Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1994‑95
No. 26 of 1995
An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95, for certain expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1995, and for related purposes
[Assented to 7 April 1995]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1994‑95.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Issue and application of $ 7 239 000
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 1995, the sum of $ 7 239 000.
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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. Section 4 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95 has effect, on and from the commencement of this Act, as if any reference in that section to the Schedule to that Act included a reference to the Schedule to this Act.
Net annotated appropriations
5. (1) If the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule includes 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 any 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; 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 such extent as is, and on such conditions as are, 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:
(a) a sale, or other transaction, referred to in paragraph (l)(a) or (b); or
(b) the provision of services; or
(c) any benefit referred to in paragraph (l)(d);
that amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be money received from that sale or other transaction or 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.
Payments to Departments out of money appropriated for the purposes of certain programs
6. (1) If a payment is made to a Parliamentary Department out of money appropriated for the purposes of entry level training under item 02 of subdivision 4 of Division 220 in the Schedule to the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1994‑95, the Schedule to the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95 is taken, for the purposes of the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department by way of such a payment may be credited to the subdivision in that Schedule that appropriates money for the running costs of the Department.
(2) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be a payment to a Department out of money appropriated as referred to in subsection (1), that amount is taken for the purposes of subsection (1), to be money received by the Department by way of such a payment, whether or not money has in fact been received in respect of the payment.
(3) If:
(a) a payment is made to a Parliamentary Department out of money appropriated for Labour Market Program Assistance to Jobseekers and Industry under subdivision 7 of Division 220 in the Schedule to the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1994‑95; and
(b) the payment is a subsidy in respect of the employment of a person by the Department under the JOBSTART Program, or the Jobskills Program, administered by the Commonwealth Employment Service;
the Schedule to the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95 is taken, for the purposes of the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department by way of such a payment may be credited to the subdivision in that Schedule that appropriates money for the running costs of the Department.
(4) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be a payment of the kind referred to in paragraph (3)(b) made to a Department out of money appropriated as referred to in paragraph (3)(a), that amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (3), to be money received by the Department by way of such a payment, whether or not money has in fact been received in respect of the payment.
(5) The Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) there were inserted in paragraph 6(3)(b) ", or the Jobskills Program," after "Program"; and
(b) there were added at the end of section 6 the following subsections:
"(5) If a payment is made to a Parliamentary Department out of money appropriated under item 3 of Division 832 in Schedule 2 to the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95, the Schedule to this Act is taken, for the purposes of the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department by way of such a payment may be credited to the subdivision in the Schedule to this Act that appropriates money for the running costs of the Department.
"(6) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be a payment to a Department out of money appropriated as referred to in subsection (5), that amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (5), to be money received by the Department by way of such a payment, whether or not money has in fact been received in respect of the payment.".
SCHEDULE Section 3
ABSTRACT
Page Reference | Departments | Total | |
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| $ | |
7 | Senate................................................. | 927 000 | |
7 | House of Representative..................................... | 118 000 | |
7 | Parliamentary Reporting Staff................................. | 5 172 000 | |
8 | Parliamentary Library...................................... | 697 000 | |
8 | Joint House Department..................................... | 325 000 | |
Total............................................... | 7 239 000 | ||
SUMMARY
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No.2) 1994‑95, Heavy figures
Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95, Light figures *
Division | Running Costs | Other Services | Total | |
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| $ | $ | $ |
101 | Senate................................ | 807 000 | 120 000 | 927 000 |
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| 21 561 000 | 336 000 | 21 897 000 |
104 | House of Representative.................... | — | 118 000 | 118 000 |
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| 22 807 000 | 332 000 | 23 139 000 |
107 | Parliamentary Reporting Staff................ | 5 172 000 | — | 5 172 000 |
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| 28 889 000 | — | 28 889 000 |
108 | Parliamentary Library...................... | 697 000 | — | 697 000 |
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| 14 488 000 | 5 000 | 14 493 000 |
109 | Joint House Department.................... | 325 000 | — | 325 000 |
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| 34 772 000 | 2 483 000 | 37 255 000 |
Total................................ | 7 001 000 | 238 000 | 7 239 000 | |
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| 122 517 000 | 3 156 000 | 125 673 000 |
* Does not include appropriation under Division 102 — Advance to the President of the Senate, $300 000, under Division 103 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings, $50 000 , under Division 105 — Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, $300 000, under Division 106 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings, $50 000, under Division 110 — Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker, $1 000 000 and under Division 111 — Provision for Running Costs Borrowings, $200 000 in Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95.
SCHEDULE — continued
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| Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure | |
| Additional appropriation for 1994‑95 | Appropriation made by Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95 | Expenditure for 1993‑94 |
| $ | $ | $ |
Division 101.—SENATE |
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1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6) | 807 000 | 21 561 000 | 21 575 214 |
2.— Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901 | 2 000 | 4 000 | 13 749 |
3.— Citizenship visits program................ | 118 000 | 332 000 | 301 600 |
Total: Senate........................ | 927 000 |
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Division 104.— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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3.— Citizenship visits program................ | 118 000 | 332 000 | 296 850 |
Total: House of Representatives........... | 118 000 |
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Division 107.— PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF |
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1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6) | 5 172 000 | 28 889 000 | 29 478 340 |
Total: Parliamentary Reporting Staff....... | 5 172 000 |
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SCHEDULE — continued
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| Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure | |
| Additional appropriation for 1994‑95 | Appropriation made by Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95 | Expenditure for 1993‑94 |
| $ | $ | $ |
Division 108.— PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY |
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1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6) | 697 000 | 14 488 000 | 13 191 450 |
Total: Parliamentary Library............. | 697 000 |
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Division 109.— JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT |
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1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6) | 325 000 | 34 772 000 | 35 132 920 |
Total: Joint House Department............ | 325 000 |
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[Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 9 November 1994
Senate on 8 December 1994]
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