Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1989-90

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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1989-90

No. 31 of 1990

An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sums appropriated by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1989-90, for certain expenditure, in relation to the Parliamentary Departments, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1990, and for other purposes

[Assented to 30 May 1990]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1989-90.

Commencement

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

Issue and application of $9 769 000

3. The Minister for Finance 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 1990, the sum of             $9 769 000.

12956/90 Cat. No. 90 4449 3


Appropriation

4. The sum authorised by this Act to be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, is appropriated, and is taken to have been appropriated as from 1 July 1989, for the services specified in the Schedule in respect of the financial year that commenced on that date.

Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries

5. Section 5 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1989-90 has effect, on and from the commencement of this Act, as if the reference in that section to Schedule 2 to that Act included a reference to the Schedule to this Act.

Net annotated appropriations

6. Where 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 6)", that Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that all money received:

(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 that purpose; or

(c)    from the provision of services;

may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division, to such extent as is, and on such conditions as are, agreed between the Minister responsible for the Department, statutory authority, or other body for which the appropriation is made and the Minister for Finance.


 

SCHEDULE Section 4

ABSTRACT

Division

Recurrent

Total

 

 

$

$

101

Senate...................................

850 000

850 000

102

Advance to the President of the Senate..............

100 000

100 000

103

House of Representatives.......................

555 000

555 000

105

Parliamentary Reporting Staff....................

3 043 000

3 043 000

106

Parliamentary Library.........................

401 000

401 000

107

Joint House Department........................

4 820 000

4 820 000

 

Total..............................

9 769 000

9 769 000

 


 

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1989-90

Appropriation made by Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1989-90

Expenditure for 1988-89

 

$

$

$

Division 101.—SENATE

 

 

 

1. Recurrent Expenditure..................

850 000

15 990 000

15 656 823

Total: Senate....................

850 000

 

 

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:

 

 

 

(i) that the President of the Senate is satisfied is expenditure that is urgently required and:

 

 

 

(A) 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

 

 

 

(B) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and

 

 

 

(ii) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament;

 

 

 

being expenditure for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1990 in relation to the Senate 

100 000

200 000

*

* Expenditure in 1988-89 from the Advance to the President of the Senate is shown under the appropriation to which it has been charged.

 

Division 103.—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

1. Recurrent Expenditure....................

546 000

17 666 000

16 990 665

2. Payments under subsection 34a (1) of the Audit Act 1901 

9 000

Total: House of Representatives........

555 000

 

 

Division 105.—PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF

 

 

 

1. Recurrent Expenditure....................

3 043 000

9 214 000

8 435 109

Total: Parliamentary Reporting Staff....

3 043 000

 

 


 

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1989-90

Appropriation made by Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1989-90

Expenditure for 1988-89

 

$

$

$

Division 106.—PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY

 

 

 

1. Recurrent Expenditure...................

401 000

27 671 000

26 008 015

Total: Parliamentary Library.........

401 000

 

 

Division 107.—JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT

 

 

 

1. Recurrent Expenditure (net appropriation—see section 6) 

4 820 000

29 202 000

35 040 232

Total: Joint House Department........

4 820 000

 

 

[Minister's second reading speech made in

House of Representatives on 14 May 1990

Senate on 21 May 1990]

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (9/90)

 

 

 

Overview

The Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1989-90 was enacted by the Queen, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia on 30 May 1990. This Act was introduced to provide an additional appropriation for certain expenditure related to Parliamentary Departments for the financial year ending on 30 June 1990. The policy objective was to ensure that additional funds were made available to cover unforeseen or underestimated expenditures within the Parliamentary Departments, which was necessary to meet the operational needs of these departments for the specified period. The Minister for Finance was authorised to issue and apply the sum of $9,769,000 out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the specified services as outlined in the Schedule. This additional appropriation was deemed to have been in effect from 1 July 1989, and it incorporated adjustments to net annotated appropriations as well as increases in salaries.

Scope and Application

The Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1989-90 is a Commonwealth Act aimed at providing additional funds to the Parliamentary Departments for the financial year ending 30 June 1990. This Act supplements the appropriations made by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1989-90, allowing the Minister for Finance to issue and apply the sum of $9,769,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for specified services. The additional appropriation includes funds for the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Parliamentary Reporting Staff, the Parliamentary Library, and the Joint House Department. The funds are intended for recurrent expenditures and other services as outlined in the Schedule to the Act. The Act comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent and applies to the appropriation of funds for the financial year that began on 1 July 1989. Notably, the Act allows for the crediting of certain receipts to the appropriations, as stipulated in section 6, to the extent agreed upon by the relevant Minister and the Minister for Finance. The application of this Act is confined to the Commonwealth jurisdiction, providing additional financial resources to the specified parliamentary departments to ensure their continued operation and effectiveness.

Key Provisions

The Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1989-90 authorises the Minister for Finance to issue and apply a sum of $9,769,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for specified services related to parliamentary departments for the financial year ending on 30 June 1990 (Section 3). The appropriation is intended to cover recurrent expenditure and other expenses for the Senate, the House of Representatives, Parliamentary Reporting Staff, the Parliamentary Library, and the Joint House Department (Schedule). The act specifies that this appropriation is taken to have been appropriated from 1 July 1989 (Section 4) and includes provisions for additional appropriations in respect of increases in salaries (Section 5). For net appropriations, all money received from certain activities, such as the sale or leasing of goods or property, can be credited to the relevant appropriation (Section 6). The Act imposes several obligations on the Minister for Finance and the relevant parliamentary departments. The Minister for Finance must issue the specified sum for the services outlined in the Schedule, ensuring that the funds are applied for their intended purposes. Each parliamentary department is required to adhere to the recurrent expenditure limits set forth in the Schedule and report any additional income or savings to the Minister for Finance. Additionally, the President of the Senate is empowered to make urgent, unforeseen expenditures, provided that particulars are later submitted to the Parliament (Schedule Division 102). Breaches of the provisions of this Act could result in financial mismanagement and misallocation of funds intended for parliamentary services. While the Act does not explicitly outline specific penalties for non-compliance, general principles of public sector financial management would apply. This could include disciplinary actions, audits, and potential recovery of misused funds. The maximum penalties for breaches would be determined by the applicable laws governing public sector financial management and administrative law in Australia.

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