Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.

The following Bills are cognate with this Bill:

• Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2008
• Appropriation (Special Offices) Bill 2008
• State Revenue and Other Legislation Amendment (Budget) Bill 2008

Overview of Bill

The object of this Bill is to appropriate various sums of money required for the
recurrent services and capital works and services of the Government during the
2008–2009 financial year.

The Bill relates to appropriations from the Consolidated Fund—the principal account
of the Government for General Government Budget Dependent transactions. The
Consolidated Fund could be considered as the “public purse” and largely comprises
receipts from, and payments out of, taxes, fines, some regulatory fees,
Commonwealth grants and income from Crown assets.

The Bill for the 2008–2009 year contains an additional appropriation, which
allocates revenue raised in connection with changes to gaming machine taxes to the
Minister for Health for spending on health related services.

The Bill also makes additional appropriations from the Consolidated Fund for
recurrent services and capital works and services for the 2007–2008 and 2006–2007
years for the purpose of giving effect to certain Budget variations required by the
exigencies of Government.

Outline of provisions

Part 1 (clauses 1–3) provides for the name of the proposed Act (also referred to as
the short title), commencement on 1 July 2008, and interpretation of references to the
financial years to which the proposed Act relates.

Part 2, Division 1 (clauses 4–25) provides for the appropriations for the financial
year of 2008–2009. The amounts appropriated for the 2008–2009 financial year are:

(a) $40,463,358,000 for recurrent services, and

(b) $4,132,597,000 for capital works and services.

Part 2, Division 2 (clause 26) provides for a budget variation for the financial year
of 2007–2008.

The additional amount appropriated for the 2007–2008 financial year is
$250,000,000 for additional recurrent services.

The details of the budget variation for 2007–2008 are set out in Schedule 1.

Part 2, Division 3 (clauses 27 and 28) provides for the budget variations for the
financial year of 2006–2007.

The additional amounts appropriated for the 2006–2007 financial year are:

(a) $120,068,000 in adjustment of the vote “Advance to the Treasurer”, and

(b) $9,596,000 for recurrent services in accordance with section 22 (1) of the
Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.

The details of the budget variations for 2006–2007 are set out in Schedule 2.

Part 3 (clauses 29 and 30) makes an additional appropriation to the Minister for
Health, with this being part of the revenue raised from gaming machine taxes.

Part 4 (clauses 31–35) provides for general matters related to the appropriations set
out in the proposed Act.

Clause 31 enables the Treasurer to authorise payment for a purpose, in excess of the
sum appropriated for the purpose, in specified circumstances. Clause 32 allows this
function to be delegated by the Treasurer.

Clause 33 allows the Treasurer to apply an appropriation differently in the event that
responsibility for a service or function is transferred.

Clause 34 contains miscellaneous provisions concerning the operation of the budget
variations made by the proposed Act. The budget variations for the financial years of
2006–07 and 2007–08 are to be construed as part of the annual Appropriation Act or
Acts for those years. The provisions also validate the expenditure of amounts
referred to in Schedule 2 before the date of assent to the proposed Act.

Clause 35 allows a Minister to table a Budget Paper in the Legislative Assembly by
presenting it to the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, if the Legislative Assembly is
not sitting when the Budget Paper is sought to be tabled.

Note: If this Bill is not modified, these Explanatory Notes would reflect the Bill as passed in the House. If the Bill has been amended by Committee, these Explanatory Notes may not necessarily reflect the Bill as passed.

 

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