Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act
1983-84
No. 85 of 1983
An Act to appropriate certain sums out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, in relation to the
Parliamentary Departments, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1984
[Assented to 14 November 1983]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and
the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation
(Parliamentary Departments) Act 1983–84.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal. Assent.
Issue and application of $21 054 000
3. The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue
Fund and apply for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the year
ending on 30 June 1984, the sum of $21 054 000.
Appropriation of $35 062 000
4. The sums authorized by section 3 of the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1983-84 and by section 3 of
this Act to be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, amounting, as
appears by Schedule 1, in the aggregate to the sum of $35 062 000, are
appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from 1 July
1983, for the services expressed in Schedule 2 in respect of the financial year
that commenced on that date.
Additional appropriation in respect of
increases in salaries
5.
(1) In addition to the sum referred to in section
4, the Minister for Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for
the service of the year ending on 30 June 1984 amounts not exceeding such
amounts as are determined by the President, by the Speaker, or by the President
and the Speaker, in accordance with sub-section (2), (3) or (4), as the case
may be.
(2) The amounts determined by the President under this sub-section shall
not exceed the amounts estimated to be necessary for the payment of such
increases in salaries and payments in the nature of salary, for which provision
is made in sub-division 1 of Division 101 in Schedule 2 as have become payable
or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, during the
financial year ending 30 June 1984, in accordance with any law, or in
accordance with an award, order or determination made under a law.
(3) The amounts determined by the Speaker under this sub-section shall
not exceed the amounts estimated to be necessary for the payment of such
increases in salaries and payments in the nature of salary, for which provision
is made in sub-division 1 of Division 103 in Schedule 2 as have become payable
or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, during the
financial year ending 30 June 1984, in accordance with any law, or in
accordance with an award, order or determination made under a law.
(4) The amounts determined by the President and the Speaker under this
sub-section shall not exceed the amounts estimated to be necessary for the
payment of such increases in salaries and payments in the nature of salary, for
which provision is made in sub-division 1 of Division 105 in Schedule 2,
sub-division 1 of Division 106 in Schedule 2 or sub-division 1 of Division 107
in Schedule 2 as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or
commence to be paid, during the financial year ending 30 June 1984, in
accordance with any law, or in accordance with an award, order or determination
made under a law.
(5) Amounts issued under sub-section (1) may be applied only for the
purpose of expenditure in respect of increases referred to in sub-section (2),
(3) or (4) in salaries and in payments in the nature of salary and the Minister
for Finance shall report the amounts so issued to the Parliament.
(6) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent
necessary for the purposes of this section.
Amounts expended under Supply Act in respect
of increases in salaries
6. Amounts issued before the commencement of this Act, in accordance
with section 4 of the Supply
(Parliamentary Departments) Act 1983–84 and applied in payment of recurrent
expenditure referred to in Schedule 2 by way of payment of salaries or payments
in the nature of salary, shall be deemed to have been issued and applied under
this Act.
Advances to President and Speaker
7. (1) Expenditure in
relation to the Senate in excess of specific appropriation may be charged to
such sub-division of Division 101 in Schedule 2 as the President may direct
provided that the total expenditure so charged in the financial year ending 30
June 1984, after deduction of amounts of repayments, shall not at any time
exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head “Advance to the
President of the Senate”.
(2) Expenditure in relation to the House of Representatives in excess
of specific appropriation may be charged to such sub-division of Division 103
in Schedule 2 as the Speaker may direct provided that the total expenditure so
charged in the financial year ending 30 June 1984, after deduction of amounts
of repayments, shall not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that
year under the head “Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives”.
(3) Expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Reporting Staff, the
Parliamentary Library or the Joint House Department in excess of specific
appropriation may be charged to such sub-division of Division 105, 106 or 107
in Schedule 2 as the President and the Speaker both direct provided that the
total expenditure so charged in the financial year ending 30 June 1984, after
deduction of amounts of repayments, shall not at any time exceed the amount
appropriated for that year under the head “Joint Advance to the President and
the Speaker”.
SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
SUMS AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED
REVENUE FUND
$
|
By the
Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1983–84................................................
|
14 008 000
|
By this Act...................................................
| 21 054 000
|
Total.................................................
| 35 062 000
|
SCHEDULE 2 Section 4
SUMMARY
Appropriation—1983–84,
Heavy figures
Expenditure—1982-83, Light figures
Division | Recurrent | Capital | Total |
$ | $ | $ |
101 | Senate............................................................................................... | 6 134 000 | 210 000 | 6 344 000 |
5 599 342 | 75 904 | 5 675 246 |
102 | Advance to the President of the Senate............................................................................................... | . . | . . | 100 000 |
. . | . . | . . |
103 | House of Representatives............................................................................................... | 7 628 000 | . . | 7 628 000 |
5 834 351 | . . | 5 834 351 |
104 | Advance to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives............................................................................................... | . . | . . | 300 000 |
. . | . . | . . |
105 | Parliamentary Reporting Staff............................................................................................... | 5 288 000 | . . | 5 288 000 |
4 745 348 | . . | 4 745 348 |
106 | Parliamentary Library............................................................................................... | 6 142 000 | . . | 6 142 000 |
4 937 384 | . . | 4 937 384 |
107 | Joint House Department............................................................................................... | 8 215 000 | 845 000 | 9 060 000 |
7 802 870 | 928 775 | 8 731 645 |
108 | Joint Advance to the President and the
Speaker............................................................................................... | . . | . . | 200 000 |
. . | . . | . . |
Total...................................................................................
| 33 407 000 | 1 055 000 000 | 35 062 000 |
28 919 294 | 1 004.000 679 | 29 923 973 |