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Appropriation Bill 2003
APPROPRIATION BILL 2003
EXPLANATORY NOTES
GENERAL OUTLINE
Policy Objectives of the Bill
Section 21(a) of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977
provides that for each financial year, the Treasurer is to present to the
Legislative Assembly a Bill for an ordinary Annual Appropriation Act.
The policy objectives of the Bill, the reasons for those objectives and the
ways in which the policy objectives will be achieved by the Bill are
detailed in the Budget Speech and the accompanying Budget Papers.
The Bill provides for:
· Appropriation for 2003-04 to fund the cost of delivering
departmental outputs, administered items and equity adjustment
in that year and certain outputs, administered items and equity
adjustment delivered in the previous year but not previously
funded; and
· Supply for 2004-05 to allow the normal operations of
government to continue until the Appropriation Bill for 2004-05
receives assent.
NOTES ON PROVISIONS
Clause 1 provides for the short title of the Act.
Clause 2 provides that for each department, the vote amount mentioned
for the department in Schedule 2 is appropriated for the 2003-04 financial
year for the department for application to its departmental outputs, equity
adjustment and administered items as stated in Schedule 2.
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It also provides that part of the vote amount may be applied for some
payments necessary in respect of departmental outputs, equity adjustment
and administered items delivered in 2002-03 which departments were not
paid for by the end of that financial year.
Clause 2(3) provides that the total amount of $19 103 808 000 includes
the amount already authorised by the Appropriation Act 2002, section 3, to
be paid for the financial year starting 1 July 2003.
Clause 3 provides that the amount of $9 500 000 000 is authorised to be
paid for the 2004-05 financial year for departments for application to their
departmental outputs, equity adjustment and administered items until the
Appropriation Bill for 2004-05 receives assent.
Clause 4 repeals the Appropriation Act 2000 (2000 Act No. 31).
Schedule 1 sets out how the amount appropriated from the Consolidated
Fund for the year starting on 1 July 2003 is to be distributed between
departments, other than the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary
service.
Schedule 2 details the total amount appropriated for each department for
application to its outputs, equity adjustment and administered items for the
financial year.
Accountable Officers may apply the total of funds received from the
Treasurer for departmental outputs across the individual outputs of the
department.
Under section 24 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977,
the Treasurer may pay a department's appropriation in amounts different to
those set out in the Annual Appropriation Act, provided that the total Vote
amount is not exceeded. If the Treasurer considers there is a surplus in one
or more of the headings of a department for a financial year and a
deficiency in another heading or headings of a department, the Treasurer
may allocate an amount to one or more of the headings that are deficient
from the heading or headings in surplus.
Section 24A of the Act, provides for an amount called the Treasurer's
Advance which is included in the Vote for the Treasury Department but
which may be used for purposes that may be delivered by any department.
Amounts from the Treasurer's Advance may be paid by the Treasurer to
other departments for departmental outputs, equity adjustments or
administered items, even though the amount appropriated to other
departments under the relevant Annual Appropriation Act for the financial
year will be exceeded.
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LEGISLATIVE STANDARDS
Consultation
Appropriate consultation has been undertaken with departments in
establishing the appropriations payable to them pursuant to this Bill.
© State of Queensland 2003