Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1993-94 (Cth)

Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1993-94

No. 24 of 1993

An Act to make interim provision for the appropriation of money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1994, and for related purposes

[Assented to 9 June 1993]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1993-94.

Commencement

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

Issue and application of $56 429 000

3.(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 1994, the sum of $56 429 000.

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

Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries

4. (1) In addition to the sum referred to in section 3 the Minister may, at any time before 1 December 1993, issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1994 amounts not exceeding the amounts determined by the President, by the Speaker, or by the President and the Speaker, under subsection (2), (3) or (4) (as the case may be).

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the President may determine amounts not exceeding 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 subdivision 1 of Division 101 in the Schedule, as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 27 April 1993, under a law, or an award, order or determination made under a law.

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the Speaker may determine amounts not exceeding 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 subdivision 1 of Division 103 in the Schedule, as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 27 April 1993, under a law, or an award, order or determination made under a law.

(4)

For the purposes of subsection (1), the President and the Speaker may jointly determine amounts not exceeding 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 subdivision 1 of Division 105, subdivision 1 of Division 106, or subdivision 1 of Division 107, in the Schedule, as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 27 April 1993, under a law, or an award, order or determination made under a law.

(5)

Amounts issued under subsection (1) may be applied only for the purpose of expenditure in respect of increases referred to in subsection (2), (3) or (4) in salaries and in payments in the nature of salary and the Minister must report the amounts so issued to the Parliament.

(6) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this section.

Net annotated appropriations

5. (1) If the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division of the Schedule concludes with the words “(net appropriation — see section 5)”, the Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that all money received:

1. (a)

   from the sale, leasing or hiring out of, or other dealing with, goods or personal property; or

•

(b)

from the sale of real property used for the purpose of providing staff residential accommodation or from the leasing of real property for mat purpose; or

•

(c)

from the provision of services; or

•

(d)

from a person (“employee”) appointed or employed by, or performing services for, the Commonwealth as payment for any benefit provided (whether to the employee or another person) in respect of the appointment or employment of, or the services performed by, the employee;

may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division, to the extent and on the conditions agreed between the Minister and the Presiding Officer or Presiding Officers responsible for the Department for which the appropriation is made.

(2) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purported to have been paid in respect of:

1. (a)

   a sale, or other transaction, referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b); or

•

(b)

the provision of services; or

•

(c)

any benefit referred to in paragraph (1)(d);

that amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be money received from that sale or other transaction, from the provision of those services or as payment for that benefit (as the case may be), whether or not money has in fact been received in payment of that amount.

Entry Level Training — Payments to Departments

6.(1) If a payment out of money appropriated under subdivision 4 of Division 230 in the Schedule to the Supply Act (No. 1) 1993-94 is made to a Parliamentary Department for operating expenses, relating to entry level training, the amount so paid is to be credited to the item in the Schedule to this Act that appropriates money for operating expenses for that Department.

(2) In this section “Department” has the same meaning as in the Audit Act 1901.

Advances to President, Speaker or President and Speaker

7.(1) Expenditure in relation to the Senate in excess of specific appropriation may be charged to any subdivision of Division 101 in the Schedule as the President directs but the total expenditure so charged in the financial year ending on 30 June 1994, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must 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 any subdivision of Division 103 in the Schedule as the Speaker directs but the total expenditure so charged in the financial year ending 30 June 1994, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must 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 any subdivision of Division 105, 106 or 107 in the Schedule as the President and the Speaker both direct but the total expenditure so charged in the financial year ending 30 June 1994, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head “Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker”.

SCHEDULE Section 3

ABSTRACT

Page Reference	Departments and Services	Total
$
6	Senate...................................................................................................................	10 480 000
6	Advance to the President of the Senate..........................................................	300 000
7	House of Representatives.................................................................................	10 584 000
7	Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives..........................	300 000
8	Parliamentary Reporting Staff.........................................................................	12 422 000
8	Parliamentary Library.......................................................................................	5 561 000
8	Joint House Department...................................................................................	15 782 000
9	Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker...........................................	1 000 000
Total.....................................................................................................................	56 429 000

SUMMARY

Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act — 1993-94, Heavy figures

Appropriation — 1992-93 *, Light figures

Division		Operating Expenses	Capital Expenditure	Total
$	$	$
101	Senate.................................................................................	10 480 000	—	10 480 000
19 928 000	—	19 928 000
103	House of Representatives...............................................	10 584 000	—	10 584 000
21 245 000	—	21 245 000
105	Parliamentary Reporting Staff.......................................	12 422 000	—	12 422 000
29 007 000	—	29 007 000
106	Parliamentary Library......................................................	5 561 000	—	5 561 000
11 744 000	—	11 744 000
107	Joint House Department.................................................	14 752 000	1 030 000	15 782 000
34 306 000	2 710 000	37 016 000
Total...................................................................................	53 799 000	1 030 000	54 829 000
116 230 000	2 710 000	118 940 000

* Does not include amounts appropriated under Division 102 — Advance to the President of the Senate ($300 000), Division 104 — Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives ($300 000) and Division 108 — Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker ($1 000 000) and amounts appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.

SCHEDULE — Continued

Services	Supply Appropriation 1993-94	Appropriation 1992-93 *
$	$
Division 101.—SENATE
1. Operating expenses (net appropriation — see section 5).............	10 258 000	19 674 0
2. Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901...........	2 000	4 000
3. Citizenship visits program...................................................................	220 000	250 000
Total: Senate.....................................................................................	10 480 000	19 928 000

* Does not include amounts appropriated under Division 102 — Advance to the President of the Senate, Division 104 — Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Division 108 — Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker and amounts appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.

Services	Supply Appropriation 1993-94	Appropriation 1992-93
$	$
ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
Division 102.— ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
To enable the President of the Senate to make money available for expenditure:
(a) that the President of the Senate is satisfied is urgently required and:
(i) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or
(ii) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and
(b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament;
being expenditure for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1994 in relation to the Senate..............................................................................................	300 000	300 000

SCHEDULE — Continued

Services	Supply Appropriation 1993-94	Appropriation 1992-93 *
$	$
Division 103.— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Operating expenses (net appropriation — see section 5).................	10 364 000	20 955 000
2. Other Services..........................................................................................	—	40 000
3. Citizenship visits program...................................................................	220 000	250 000
Total: House of Representatives.................................................	10 584 000	21 245 000

* Does not include amounts appropriated under Division 102 — Advance to the President of the Senate, Division 104 — Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Division 108 — Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker and amounts appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.

Services	Supply Appropriation 1993-94	Appropriation 1992-93
$	$
ADVANCE TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Division 104.— ADVANCE TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
To enable the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make money available for expenditure:
(a) that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is satisfied is urgently required and:
(i) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or
(ii) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and
(b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament;
being expenditure for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1994 in relation to the House of Representatives.............................................................	300 000	300 000

SCHEDULE — Continued

Services	Supply Appropriation 1993-94	Appropriation 1992-93 *
$	$
Division 105.— PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF
1. Operating expenses (net appropriation — see section 5).............	12 422 000	29 007 00
Total: Parliamentary Reporting Staff......................................	12 422 000	29 007 000
Division 106.— PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY
1. Operating expenses (net appropriation — see section 5).............	5 548 000	11 714 000
2. Other Services..........................................................................................	13 000	30 000
Total: Parliamentary Library.....................................................	5 561 000	11 744 000
Division 107.— JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT
1. Operating expenses (net appropriation — see section 5).............	14 752 000	34 306 000
2. Capital expenditure................................................................................	1 030 000	2 710 000
Total: Joint House Department...................................................	15 782 000	37 016 000

* Does not include amounts appropriated under Division 102 — Advance to the President of the Senate, Division 104 — Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and Division 108 — Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker and amounts appropriated under subsection 35(3) of the Audit Act 1901.

SCHEDULE — Continued

Services	Supply Appropriation 1993-94	Appropriation 1992-93
$	$
JOINT ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER
Division 108.— JOINT ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER
To enable the President and the Speaker to make money available for expenditure:
(a) that both the President and the Speaker are satisfied is urgently required and:
(i) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or
(ii) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and
(b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament;
being expenditure for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1994 in relation to the Parliamentary Reporting Staff, the Parliamentary Library or the Joint House Department....................................................................................	1 000 000	1 000 000

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 4 May 1993

Senate on 11 May 1993]

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