Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2015-2016 (ACT)

Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2015-2016

A2015-32

Contents

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1            Name of Act  2

2            Commencement  2

3            Purposes of Act  2

4            Definitions for Act  2

5            Terms used in Financial Management Act  2

6            Appropriation of $2 759 000 for auditor-general  3

7           Appropriation of $3 188 000 for electoral commissioner  3

8            Appropriation of $22 160 000 for Office of the Legislative Assembly        4

9            Class of outputs  4

Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2015-2016

A2015-32

An Act to appropriate money for expenditure in relation to the Office of the Legislative Assembly and officers of the Assembly for the financial year beginning on 1 July 2015, and for other purposes

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

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2015-2016.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 July 2015.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Purposes of Act

   This Act is made for the purposes of—

   (a)the Self-Government Act, section 57 and section 58; and

   (b)the Financial Management Act, section 6 and section 8.

4. Definitions for Act

   In this Act:

   Financial Management Act means the Financial Management Act 1996.

   financial year means the year beginning on 1 July 2015.

5. Terms used in Financial Management Act

   A term used in the Financial Management Act has the same meaning in this Act.

6. Appropriation of $2 759 000 for auditor-general

   The amount mentioned in table 6, column 1 is appropriated to the auditor-general for the net cost of providing outputs by the auditor‑general in the financial year.

Table 6   Appropriation—auditor-general

column 1 net cost of outputs	column 2 total
$	$
2 759 000	2 759 000

1. Appropriation of $3 188 000 for electoral commissioner

   (1)The amount mentioned in table 7, column 1 is appropriated to the electoral commissioner for the net cost of providing outputs by the commissioner in the financial year.

   (2)The amount mentioned in table 7, column 2 is appropriated to the electoral commissioner for capital injection for the commissioner in the financial year, and that appropriation is for, or partly for, the net cost of purchasing or developing assets.

Table 7   Appropriation—electoral commissioner

column 1 net cost of outputs	column 2 capital injection	column 3 total
$	$	$
2 919 000	269 000	3 188 000

1. Appropriation of $22 160 000 for Office of the Legislative Assembly

   (1)The amount mentioned in table 8, column 1 is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Assembly for the net cost of providing outputs by the office in the financial year.

   (2)The amount mentioned in table 8, column 2 is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Assembly for capital injection for the office in the financial year, and that appropriation is for, or partly for, the net cost of purchasing or developing assets.

   (3)The amount mentioned in table 8, column 3 is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Assembly for payments to be made by the office on behalf of the Territory in the financial year.

Table 8   Appropriation—Office of the Legislative Assembly

column 1 net cost of outputs	column 2 capital injection	column 3 payments on behalf of Territory	column 4 total
$	$	$	$
8 235 000	7 008 000	6 917 000	22 160 000

1. Class of outputs

   Each of the following is identified as a class of outputs for the Financial Management Act:

   (a)the auditor-general;

   (b)the electoral commissioner;

   (c)the Office of the Legislative Assembly.

Endnotes

1. Presentation speech

   Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 2 June 2015.

2. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 19 August 2015.

3. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see certify that the above is a true copy of the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2015-2016, which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 13 August 2015.

   Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

   © Australian Capital Territory 2015