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

The following Bills are cognate with this Bill:

• Appropriation (Parliament) Bill 2009
• Appropriation (Special Offices) Bill 2009
• State Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2009

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
2009–2010 financial year.

The Bill relates to appropriations from the Consolidated Fund—the principal account
of the Government for General Government 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 2009–2010 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.

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Appropriation Bill 2009
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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 2009, and interpretation of references to the
financial year to which the proposed Act relates.

Part 2 (clauses 4–25) provides for the appropriations for the financial year of
2009–2010. The amounts appropriated for the 2009–2010 financial year are:

(a) $44,989,326,000 for recurrent services, and

(b) $6,540,252,000 for capital works and services.

Part 3 (clauses 26 and 27) makes an additional appropriation to the Minister for
Health, with this being part of the revenue raised from gaming machine taxes.

Part 4 (clauses 28–31) provides for general matters related to the appropriations set
out in the proposed Act.

Clause 28 enables the Treasurer to authorise payment for a purpose, in excess of the
sum appropriated for the purpose, in specified circumstances. Clause 29 allows this
function to be delegated by the Treasurer.

Clause 30 allows the Treasurer to apply an appropriation differently in the event that
responsibility for a service or function is transferred.

Clause 31 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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