Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95

No. 90 of 1994

An Act to appropriate 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 1995, and for related purposes

[Assented to 24 June 1994]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1994‑95.

Commencement

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

Issue and application of $ 127 573 000

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 $ 127 573 000.

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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 issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1995 amounts not exceeding the amounts determined by the President, by the Speaker, or by the President and the Speaker, in accordance with 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 in payments in the nature of salary, for which provision is made in subdivision 1 of Division 101 in the Schedule as become payable, or commence to be paid, during the year ending 30 June 1995 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 in payments in the nature of salary, for which provision is made in subdivision 1 of Division 104 in the Schedule as become payable, or commence to be paid, during the year ending 30 June 1995 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 in payments in the nature of salary, for which provision is made in subdivision 1 of Division 107, subdivision 1 of Division 108, or subdivision 1 of Division 109, in the Schedule as become payable, or commence to be paid, during the year ending 30 June 1995 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.

(6) The Minister must report the amounts so issued to the Parliament.

(7) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent 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 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 any 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

(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:

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

(b) the provision of services; or

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.

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:

(a) 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. 1) 1994‑95; or

(b) money appropriated for the purposes of aboriginal employment under item 02 of subdivision 5 of Division 220 in that Schedule;

the Schedule to this Act is taken, for the purposes of this Act and 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.

(2) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be a payment to a Parliamentary Department out of money appropriated as referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (1)(b), 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. 1) 1994‑95; and

(b) the payment is a subsidy in respect of the employment of a person by the Department under the JOBSTART Program administered by the Commonwealth Employment Service;

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.

(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 Parliamentary 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.

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 year ending on 30 June 1995, 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 104 in the Schedule as the Speaker directs but the total expenditure so charged in the year ending 30 June 1995, 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 107, 108 or 109 in the Schedule as the President and the Speaker both direct but the total expenditure so charged in the year ending 30 June 1995, 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
		$
8	Senate...................................................	21 897 000
8	Advance to the President of the Senate.............................	300 000
9	Provision for Running Costs Borrowings............................	50 000
10	House of Representatives......................................	23 139 000
10	Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives..................	300 000
11	Provision for Running Costs Borrowings............................	50 000
12	Parliamentary Reporting Staff...................................	28 889 000
12	Parliamentary Reporting Staff...................................	14 493 000
12	Joint House Department.......................................	37 255 000
13	Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker........................	1 000 000
13	Provision for Running Costs Borrowings............................	200 000
	Total.................................................	127 573 000

SUMMARY

Appropriation — 1994‑95, Heavy figures

Estimated Expenditure — 1993‑94, Light figures

Division		Running Costs	Other Services	Total
		$	$	$
101	Senate................................	21 561 000	336 000	21 897 000
		21 791 000	318 000	22 109 000
104	House of Representatives....................	22 807 000	332 000	23 139 000
		22,077 000	355 000	22 432 000
107	Parliamentary Reporting Staff.................	28 889 000	—	28 889 000
		29 101 000	—	29 101 000
108	Joint House Department....................	14 488 000	5 000	14 493 000
		13 133 000	122 000	13 255 000
109	Joint House Department....................	34 772 000	2 483 000	37 255 000
		34 331 000	2 686 000	37 017 000
	Total.................................	122 517 000	3 156 000	125 673 000
		120 433 000	3 481 000	123 914 000

SCHEDULE — continued

	1994‑95	1993‑94
	1994‑95	Estimated Appropriation	Estimated Expenditure
	$	$	$
Division 101.—SENATE
1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6)	21 561 000	22 605 000	21 791 000
2.— Payments under subsection 34A(1) of the Audit Act 1901	4 000	4 000	3 000
3.— Citizenship visits program...................	332 000	325 000	315 000
Total: Senate...........................	21 897 000	22 934 000	22 109 000
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: (a) that the President of the Senate is satisfied is expenditure that 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 1995 in relation to the Senate	300 000	300 000	*
* Estimated expenditure in 1993‑94 from the Advance to the President of the Senate is shown under the appropriation to which it will be charged.

SCHEDULE — continued

	1994‑95	1993‑94
	1994‑95	Estimated Appropriation	Estimated Expenditure
	$	$	$
PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
Division 103.— PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
To enable the President to make money available for expenditure:
(a) for the purposes of running costs for which an appropriation has been made under an item, subdivision or Division in this Schedule; and
(b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament	50 000	0	0

SCHEDULE — continued

	1994‑95	1993‑94
	1994‑95	Estimated Appropriation	Estimated Expenditure
	$	$	$
Division 104.— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6)	22 807 000	23 605 000	22 077 000
2.— Other Services
01. Compensation and legal expenses................	—	40 000	40 000
3.— Citizenship visits program...................	332 000	325 000	315 000
Total: House of Representatives...............	23 139 000	23 970 000	22 432 000
ADVANCE TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Division 105. — 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 expenditure that 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 1995 in relation to the House of Representatives.	300 000	300 000	*
* Estimated expenditure in 1993‑94 from the Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives is shown under the appropriation to which it will be charged.

SCHEDULE — continued

	1994‑95	1993‑94
	1994‑95	Estimated Appropriation	Estimated Expenditure
	$	$	$
PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
Division 106.— PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
To enable the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make money available for expenditure:
(a) for the purposes of running costs for which an appropriation has been made under an item, subdivision or Division in this Schedule; and
(b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament	50 000	0	0

SCHEDULE — continued

	1994‑95	1993‑94
	1994‑95	Estimated Appropriation	Estimated Expenditure
	$	$
Division 107.— PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF
1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6)	28 889 000	29 612 000	29 101 000
Total: Parliamentary Reporting Staff.........	28 889 000	29 612 000	29 101 000
Division 108.— PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY
1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6)	14 488 000	13 627 000	13 133 000
2.— Other Services
01. Compensation and legal expenses..............	5 000	122 000	122 000
Total: Parliamentary Library...............	14 493 000	13 749 000	13 255 000
Division 109.— JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT
1.— Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 5) (see also section 6)	34 772 000	36 005 000	34 331 000
2.— Capital expenditure.......................	2 483 000	2 686 000	2 686 000
Total: Joint House Department..............	37 255 000	38 691 000	37 017 000

SCHEDULE — continued

	1994‑95	1993‑94
	1994‑95	Estimated Appropriation	Estimated Expenditure
	$	$	$
JOINT ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER
Division 110.— 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 expenditure that 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 1995 in relation to the Parliamentary Reporting Staff, the Parliamentary Library or the Joint House Department	1 000 000	1 000 000	*
* Estimated expenditure in 1993‑94 from the Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker is shown under the appropriation to which it will be charged.
PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
Division 111.— PROVISION FOR RUNNING COSTS BORROWINGS
To enable the President and the Speaker to make money available for expenditure:
(a) for the purposes of running costs for which an appropriation has been made under an item, subdivision or Division in this Schedule; and
b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament	200 000	200 000	*
* Estimated expenditure in 1993‑94 from the Provision for Running Costs Borrowings to the President and the Speaker is shown under the appropriation to which it will be charged.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 10 May 1994

Senate on 8 June 1994]

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