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Appropriation (2015-2016) Bill 2015
Introduction Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
General
This Bill provides appropriation authority for payments from the
Consolidated Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government for
the 2015/2016 financial year. The amounts contained in Schedule 1 to the
Bill provide for the ongoing operations of Departments, new output
initiatives and new asset investment insofar as these are funded by way of
annual appropriation. The Schedule also includes payments made on behalf
of the State. These payments are not related to the direct provision of outputs
by Departments and are generally on-passed by Departments for specific
purposes. In some cases (where stated), the annual appropriations in
Schedule 1 include line items that are specifically referenced in separate
legislation, but unlike special appropriations, require annual appropriations
by Parliament.
In addition to the annual appropriations contained in this Bill, funds are
also made available to Departments by way of special appropriation.
Special appropriations arise through provisions that are contained in
legislation. These appropriations provide for the specific purposes set out
in that legislation and they do not lapse annually like the annual
Appropriation Act. Details of these can be found in Table A.4 of Budget
Paper No. 5: Statement of Finances.
Where an item in Schedule 1 provides that section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994 applies, money received from the provision of
services or asset sales by that Department or by specific purpose payment by
the Commonwealth or by a municipal council may be credited to that item
during the financial year and is deemed to have been appropriated.
Estimates of appropriations annotated pursuant to section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994 may be found in Tables A.5 and A.6 of Budget
Paper No. 5: Statement of Finances.
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Unapplied appropriation under the Appropriation (2014-2015) Act 2014 has
been estimated and is included in the Budget Papers. At the end of the
2014/2015 financial year actual unapplied appropriations are finalised,
approved carryover amounts determined, and the 2015/2016 appropriations
increased accordingly, pursuant to section 32 of the Financial Management
Act 1994.
Advances during 2014/2015 from the Treasurer's Advance and those
available under section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994 are not
brought to account in this Bill. They are tabled in the Parliament as part of
the Financial Report for the State of Victoria 2014/2015 and formally
brought to account in the Appropriation (2016-2017) Bill. Advances relating
to 2013/2014, which were published in the Financial Report for the State of
Victoria 2013/2014, are brought to account in sections 7 and 8 of, and
Schedules 2 and 3 to, this Bill.
To enable comparison of the appropriations between years, Schedule 1 to the
Bill contains both the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 appropriated amounts.
Machinery of government changes took effect on 1 January 2015.
To enable comparison of the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 amounts, the
following Table shows the comparative adjustments that would have been
necessary if the machinery of government changes had been in effect for the
2014/2015 financial year.
2014/2015 2014/2015
Original Adjusted
Department Estimate Adjustments Budget
$'000 $'000 $'000
Courts 236 665 0 236 665
Economic Development, Jobs,
Transport and Resources 0 8 548 481 8 548 481
Education and Early Childhood
Development 10 211 944 -10 211 944 0
Education and Training 0 10 211 944 10 211 944
Environment and Primary
Industries 2 061 438 -2 061 438 0
Environment, Land, Water and
Planning 0 1 935 889 1 935 889
Health 7 587 146 -7 587 146 0
Health and Human Services 0 11 413 338 11 413 338
Human Services 3 774 908 -3 774 908 0
Justice 5 802 530 -5 802 530 0
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2014/2015 2014/2015
Original Adjusted
Department Estimate Adjustments Budget
Justice and Regulation 0 5 739 496 5 739 496
Premier and Cabinet 602 760 -299 308 303 452
State Development, Business and
Innovation 900 213 -900 213 0
Transport, Planning and Local
Infrastructure 7 204 780 -7 204 780 0
Treasury and Finance 2 688 598 -6 881 2 681 717
41 070 982 0 41 070 982
Clause Notes
Clause 1 defines the purpose of the Bill.
Clause 2 specifies that the Bill comes into operation on the day it receives
Royal Assent.
Clause 3 provides that the Treasurer may issue the stated amount out of the
Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year 2015/2016 as
set out in Schedule 1 to the Bill. Subsections (2) and (3) provide
authority for additional appropriation if necessary for increases in
salaries and related costs that may be the result of any legislation
or determination during the year.
Clause 4 provides that the Consolidated Fund is appropriated to the extent
necessary for the purposes included in clause 3.
Clause 5 provides that the amounts specified for an item in Schedule 1 are
to be applied subject to section 30 of the Financial Management
Act 1994 and on the basis that the amounts specified for that item
are not exceeded.
The clause also states that if depreciation is included in the
provision of outputs of a Department in Schedule 1 to the Bill,
then the additions to the net asset base of that Department may be
increased, subject to the Treasurer's approval, by an amount up to
the depreciation amount.
Clause 6 provides for the application of amounts in 2015/2016 for
arrangements, expenses or obligations that arise in 2015/2016
but do not require payment until a future year.
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Clause 7 provides appropriation authority for additional funding approved
by the Treasurer during 2013/2014 pursuant to the provisions of
section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994 as detailed in
Schedule 2.
Clause 8 provides appropriation authority for additional funding approved
by the Treasurer during 2013/2014 from funds appropriated for
Advance to the Treasurer under the Department of Treasury and
Finance. Details are contained in Schedule 3.
Clause 9 provides that in this Bill, Court Services Victoria established
under the Court Services Victoria Act 2014 is referred to as the
Department of Courts for appropriation purposes only.
Clause 10 provides for the automatic repeal of this Bill on the fourth
anniversary of the day on which it receives the Royal Assent in
accordance with the recommendation of the Scrutiny of Acts and
Regulations Committee in its Report on the Statute Law Repeals
Bill 2014, February 2015. The repeal does not affect any matter
or thing or the previous operation of the Act (see section 14(2) of
the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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