Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1996-97 (Cth)

Appropriation (Parliamentary

Departments) Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

No. 37, 1997

Appropriation (Parliamentary

Departments) Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

No. 37, 1997

An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97,for certain expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1997, and for related purposes

Contents

Part 1 — General		1
1 Short title........................................................................................................	1
2 Commencement...............................................................................................	1
3 Issue and application of $ 363 000....................................................................	2
4 Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries.................................	2
5 Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year...................	2
Part 2 — Special application of Act		3
6 Definition......................................................................................................	3
7 Application of Part.........................................................................................	3
8 Act to have effect subject to modifications.......................................................	3
9 Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year.................................................................................................	3
10 Modification relating to act of grace payments.................................................	4
Schedule — Services for which money is appropriated		5

Appropriation (Parliamentary

Departments) Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

No. 37, 1997

An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97, for certain expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1997, and for related purposes

[Assented to 17 April 1997]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1996‑97.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Part 1 General

Section 3

3Issue and application of $ 363 000

1. (1)

   The Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1997, the sum of $ 363 000.

2. (2)

   The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).

4Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries

Section 5 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97 has effect, on and from the commencement of this Act, as if any reference in that section to Schedule 3 to that Act included a reference to the Schedule to this Act.

5Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year

Despite section 36 of the Audit Act 1901,the Minister may take action after 30 June 1997:

1. (a)

   to correct errors or mispostings in the official accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or

2. (b)

   to balance the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Trust Fund or the Loan Fund;

if the action does not result in an amount being debited from one of those Funds otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another of those Funds.

Note: Section 36 of the Audit Act 1901 provides that (except in a particular case provided for in that section) every appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of a financial year lapses and ceases to have effect at the end of that year (the unspent balance of any appropriated amount lapsing) and that the accounts of the year are then closed.

Part 2 Special application of Act

Section 6

Part 2 — Special application of Act

6Definition

In this Part:

Financial Management and Accountability Actmeans the Act to be cited as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.

7Application of Part

This Part applies if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 1 July 1997.

8Act to have effect subject to modifications

This Act has effect after the commencement of the Financial Management and Accountability Act subject to the modifications set out in the following sections.

9Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year

Section 5 is repealed and the following section is substituted:

5 Consolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year

1. (1)

   An amount appropriated under section 3 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1997.

2. (2)

   Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1997:

   1. (a)

      to correct errors or mispostings in the financial accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or

   2. (b)

      to balance the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997);

Part 2 Special application of Act

Section 9

if the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.

10 Modification relating to act of grace payments

Item 3 of subdivision 2 of Division 104 in the Schedule is modified by adding at the end “or under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997”.

Services for which money is appropriated

Schedule

Schedule — Services for which money is appropriated

Note: See section 3

Abstract

Page Reference	Departments and Services	Total
$
7	Senate......................................................................................................................	20 000
7	Provision for Running Costs Borrowings..........................................................	150 000
8	House of Representatives....................................................................................	23 000
8	Provision for Running Costs Borrowings..........................................................	150 000
9	Joint House Department......................................................................................	20 000
Total...............................................................................................................	363 000

Schedule

SUMMARY

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1996‑97, Heavy figures

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97, Light figures

Division		Running Costs	Other Services	Total
$	$	$
101	Senate......................................................................................	—	20 000	20 000
23 759 000	400 000	24 159 000
104	House of Representative......................................................	—	23 000	23 000
22 769 000	429 000	23 198 000
107	Parliamentary Reporting Staff...........................................	—	—	—
30 330 000	3 155 000	33 485 000
108	Parliamentary Library..........................................................	—	—	—
15 340 000	—	15 340 000
109	Joint House Department......................................................	—	20 000	20 000
36 536 000	2 573 000	39 109 000
Total........................................................................................	—	63 000	63 000
128 734 000	6 557 000	135 291 000

Schedule

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97	Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure
	Appropriation made by Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97	Expenditure for 1995‑96
$	$	$
Division 101.—SENATE
2.— Other Services
01. Citizenship visits program.........................................	20 000	394 000	427 425
Total: Senate...............................................................	20 000
PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
Division 103.— PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
To enable the President to make money available for expenditure:
(a) for the purposes of running costs for which an appropriation has been made under an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 3 to Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97; and
(b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament.....................................................................	150 000	50 000	•
* Expenditure in 1995‑96 from the Provision for Running Costs Borrowings to the President of the Senate is shown under the appropriation to which it has been charged.

Schedule

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97	Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure
	Appropriation made by Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97	Expenditure for 1995‑96
$	$	$
Division 104.— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2.— Other Services
01. Citizenship visits program................................................	20 000	394 000	433 250
03. Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901..............................................................................................	3 000	—	3 303
23 000
Total: House of Representatives..................................	23 000
PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
Division 106.— PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
To enable the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make money available for expenditure:
(a) for the purposes of running costs for which an appropriation has been made under an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 3 to Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97;and
(b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament............................................................................	150 000	50 000	*
* Expenditure in 1995‑96 from the Provision for Running Costs Borrowings to the Speaker of the House of Representatives is shown under the appropriation to which it has been charged.

Schedule

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97	Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure
	Appropriation made by Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1996‑97	Expenditure for 1995‑96
$	$	$
Division 109.—JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT
3.— Other Services
01. Compensation and legal expenses...........................	20 000	—	—
Total: Joint House Department...........................	20 000

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 5 February 1997

Senate on 6 March 1997]

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