Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2017‑2018
No. 49, 2018
An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, and for related purposes
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Portfolio statements
5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth
Part 2—Appropriation items
6 Summary of appropriations
7 State, ACT, NT and local government items
8 Administered items
9 Administered assets and liabilities items
10 Other departmental items
11 Corporate entity items
Part 3—Advance to the Finance Minister
12 Advance to the Finance Minister
Part 4—Miscellaneous
13 Crediting amounts to special accounts
14 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund
15 Repeal of this Act
Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated
Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2017-2018
No. 49, 2018
An Act to appropriate additional money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure, and for related purposes
[Assented to 27 June 2018]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act is the Appropriation Act (No. 6) 2017‑2018.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this Act | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 27 June 2018 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Definitions
In this Act:
administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a non‑corporate entity opposite the heading “Administered Assets and Liabilities”.
administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “New Administered Outcomes”.
corporate entity means:
(a) a corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or
(b) a Commonwealth company within the meaning of that Act.
corporate entity item means the amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a corporate entity under the heading “Non‑operating”.
expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities.
Finance Minister means the Minister administering this Act.
item means any of the following:
(a) a State, ACT, NT and local government item;
(b) an administered item;
(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
(d) an other departmental item;
(e) a corporate entity item.
non‑corporate entity means:
(a) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or
(b) the High Court.
other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a non‑corporate entity opposite the heading “Equity Injections”.
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 the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2017‑2018 and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2017‑2018.
Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2017‑2018 and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2017‑2018.
portfolio statements means:
(a) the Portfolio Budget Statements; and
(b) the Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements; and
(c) the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements.
Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements means the Portfolio Supplementary Additional Estimates Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act and the Bill for the Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2017‑2018.
special account has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
State, ACT, NT and local government item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a non‑corporate entity under the heading “Payments to States, ACT, NT and local government”.
4 Portfolio 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.
5 Notional 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 2—Appropriation items
6 Summary of appropriations
The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $6,208,830,000.
Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act.
Note 2: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act.
7 State, ACT, NT and local government items
(1) The amount specified in a State, ACT, NT and local government item for an outcome for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for the purpose of making payments to or for the States, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory and local government authorities for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
(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.
8 Administered items
(1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome.
(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.
9 Administered assets and liabilities items
(1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified for the entity:
(a) in Schedule 1 to this Act; or
(b) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2017‑2018; or
(c) in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2017‑2018; or
(d) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2017‑2018; or
(e) in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2017‑2018; or
(f) in Schedule 1 to the Appropriation Act (No. 5) 2017‑2018.
(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.
10 Other departmental items
The amount specified in an other departmental item for a non‑corporate entity may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the entity.
11 Corporate entity items
(1) The amount specified in a corporate entity item for a corporate entity may be paid to the entity to be applied for the purposes of the entity.
(2) If:
(a) an Act provides that a corporate entity must be paid amounts that are appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of the entity; and
(b) Schedule 1 contains a corporate entity item for that entity;
then the entity must be paid the full amount specified in the item.
Part 3—Advance to the Finance Minister
12 Advance to the Finance Minister
(1) If the Finance Minister determined an amount under subsection 12(2) of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2017‑2018 before the commencement of this Act, the amount is to be disregarded for the purposes of subsection 12(3) of that Act.
Note: This means that, after the commencement of this Act, the Finance Minister has access to $380 million under section 12 of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2017‑2018, regardless of amounts that have already been determined under that section.
(2) If:
(a) this Act appropriates an amount for particular expenditure; and
(b) before the commencement of this Act, the Finance Minister determined an amount (the advanced amount) under section 12 of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2017‑2018 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 4—Miscellaneous
13 Crediting 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.
14 Appropriation 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 the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
15 Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2020.
Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated
Note: See sections 6 and 14.
Abstract
Portfolio Total
$'000
Attorney‑General's 241
Environment and Energy 6,113,550
Health 496
Home Affairs 94,263
Social Services 280
Total 6,208,830
APPROPRIATIONS
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered Non‑
Portfolio government Outcomes operating Total
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Agriculture and Water Resources ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 498,018 498,018
Attorney‑General's ‑ ‑ 241 241
1,245 ‑ 41,558 42,803
Communications and the Arts ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 9,199,468 9,199,468
Defence ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 2,386,813 2,386,813
Education and Training ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
40,221 ‑ 17,031 57,252
Environment and Energy ‑ ‑ 6,113,550 6,113,550
‑ ‑ 188,265 188,265
Finance ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 587,399 587,399
Foreign Affairs and Trade ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 124,229 124,229
Health ‑ ‑ 496 496
‑ ‑ 96,164 96,164
Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 94,263 94,263
1,969 ‑ 254,974 256,943
Human Services ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 177,850 177,850
Infrastructure, Regional Development ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
and Cities 724,630 ‑ 910,467 1,635,097
Jobs and Innovation ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 92,893 92,893
Prime Minister and Cabinet ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
7,762 ‑ 47,318 55,080
Social Services ‑ ‑ 280 280
‑ ‑ 41,319 41,319
Treasury ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 149,223 149,223
Total: Bill 6 ‑ ‑ 6,208,830 6,208,830
775,827 ‑ 14,812,989 15,588,816
ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered Non‑
Entity government Outcomes operating Total
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Attorney‑General's Department ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
1,245 ‑ 25,169 26,414
Australian Security Intelligence ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
Organisation ‑ ‑ 14,939 14,939
High Court of Australia ‑ ‑ 241 241
‑ ‑ 1,450 1,450
Total: Attorney‑General's ‑ ‑ 241 241
1,245 ‑ 41,558 42,803
ATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2016‑2017
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered
government Outcomes Total
$'000 $'000 $'000
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Non‑operating
Equity Injections 241
1,450
1,450
Total: High Court of Australia ‑ ‑ 241
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered Non‑
Entity government Outcomes operating Total
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Department of the Environment and ‑ ‑ 6,113,550 6,113,550
Energy ‑ ‑ 146,656 146,656
Payments to corporate entities:
Director of National Parks ‑ ‑
376 376
Bureau of Meteorology ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 40,217 40,217
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
Authority ‑ ‑ 1,016 1,016
Total: Environment and Energy ‑ ‑ 6,113,550 6,113,550
‑ ‑ 188,265 188,265
ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2016‑2017
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered
government Outcomes Total
$'000 $'000 $'000
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND
ENERGY
Non‑operating
Administered Assets and Liabilities 6,113,550
‑
‑
Total: Department of the Environment and ‑ ‑ 6,113,550
Energy
HEALTH PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered Non‑
Entity government Outcomes operating Total
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Department of Health ‑ ‑ 496 496
‑ ‑ 31,926 31,926
Payments to corporate entities:
Australian Digital Health Agency ‑ ‑
53,464 53,464
Australian Sports Commission ‑ ‑
1,069 1,069
Australian Radiation Protection and ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
Nuclear Safety Agency ‑ ‑ 5,000 5,000
Australian Sports Anti‑Doping Authority ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 826 826
National Health and Medical Research ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
Council ‑ ‑ 3,879 3,879
Total: Health ‑ ‑ 496 496
‑ ‑ 96,164 96,164
HEALTH PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2016‑2017
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered
government Outcomes Total
$'000 $'000 $'000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Non‑operating
Equity Injections 496
6,926
6,571
Total: Department of Health ‑ ‑ 496
HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered Non‑
Entity government Outcomes operating Total
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Department of Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 94,263 94,263
1,969 ‑ 175,471 177,440
Australian Criminal Intelligence ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
Commission ‑ ‑ 580 580
Australian Federal Police ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 75,323 75,323
Australian Transaction Reports and ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
Analysis Centre ‑ ‑ 3,600 3,600
Total: Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 94,263 94,263
1,969 ‑ 254,974 256,943
HOME AFFAIRS PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2016‑2017
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered
government Outcomes Total
$'000 $'000 $'000
DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS
Non‑operating
Equity Injections 94,028
169,587
183,860
Administered Assets and Liabilities 235
5,884
124,374
Total: Department of Home Affairs ‑ ‑ 94,263
SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO
SUMMARY
Summary of Appropriations (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered Non‑
Entity government Outcomes operating Total
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Department of Social Services ‑ ‑ 280 280
‑ ‑ 40,412 40,412
Australian Institute of Family Studies ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑ ‑ 907 907
Total: Social Services ‑ ‑ 280 280
‑ ‑ 41,319 41,319
SOCIAL SERVICES PORTFOLIO
Additional Appropriation (bold figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2017‑2018
Actual Available Appropriation (light figures)—2016‑2017
Payments to
States, ACT, New
NT and local Administered
government Outcomes Total
$'000 $'000 $'000
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Non‑operating
Equity Injections 280
40,412
12,627
Total: Department of Social Services ‑ ‑ 280
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 8 May 2018
Senate on 25 June 2018]
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