Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2014-2015 (Cth)
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the
Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2014‑2015 .
This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
In this Act:
administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “Administered”.
corporate entity means:
(a) a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ; or(b) a Commonwealth company within the meaning of that Act.
corporate entity item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a corporate entity under the heading “Administered”.Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes for corporate entities, under the heading “Administered”, are “notional”. They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.
departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a non‑corporate entity under the heading “Departmental”.Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading “Departmental”, are “notional”. They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.
expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities.
Finance Minister means the Minister administering this Act.
item means any of the following:
(a) an administered item;
(b) a corporate entity item;
(c) a departmental item.
non‑corporate entity means:
(a) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ; or(b) the High Court.
Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for theAppropriation Act (No. 3) 2014‑2015 and the Bill for theAppropriation Act (No. 4) 2014‑2015 .
Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for theAppropriation Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015 and the Bill for theAppropriation Act (No. 2) 2014‑2015 .
portfolio statements means:
(a) the Portfolio Budget Statements; and
(b) the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements; and
(c) the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements.
Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act and the Bill for theAppropriation Act (No. 6) 2014‑2015 .
special account has the same meaning as in thePublic Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .Note: See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the Act to be a relevant document.
For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between non‑corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real transactions.
Note: This section applies, for example, to a “payment” between non‑corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for the paying non‑corporate entity, even though no payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This is consistent with section 76 of the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $376,690,000.
Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
Note 2: Sections 30A and 31 of the
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 also provide for adjustments of amounts appropriated by this Act. Those sections continue to apply because of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to thePublic Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 .Note 3: Sections 74 and 75 of the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act.
The amount specified in a departmental item for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the entity.
(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
(2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome.
(1) The amount specified in a corporate entity item for a corporate entity may be paid to the entity to be applied for the purposes of the entity.
(2) If:
(a) an Act provides that a corporate entity must be paid amounts that are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the entity; and
(b) Schedule 1 contains a corporate entity item for that entity;
then the entity must be paid the full amount specified in the item.
(1) If the Finance Minister determined an amount under subsection 10(2) of the
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015 before the commencement of this Act, the amount is to be disregarded for the purposes of subsection 10(3) of that Act.Note: This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the Finance Minister has access to $295 million under section 10 of the
Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015 , regardless of amounts that have already been determined under that section.(2) If:
(a) this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure; and
(b) before the commencement of this Act, the Finance Minister determined an amount (the
advanced amount ) under section 10 of theAppropriation Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015 for the expenditure;
the amount appropriated by this Act for the expenditure is taken to be reduced (but not below nil) by the advanced amount.
If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the appropriation for that item and credited to that special account.
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as affected by:
(a) the
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 , as that Act continues to apply because of Schedule 2 to thePublic Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014 ; and(b) the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
This Act ceases to be in force at the start of 1 July 2017.
Note: See sections 6 and 12.
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| Portfolio | Total | ||||
$'000 | |||||
Attorney‑General’s | 4,153 | ||||
Communications | 1,700 | ||||
Education and Training | 3,690 | ||||
Environment | 1,831 | ||||
Foreign Affairs and Trade | 420 | ||||
Immigration and Border Protection | 247,715 | ||||
Industry and Science | 1,829 | ||||
Infrastructure and Regional Development | 29,577 | ||||
Social Services | 47,849 | ||||
Treasury | 37,926 | ||||
Portfolio | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Agriculture | |||||
Attorney‑General’s | |||||
Communications | |||||
Defence | |||||
Education and Training | |||||
Employment | |||||
Environment | |||||
Finance | |||||
Foreign Affairs and Trade | |||||
Health | |||||
Immigration and Border Protection | |||||
Industry and Science | |||||
Infrastructure and Regional Development | |||||
Prime Minister and Cabinet | |||||
Social Services | |||||
Treasury | |||||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Attorney‑General’s Department | |||||
Payments to corporate entities: | |||||
Australia Council | |||||
Australian Film, Television and Radio School | |||||
Australian National Maritime Museum | |||||
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | |||||
National Gallery of Australia | |||||
National Library of Australia | |||||
National Museum of Australia | |||||
National Portrait Gallery of Australia | |||||
Screen Australia | |||||
Australian Human Rights Commission | |||||
Administrative Appeals Tribunal | |||||
Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity | |||||
Australian Crime Commission | |||||
Australian Federal Police | |||||
Australian Financial Security Authority | |||||
Australian Institute of Criminology | |||||
Australian Law Reform Commission | |||||
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation | |||||
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre | |||||
Family Court and Federal Circuit Court | |||||
Federal Court of Australia | |||||
High Court of Australia | |||||
National Archives of Australia | |||||
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner | |||||
Office of Parliamentary Counsel | |||||
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions | |||||
Old Parliament House | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Provision of public access to Commonwealth Government information, protection of individuals’ personal information, and performance of information commissioner, freedom of information and privacy functions | |||||
10,621 | ‑ | 10,621 | |||
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Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Maintenance of law and order for the Australian community through an independent and ethical prosecution service in accordance with the Prosecution Policy of the Commonwealth | |||||
81,638 | ‑ | 81,638 | |||
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Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of Communications | |||||
Payments to corporate entities: | |||||
Australian Broadcasting Corporation | |||||
Special Broadcasting Service Corporation | |||||
Australian Communications and Media Authority | |||||
Telecommunications Universal Service Management Agency | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Promote an innovative and competitive communications sector, through policy development, advice and program delivery, so all Australians can realise the full potential of digital technologies and communications services | |||||
110,066 | 189,228 | 299,294 | |||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of Education and Training | |||||
Payments to corporate entities: | |||||
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | |||||
Australian Research Council | |||||
Australian Skills Quality Authority | |||||
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Improved access to quality services that support early childhood learning and care for children through a national quality framework, agreed national standards, investment in infrastructure, and support for parents, carers, services and the workforce | |||||
28,978 | 400,749 | 429,727 | |||
Improved learning, and literacy, numeracy and educational attainment for school students, through funding for quality teaching and learning environments, workplace learning and career advice | |||||
136,870 | 305,868 | 442,738 | |||
Promote growth in economic productivity and social wellbeing through access to quality higher education, international education and international quality research, skills and training | |||||
47,764 | 1,617 | 49,381 | |||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of the Environment | |||||
Murray‑Darling Basin Authority | |||||
Bureau of Meteorology | |||||
Clean Energy Regulator | |||||
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority | |||||
National Water Commission | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Conserve, protect and sustainably manage Australia’s biodiversity, ecosystems, environment and heritage through research, information management, supporting natural resource management, establishing and managing Commonwealth protected areas, and reducing and regulating the use of pollutants and hazardous substances | |||||
105,077 | 482,638 | 587,715 | |||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | |||||
Payments to corporate entities: | |||||
Tourism Australia | |||||
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research | |||||
Australian Secret Intelligence Service | |||||
Australian Trade Commission | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Contribute to Australia’s economic prosperity by promoting Australia’s export and other international economic interests through the provision of information, advice and services to business, associations, institutions and government | |||||
171,606 | 127,201 | 298,807 | |||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of Immigration and Border Protection | |||||
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service | |||||
Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Support Australia’s border protection through managing the stay and departure of all non‑citizens | |||||
651,477 | 3,020,888 | 3,672,365 | |||
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Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of Industry and Science | |||||
Payments to corporate entities: | |||||
Australian Institute of Marine Science | |||||
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation | |||||
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | |||||
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority | |||||
Geoscience Australia | |||||
IP Australia | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Informed government, industry and community decisions on the economic, social and environmental management of the nation’s natural resources through enabling access to geoscientific and spatial information | |||||
139,023 | 20 | 139,043 | |||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development | |||||
Payments to corporate entities: | |||||
Australian Maritime Safety Authority | |||||
Civil Aviation Safety Authority | |||||
National Transport Commission | |||||
Australian Transport Safety Bureau | |||||
National Capital Authority | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Improved transport safety in Australia including through: independent ’no blame’ investigation of transport accidents and other safety occurrences; safety data recording, analysis and research; and fostering safety awareness, knowledge and action | |||||
31,551 | ‑ | 31,551 | |||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of Social Services | |||||
Payments to corporate entities: | |||||
National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency | |||||
Australian Aged Care Quality Agency | |||||
Australian Institute of Family Studies | |||||
Department of Human Services | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Financial support for individuals and families who are unable to fully support themselves by providing a sustainable payments and concessions system | |||||
79,280 | 150,006 | 229,286 | |||
Improved wellbeing for older Australians through targeted support, access to quality care and related information services | |||||
61,341 | 171,493 | 232,834 | |||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
High‑quality care for persons receiving Australian Government subsidised residential aged care and aged care in the community through the accreditation of residential aged care services, the quality review of aged care services including services provided in the community, and the provision of information, education and training to the aged care sector | |||||
13,038 | ‑ | 13,038 | |||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Total | ||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Department of the Treasury | |||||
Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee | |||||
Australian Bureau of Statistics | |||||
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | |||||
Australian Office of Financial Management | |||||
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority | |||||
Australian Securities and Investments Commission | |||||
Australian Taxation Office | |||||
Commonwealth Grants Commission | |||||
Inspector General of Taxation | |||||
National Competition Council | |||||
Office of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board | |||||
Office of the Australian Accounting Standards Board | |||||
Productivity Commission | |||||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Informed decisions on the development and implementation of policies to improve the wellbeing of the Australian people, including by achieving strong, sustainable economic growth, through the provision of advice to government and the efficient administration of federal financial relations | |||||
176,769 | 8,804,626 | 8,981,395 | |||
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2013‑2014 | |||||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |||
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |||
Informed decisions, research and discussion within governments and the community by leading the collection, analysis and provision of high quality, objective and relevant statistical information | |||||
330,158 | ‑ | 330,158 | |||
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