Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2024-2025 (Cth)
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act is the
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2024‑2025 .
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
The whole of this Act | The later of: (a) 1 July 2024; and (b) the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 1 July 2024 (paragraph (a) applies) |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
In this Act:
administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading “Administered Assets and Liabilities”.
administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading “Administered”.
current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2025.
departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department 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.
item means any of the following:
(a) a departmental item;
(b) an administered item;
(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
(d) an other 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.
Note: Each Parliamentary Department is a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading “Equity Injections”.
Parliamentary Department means any of the following:
(a) the Department of the Senate;
(b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
(d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
portfolio statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements.
President means the President of the Senate.
responsible Presiding Officer means:
(a) in relation to the Department of the Senate—the President; or
(b) in relation to the Department of the House of Representatives—the Speaker; or
(c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services—the President and the Speaker together; or
(d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office—the President and the Speaker together.
Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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 $326,716,000.
Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
Note 2: Sections 74 to 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 Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a Parliamentary Department 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 an administered assets and liabilities item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department.
(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.
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.
(1) This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied that there is an urgent need for expenditure in relation to a Parliamentary Department, in the current year, that is not provided for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1:
(a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or
(b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives.
(2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make provision for so much (if any) of the expenditure as the responsible Presiding Officer determines.
(3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Department of the Senate cannot be more than $300,000.
(4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Department of the House of Representatives cannot be more than $300,000.
(5) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Department of Parliamentary Services cannot be more than $1 million.
(6) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Parliamentary Budget Office cannot be more than $300,000.
(7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 4 of Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the
Legislation Act 2003 applies to the determination.
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 the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2027.
Note: See sections 6 and 13.
Department | Total |
$'000 | |
Department of the Senate | 29,061 |
Department of the House of Representatives | 30,026 |
Department of Parliamentary Services | 257,734 |
Parliamentary Budget Office | 9,895 |
Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2024‑2025 | ||||
Entity | Departmental | Administered | Non- operating | Total |
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
Department of the Senate | 29,061 | ‑ | ‑ | 29,061 |
Department of the House of | 29,669 | 357 | ‑ | 30,026 |
Representatives | ||||
Department of Parliamentary Services | 210,169 | 6,432 | 41,133 | 257,734 |
Parliamentary Budget Office | 9,895 | ‑ | ‑ | 9,895 |
Appropriation (plain figures)—2024‑2025 | |||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
Advisory and administrative support services to | 29,061 | ‑ | 29,061 |
enable the Senate and Senators to fulfil their | |||
representative and legislative duties | |||
Appropriation (plain figures)—2024‑2025 | |||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
Advisory and administrative services support the | 29,669 | 357 | 30,026 |
House of Representatives to fulfil its | |||
representative and legislative role | |||
Appropriation (plain figures)—2024‑2025 | |||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
Support the functions of Parliament and | 210,169 | 6,432 | 216,601 |
parliamentarians through the provision of | |||
professional services, advice and facilities and | |||
maintain Australian Parliament House | |||
Administered Assets and Liabilities | 41,133 | ||
Appropriation (plain figures)—2024‑2025 | |||
Departmental | Administered | Total | |
$'000 | $'000 | $'000 | |
Inform the Parliament by providing independent | 9,895 | ‑ | 9,895 |
and non‑partisan analysis of the budget cycle, | |||
fiscal policy and the financial implications of | |||
proposals | |||
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