Commonwealth: Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2022-2023 (Cth)

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2022‑2023 No. 69, 2022 An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for related purposes Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Definitions 4 Portfolio statements 5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth Part 2—Appropriation items 6 Summary of appropriations 7 Departmental items 8 Administered items 9 Administered assets and liabilities items 10 Other departmental items Part 3—Miscellaneous 11 Crediting amounts to special accounts 12 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 13 Repeal of this Act Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2022-2023 No. 69, 2022 An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for related purposes [Assented to 30 November 2022] The Parliament of Australia enacts: Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title This Act is the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2022‑2023. 2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms. Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this Act The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 30 November 2022 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act. (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 3 Definitions In this Act: administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading "Administered Assets and Liabilities". administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading "Administered". current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2023. departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading "Departmental". Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading "Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item. expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities. item means any of the following: (a) a departmental item; (b) an administered item; (c) an administered assets and liabilities item; (d) an other departmental item. non‑corporate entity means: (a) a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or (b) the High Court. Note: Each Parliamentary Department is a non‑corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading "Equity Injections". Parliamentary Department means any of the following: (a) the Department of the Senate; (b) the Department of the House of Representatives; (c) the Department of Parliamentary Services; (d) the Parliamentary Budget Office. Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act. portfolio statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements. special account has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 4 Portfolio statements The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. Note: See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the Act to be a relevant document. 5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between non‑corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real transactions. Note: This section applies, for example, to a "payment" between non‑corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an appropriation for the paying non‑corporate entity, even though no payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. Part 2—Appropriation items 6 Summary of appropriations The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $19,186,000. Note: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts appropriated by this Act. 7 Departmental items The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department. 8 Administered items (1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome. (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome. 9 Administered assets and liabilities items (1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department. (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of contributing to achieving the outcome. 10 Other departmental items The amount specified in an other departmental item for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the Parliamentary Department. Part 3—Miscellaneous 11 Crediting amounts to special accounts If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the special account), then amounts may be debited against the appropriation for that item and credited to that special account. 12 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as affected by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 13 Repeal of this Act This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2025. Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Note: See sections 6 and 12. Abstract Department Total $'000 Department of Parliamentary Services 19,186 Total 19,186 APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Entity Departmental Administered Non- operating Total $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Department of the Senate ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 26,011 ‑ ‑ 26,011 Department of the House of ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ Representatives 25,664 327 ‑ 25,991 Department of Parliamentary Services 8,210 496 10,480 19,186 177,016 8,859 40,362 226,237 Parliamentary Budget Office ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 9,269 ‑ ‑ 9,269 Total: Parliamentary Departments 8,210 496 10,480 19,186 237,960 9,186 40,362 287,508 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE Operating Total: Department of the Senate ‑ ‑ ‑ 26,011 ‑ 26,011 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Operating Total: Department of the House of ‑ ‑ ‑ Representatives 25,664 327 25,991 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES Operating Outcome 1 ‑ Support the functions of Parliament and 8,210 496 8,706 parliamentarians through the provision of 177,016 8,859 185,875 professional services, advice and facilities and maintain Australian Parliament House Total: Operating 8,210 496 8,706 177,016 8,859 185,875 Non‑operating Administered Assets and Liabilities 10,480 40,362 Total: Non‑operating 10,480 40,362 Total: Department of Parliamentary Services 8,210 496 19,186 177,016 8,859 226,237 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2022‑2023 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2021‑2022 Departmental Administered Total PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE Operating Total: Parliamentary Budget Office ‑ ‑ ‑ 9,269 ‑ 9,269 [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 25 October 2022 Senate on 25 November 2022] (119/22)