Appropriation (Budget Variations) Act 2014 (NSW)

An Act to appropriate amounts out of the Consolidated Fund for the year 2012–13 for the purpose of giving effect to certain Budget variations required by the exigencies of Government.

Part 1Preliminary1Name of Act

This Act is the Appropriation (Budget Variations) Act 2014.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.

3Interpretation

In this Act, a reference to the year 2012–13 is a reference to the year from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.

Part 2Budget variations 2012–134Adjustment of “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2012–13

The sum of $40,397,000 is hereby appropriated out of the Consolidated Fund in adjustment of the vote “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2012–13, for supplementary charges made during the year 2012–13 in the amounts specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 for recurrent services, and capital works and services, specified opposite those amounts in Schedule 1. Accordingly, the amount so voted is reduced by the amount appropriated by this section.

5Payments made during 2012–13 under section 22 of Public Finance and Audit Act 1983(1)

The sum of $2,140,500,000, being the total of the sums specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1, is hereby appropriated out of the Consolidated Fund to provide for the payments for recurrent services, and capital works and services, specified opposite those sums in Schedule 1, made in anticipation of appropriation by Parliament under section 22 (1) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 required for the exigencies of Government during the year 2012–13.

(2)

Section 22 (2) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 does not apply to the sums to which this section applies.

Part 3General6Additional appropriations

The sums appropriated by this Act are in addition to any other sums that may have been appropriated, subject to adjustment of the vote “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2012–13, under section 4.

7Operation of Act in relation to budget variations(1)

This Act:

• (a)

  is to be construed as if it formed part of the annual Appropriation Act or Acts for the financial year relevant to the appropriation concerned, and

• (b)

  is to have effect as if it had commenced at the start of the financial year relevant to the appropriation, and

• (c)

  is an Appropriation Act for the purposes of section 21A of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.

(2)

The issue and payment before the date of assent to this Act out of the Consolidated Fund of the whole or any part of the sums appropriated by this Act is validated. This subsection applies despite this Act being assented to after the year 2012–13.

8Validation of expenditure

To the extent (if any) to which it may be necessary to do so, the expenditure of any sum to which this Act applies before the date of assent to this Act:

• (a)

  is taken to have been validly approved at the time it was approved, or was purported to have been approved, and

• (b)

  is taken to have been validly made at the time it was made, or purported to have been made,

and is taken thereafter to be, and to have been at all relevant times, validly approved and made.

9References to agencies

A reference to an agency in Schedule 1 includes a reference to an agency that was a predecessor to the agency concerned and responsible for the recurrent services, or capital works and services, specified in relation to the agency in Schedule 1 in the financial year concerned, and in respect of whom the payment specified in relation to those recurrent services, or capital works and services, was approved or made.

Schedule 1Payments during 2012–13

(Sections 4 and 5)

Column 1	Column 2
Treasurer’s Advance	s 22 PF&A Act
Amount $,000	Amount $,000
A	PREMIER, AND MINISTER FOR WESTERN SYDNEY
RECURRENT SERVICES
Department of Premier and Cabinet
Funding to meet natural disaster costs associated with floods	14,100
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 to enable completion of the Local Government Review	336
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for continuing initiatives under the Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme	354
Funding for the Environment Protection Authority for measures to strengthen regulation of coal seam gas activities	600
Total Department of Premier and Cabinet	15,390
New South Wales Electoral Commission
Outstanding claims from electoral parties and candidates from 2011–12 processed in 2012–13	250
Funding for a warehouse facility at Riverwood to ensure readiness for election events	650
Total New South Wales Electoral Commission	900
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES	16,290
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
Public Service Commission
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for leasehold improvements at Bligh House	475
Total Public Service Commission	475
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES	475
TOTAL—PREMIER, AND MINISTER FOR WESTERN SYDNEY	16,765
B	ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
RECURRENT SERVICES
Department of Attorney General and Justice
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for the Norimbah Unit, the Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Tribunal Determination regarding judicial salaries, and the Youth Conduct Orders pilot	1,798
Total Department of Attorney General and Justice	1,798
Judicial Commission of New South Wales
Funding for a Conduct Division Inquiry	300
Total Judicial Commission of New South Wales	300
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES	2,098
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
Department of Attorney General and Justice
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for the Sydney Drug Court Database Project	85
Total Department of Attorney General and Justice	85
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES	85
TOTAL—ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE	2,183
C	DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT, AND MINISTER FOR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
RECURRENT SERVICES
Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for various water programs including Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements, NSW Murray Metering Pilot Project and the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative	12,889
Total Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services	12,889
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES	12,889
TOTAL—DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT, AND MINISTER FOR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES	12,889
D	MINISTER FOR HEALTH, AND MINISTER FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
RECURRENT SERVICES
Ministry of Health
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for the Keep Them Safe program and various Commonwealth National Partnerships	1,070
Total Ministry of Health	1,070
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES	1,070
TOTAL—MINISTER FOR HEALTH, AND MINISTER FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH	1,070
E	MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
Transport for NSW
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for Light Rail Extension	2,270
Total Transport for NSW	2,270
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES	2,270
TOTAL—MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT	2,270
F	MINISTER FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN
RECURRENT SERVICES
Department of Family and Community Services
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 associated with the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing	4,210
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 associated with the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness program	700
Total Department of Family and Community Services	4,910
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES	4,910
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
Department of Family and Community Services
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 associated with the Department’s capital program	310
Total Department of Family and Community Services	310
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES	310
TOTAL—MINISTER FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN	5,220
G	TREASURER
RECURRENT SERVICES
Crown Finance Entity
Natural disaster expenditure following significant State-wide bush fire activity, storms and floods on the North Coast	140,500
Total Crown Finance Entity	140,500
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES	140,500
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
Crown Finance Entity
Repayment of debt	2,000,000
Total Crown Finance Entity	2,000,000
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES	2,000,000
TOTAL—TREASURER	2,140,500
TREASURER’S ADVANCE FOR RECURRENT SERVICES	37,257
TREASURER’S ADVANCE FOR CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES	3,140
TOTAL—TREASURER’S ADVANCE	40,397
SECTION 22 FOR RECURRENT SERVICES	140,500
SECTION 22 FOR CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES	2,000,000
TOTAL—SECTION 22	2,140,500