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SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990
SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - LONG TITLE
An Act to make interim provision for the appropriation of money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1991, and for other purposes SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - SECT 1 Short title
(Assented to 1 June 1990) 1. This Act may be cited as the Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1990-91. (Minister's Second Reading Speech made in House of Representatives on 14 May 1990 Senate on 21 May 1990) SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - SECT 2 Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - SECT 3 Issue, application and appropriation of $47 601 000
3. (1) The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule, in respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 1991, the sum of $47 601 000. (2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of subsection (1). SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - SECT 4 Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries
4. (1) In addition to the sum referred to in section 3, the Minister for Finance may, at any time before 1 December 1990, issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1991 amounts not exceeding such amounts as are determined by the President, by the Speaker, or by the President and the Speaker, in accordance with subsection (2), (3) or (4), as the case may be. (2) The amounts determined by the President under this subsection must not exceed the amounts estimated to be necessary for the payment of such increases in salaries and payments in the nature of salary, for which provision is made in subdivision 1 of Division 101 in the Schedule, as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 2 May 1990, in accordance with any law, or in accordance with an award, order or determination made under a law. (3) The amounts determined by the Speaker under this subsection must not exceed the amounts estimated to be necessary for the payment of such increases in salaries and payments in the nature of salary, for which provision is made in subdivision 1 of Division 103 in the Schedule, as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 2 May 1990, in accordance with any law, or in accordance with an award, order or determination made under a law. (4) The amounts determined by the President and the Speaker under this subsection must not exceed the amounts estimated to be necessary for the payment of such increases in salaries and payments in the nature of salary, for which provision is made in subdivision 1 of Division 105 in the Schedule, subdivision 1 of Division 106 in the Schedule or subdivision 1 of Division 107 in the Schedule, as have become payable or become payable, or have commenced or commence to be paid, after 2 May 1990, in accordance with any law, or in accordance with an award, order or determination made under a law. (5) Amounts issued under subsection (1) may be applied only for the purpose of expenditure in respect of increases referred to in subsection (2), (3) or (4) in salaries and any payments in the nature of salary and the Minister for Finance must report to the Parliament the amounts so issued. (6) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of this section. SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - SECT 5 Net annotated appropriations
5. Where the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division of the Schedule concludes with the words "(net appropriation - see section 5)", that Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that all money received: (a) from the sale, leasing or hiring out of, or other dealing with, goods or personal property; (b) from the sale of real property used for the purpose of providing staff residential accommodation or from the leasing of real property for that purpose; or (c) from the provision of services; may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division, to such extent as is, and on such conditions as are, agreed between the Minister responsible for the Department, statutory authority, or other body for which the appropriation is made and the Minister for Finance. SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - SECT 6 Advances to President, Speaker or President and Speaker
6. (1) Expenditure in relation to the Senate in excess of specific appropriation may be charged to such subdivision of Division 101 in the Schedule as the President may direct but the total expenditure so charged in
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the financial year ending 30 June 1991, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head "Advance to the President of the Senate". (2) Expenditure in relation to the House of Representatives in excess of specific appropriation may be charged to such subdivision of Division 103 in the Schedule as the Speaker may direct but the total expenditure so charged in the financial year ending 30 June 1991, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head "Advance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives". (3) Expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Reporting Staff, the Parliamentary Library or the Joint House Department in excess of specific appropriation may be charged to such subdivision of Division 105, 106 or 107 in the Schedule as the President and the Speaker both direct but the total expenditure so charged in the financial year ending 30 June 1991, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head "Joint Advance to the President and the Speaker". SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT 1990-91 No. 34, 1990 - SCHEDULE
THE SCHEDULE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division 101. SENATE 1. Recurrent expenditure 7 582 000 2. Payments under subsection 34A (1) of the Audit Act 1901 3 000 ---------- Total: Senate 7 585 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE Division 102. ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE To enable the President of the Senate to make money available for expenditure: (a) that the President of the Senate is satisfied is expenditure that is urgently required and: (i) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or (ii) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and (b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament; being expenditure for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1991 in relation to the Senate 300 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Division 103. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1. Recurrent expenditure 8 364 000 ---------- Total: House of Representatives 8 364 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADVANCE TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Division 104. ADVANCE TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES To enable the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make money available for expenditure: (a) that the Speaker of the House of Representatives is satisfied is expenditure that is urgently required and: (i) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or (ii) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and (b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament; being expenditure for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1991 in relation to the House of Representatives 300 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division 105. PARLIAMENTARY REPORTING STAFF 1. Recurrent expenditure 10 587 000 ----------- Total: Parliamentary Reporting Staff 10 587 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division 106. PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY 1. Recurrent expenditure 4 532 000 ---------- Total: Parliamentary Library 4 532 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division 107. JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT 1. Recurrent expenditure (net appropriation - see section 5) 2. Capital Expenditure 1 230 000 ----------- Total: Joint House Department 14 933 000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JOINT ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER Division 108. JOINT ADVANCE TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE SPEAKER To enable the President and the Speaker to make money available for expenditure: (a) that both the President and the Speaker are satisfied is expenditure that is urgently required and: (i) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or (ii) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and (b) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament; being expenditure for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1991 in relation to the Parliamentary Reporting Staff, the Parliamentary Library or the Joint House Department 1 000 000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------