Parliamentary Appropriation Act 1993 (NSW)

PARLIAMENTARY APPROPRIATION ACT 1993 No. 60

NEW SOUTH WALES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.      Short title

2. Commencement

3. Interpretation

4. Appropriation for recurrent services

5.     Appropriation for capital works and services

6. Variation of authorised payments from Consolidated Fund

7.    Appointment of person to carry out the functions of the Treasurer under section 6

PARLIAMENTARY APPROPRIATION ACT 1993 No. 60

NEW SOUTH WALES

Act No. 60, 1993

An Act to appropriate out of the Consolidated Fund sums for the recurrent services and capital works and services of the Legislature for the year 1993-94. [Assented to 9 November 1993]

Parliamentary Appropriation Act 1993 No. 60

The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Appropriation Act

1993.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the date of assent.

Interpretation

3.     (1) In this Act, a reference to the year 1993-94 is a reference to the

year from 1 July 1993 to 30 June 1994.

(2) A reference in the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 to an or the

Appropriation Act includes a reference to this Act.

Appropriation for recurrent services

4.     This Act appropriates the sum of $52,939,000 to the Legislature

out of the Consolidated Fund for the recurrent services of the Legislature

for the year 1993-94.

Appropriation for capital works and services

5.     This Act appropriates the sum of $1,994,000 to the Legislature out

of the Consolidated Fund for the capital works and services of the

Legislature for the year 1993-94.

Variation of authorised payments from Consolidated Fund

(1) Payment of the sums appropriated under this Act may not be made on a program shown in the Budget Paper entitled “Budget Estimates 1993-94'' in excess of the sums provided in that Budget Paper for the program, except as provided by thls section and Division 4 of Part 2 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.

6.

(2) If the exigencies of the Public Service render it necessary, the

Treasurer may authorise:

the payment of a sum in excess of the amount shown in the Budget Paper entitled “Budget Estimates 1993-94” as the Consolidated Fund Recurrent Payments estimate for a program, but only on the condition that an equivalent sum is not paid out of the estimate of the Consolidated Fund Recurrent Payments for another program; and

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(b) the payment of a sum in excess of the amount shown in that Budget Paper as the Consolidated Fund Capital Payments estimate for a program, but only on the condition that an equivalent sum is not paid out of the estimate of the Consolidated Fund Capital Payments for another program.

(3) This section does not apply to sums appropriated otherwise than by

this Act.

(4) This section does not empower the Treasurer to authorise the payment of a sum in augmentation of or as an addition to any salary or wages the amount of which has been fixed by law.

(5) The Treasurer is required to inform the Auditor-General of every

authorisation given under this section.

Appointment of person to carry out the functions of the Treasurer under section 6

7.        (1) The Treasurer may appoint a person to carry out the Treasurer's

functions under section 6.

(2) Any such appointment is subject to such conditions (if any) as the

Treasurer determines.

(3) The Treasurer may revoke any such appointment at any time.

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

Legislative Assembly on 7 September 1993

Legislative Council on 27 October 1993]