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Appropriation (Parliament 1998/99) Act 1998

Act No. 37/1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page

1.	Purpose	1
2.	Commencement	1
3.	Application of moneys	2
4.	Liabilities as at commencement of accrual output budgeting	3
5.	Appropriation	3
6.	Application of amounts appropriated	3
7.	Application of amounts for future payments	4

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SCHEDULE 1 5

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Victoria

No. 37 of 1998

Appropriation (Parliament 1998/99) Act

1998†

[Assented to 20 May 1998]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:

1. Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to make provision for the appropriation of certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the Parliament in respect of the financial year 1998/99.

2. Commencement

This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

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3. Application of moneys

(1) The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year 1998/99 the sum of $66 801 000 as set out in Part 1 of

Schedule 1.

(2) If—

(a)	in respect of the financial year 1998/99 the amount payable in respect of salaries is increased as the result of any act or determination; and
(b)	the amounts specified in the relevant items in Part 1 of Schedule 1 are insufficient to provide for the payment of the increased amount payable in respect of salaries—

the Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated amount payable in respect of salaries in addition to the amount issued under sub-section (1).

(3) In this section—

"salaries" includes wages or other payments in

the nature of salary, payments by way of
overtime or penalty rates or in lieu of long
service leave or for retiring gratuities;

"determination" includes any regulation or any award order or determination of a person or body authorised to determine minimum

salaries or wages under any law of the Commonwealth or of the State, or any Certified Agreement or Australian
Workplace Agreement approved in
accordance with the Workplace Relations
Act 1996 of the Commonwealth, or an
agreement entered into by or on behalf of the
State.

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4.  Liabilities as at commencement of accrual output budgeting

(1) The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Fund in discharge of arrangements made, or expenses or obligations incurred, in a financial year preceding 1998/99 the sum of $8 100 000 as set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

(2) If the aggregate of the amounts shown in the

audited financial statements of the Parliament for
1997/98 for amounts payable, in 1998/99 or a later
financial year, in discharge of arrangements made
or expenses or obligations incurred in a financial
year preceding 1998/99 exceeds the amount
specified in sub-section (1), the Treasurer may
issue out of the Consolidated Fund an amount, not
exceeding the amount of the excess, in addition to

the amount issued under sub-section (1).

(3) The amount shown in an item in Part 2 of

Schedule 1 is deemed, for the purposes of section 33(1) of the Financial Management Act 1994, to have been applied in the financial year 1998/99

for the purpose of an item in Schedule 1.

5. Appropriation

The Consolidated Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of sections 3 and 4.

6. Application of amounts appropriated

(1) The amounts to be applied to an item specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 shall not, except as provided in this section or section 31 of the Financial

Management Act 1994, exceed the amount specified for that item.

(2) If an amount in respect of depreciation of an asset

is applied to an item in Part 1 of Schedule 1 for
the provision of outputs of a Department, the

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amount shown for the item in Part 1 of Schedule 1 relating to that Department in respect of additions to the net asset base is increased, if the Treasurer so determines, by an amount not exceeding the

amount in respect of depreciation.

Application of amounts for future payments

7. arrangement is made, or an expense or obligation is incurred, for the payment of an amount in a future financial year, a corresponding amount is applied, in respect of the financial year 1998/99, to the appropriate item in Part 1 of Schedule 1 for the relevant Department.

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SCHEDULE 1

PART 1

PARLIAMENT DEPARTMENT VOTES

ESTIMATES FOR 1998/99

SUMMARY

Department Total

$

Legislative Council	4 164 000
Legislative Assembly	7 901 000
Parliamentary Library	1 855 000
Parliamentary Debates	2 509 000
Parliamentary and Electorate Support Services	30 656 000
Auditor-General	19 716 000
66 801 000

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DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

1998/99

Item Estimate

$

1.	Provision of outputs	4 164 000
2.	Additions to the net asset base	0

Total Appropriation 4 164 000

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DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

1998/99

Item Estimate

$

1.	Provision of outputs	7 901 000
2.	Additions to the net asset base	0

Total Appropriation 7 901 000

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DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY

1998/99

Item Estimate

$

1.	Provision of outputs	1 855 000
2.	Additions to the net asset base	0

Total Appropriation 1 855 000

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DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES

1998/99

Item Estimate

$

1.	Provision of outputs	2 509 000
2.	Additions to the net asset base	0

Total Appropriation 2 509 000

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DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ELECTORATE

SUPPORT SERVICES

1998/99

Item Estimate

$

1.	Provision of outputs	29 160 000
2.	Additions to the net asset base	1 496 000

Total Appropriation 30 656 000

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DEPARTMENT OF AUDITOR-GENERAL

1998/99

Item Estimate

$

1.	Provision of outputs	19 716 000
2.	Additions to the net asset base	0

Total Appropriation 19 716 000

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PART 2

LIABILITIES AS AT COMMENCEMENT OF ACCRUAL

OUTPUT BUDGETING

1998/99

Item Estimate

$

1. Liabilities accrued as at 1 July 1998 8 100 000

Total Appropriation 8 100 000

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NOTES

†

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 21 April 1998

Legislative Council: 29 April 1998

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "for the appropriation of certain
sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the Parliament in respect of the
financial year 1998/99 and for other purposes."