Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Financial Management Act 1994 - SECT 31

Transfer between items of Parliamentary appropriation

31. Transfer between items of Parliamentary appropriation



(1) The Presiding Officers-

   (a)  may determine that part of an amount appropriated for an item in a
        Schedule to an annual appropriation Act in respect of a department of
        the Parliament may be transferred to, and applied for the purposes of,
        a corresponding item in that Schedule in respect of another department
        of the Parliament;

   (b)  may determine, with the consent of the Treasurer, that part of an
        amount appropriated for an item in a Schedule to an annual
        appropriation Act in respect of a department of the Parliament may be
        transferred to, and applied for the purposes of, another item in that
        Schedule in respect of that or another department.

(2) The Presiding Officers must be of the opinion, before making a
determination under subsection (1), that-

   (a)  the amount to be transferred from an item is not required for the
        purposes of that item; and

   (b)  the amount assigned to the item to which the amount is to be
        transferred is insufficient for the purposes of that item.

(3) The Presiding Officers must ensure that particulars of a transfer under
subsection (1) are given to the Minister administering this section as soon as
possible.

(4) In this section, a reference to the Presiding Officers is a reference to-

   (a)  in relation to a transfer referred to in subsection (1)(b) in respect
        of the Department of Legislative Council, the President of the
        Legislative Council;

   (b)  in relation to a transfer referred to in subsection (1)(b) in respect
        of the Department of Legislative Assembly, the Speaker of the
        Legislative Assembly;

   (c)  in any other case, the President of the Legislative Council and the
        Speaker of the Legislative Assembly acting jointly.