT Housing 1.  Policy advice and ministerial services
2.  Commonwealth / State Housing Agreement
3.  Administration of housing stock
4.  Rental bonds
5.  Administration of special purpose grants
6.  Rental housing assistance
7.  Client loan financing
ACTION 1.  Public bus service
ACT Forests 1.  ACT Forests
Attorney-General’s 1.  Legal policy advice
2.  Legislative drafting
3.  Solicitor services
4.  Criminal prosecutions
5.  Dispute resolution and protection of rights
6.  Adult correctional services
7.  Consumer, registration and licensing services
8.  Electoral services
Emergency Services Bureau 1.  Prevention / mitigation services
2.  Response services
Government Schooling 1.  Government school education
Non-Government Schooling 1.  Non-government school education
Training 1.  Vocational education and training
Children’s, Family and Youth Services 1.  Children’s services
2.  Youth services
3.  Family services
Canberra Institute of Technology 1.  Policy advice and Ministerial services
2.  Vocational education programs
3.  Delivery of a degree program

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 24 September 1996]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1996

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