Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 2014-2015 (Cth)

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 2014‑2015

No. 30, 2015

An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for related purposes

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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 2014-2015

No. 30, 2015

An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for related purposes

[Assented to 2 April 2015]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Part 1Preliminary 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 2014‑2015.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3Definitions

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”.

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:

1. (a)

   a departmental item;

2. (b)

   an administered item;

3. (c)

   an administered assets and liabilities item;

4. (d)

   an other departmental item.

non‑corporate entity means:

1. (a)

   a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or

2. (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:

1. (a)

   the Department of the Senate;

2. (b)

   the Department of the House of Representatives;

3. (c)

   the Department of Parliamentary Services;

4. (d)

   the Parliamentary Budget Office.

Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.

Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015.

portfolio statements means:

1. (a)

   the Portfolio Budget Statements; and

2. (b)

   the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements.

President means the President of the Senate.

responsible Presiding Officer means:

1. (a)

   in relation to the Department of the Senate—the President; or

2. (b)

   in relation to the Department of the House of Representatives—the Speaker; or

3. (c)

   in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services—the President and the Speaker together; or

4. (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 the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

4Portfolio statements

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.

5Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth

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.

Part 2Appropriation items 6Summary of appropriations

The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $113,837,000.

Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.

Note 2: Sections 30A and 31 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 also provide for adjustments of amounts appropriated by this Act. Those sections continue to apply because of Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014.

Note 3: Sections 74 and 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act.

7Departmental items

The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.

8Administered items

1. (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. (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.

9Administered assets and liabilities items

1. (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. (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.

10Other departmental items

The amount specified in an other departmental item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department.

Part 3Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer 11Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer

1. (1)

   If a responsible Presiding Officer determined an amount under subsection 11(2) of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015 before the commencement of this Act, the amount is to be disregarded for the purposes of subsections 11(3), (4), (5) and (6) of that Act.

   Note: This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the responsible Presiding Officers have access to the following amounts under section 11 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015, regardless of amounts that have already been determined under that section:

   (a) for the Department of the Senate—$300,000;

   (b) for the Department of the House of Representatives—$300,000;

   (c) for the Department of Parliamentary Services—$1 million;

   (d) for the Parliamentary Budget Office—$300,000.

2. (2)

   If:

   1. (a)

      this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure; and

   2. (b)

      before the commencement of this Act, a responsible Presiding Officer determines an amount (the advanced amount) under section 11 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2014‑2015 for the expenditure;

   the amount appropriated by this Act for the expenditure is taken to be reduced (but not below nil) by the advanced amount.

Part 4Miscellaneous 12Crediting amounts to special accounts

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.

13Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund

The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as affected by:

1. (a)

   the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, as that Act continues to apply because of Schedule 2 to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2014; and

2. (b)

   the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.

14Act ceases to be in force

This Act ceases to be in force at the start of 1 July 2017.

Schedule 1Services for which money is appropriated

Note: See sections 6 and 13.

Abstract
Page Reference	Department						Total
$'000
12	Department of Parliamentary Services						113,837
Total						113,837
APPROPRIATIONS
Summary Additional Appropriation (bold figures) — 2014‑2015 Budget Appropriation (italic figures) — 2014‑2015
Entity		Departmental		Administered		Non‑ operating			Total
$'000		$'000		$'000			$'000
Department of the Senate		‑		‑		‑			‑
		20,627		‑		‑			20,627
Department of the House of Representatives		‑		‑		‑			‑
		20,821		325		‑			21,146
Department of Parliamentary Services		2,707		2,730		108,400			113,837
		142,051		1,670		13,812			157,533
Parliamentary Budget Office		‑		‑		‑			‑
		7,013		‑		‑			7,013
Total: Parliamentary Departments		2,707		2,730		108,400			113,837
		190,512		1,995		13,812			206,319
Department of Parliamentary Services Additional Appropriation (bold figures) — 2014‑2015 Budget Appropriation (italic figures) — 2014‑2015 Actual Available Appropriation (light figures) — 2013‑2014
Departmental		Administered			Total
$'000		$'000			$'000
DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES
Outcome 1‑ Occupants of Parliament House are supported by integrated services and facilities, Parliament functions effectively and its work and building are accessible to the public
			2,707		2,730			5,437
			142,051		1,670			143,721
			116,872		‑			116,872
Total: Operating			2,707		2,730			5,437
Non‑operating
Administered Assets and Liabilities			108,400
			13,812
			20,437
Total: Non‑operating			108,400
Total:Department of Parliamentary Services			2,707		2,730			113,837

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 12 February 2015

Senate on 17 March 2015]

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