Commonwealth: Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2023-2024 (Cth)

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2023‑2024 No. 30, 2023 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—Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer 11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer Part 4—Miscellaneous 12 Crediting amounts to special accounts 13 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 14 Repeal of this Act Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2023-2024 No. 30, 2023 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 28 June 2023] The Parliament of Australia enacts: Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title This Act is the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 1) 2023‑2024. 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 later of: 1 July 2023 (paragraph (a) applies) (a) 1 July 2023; and (b) the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted.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 2024. 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. President means the President of the Senate. responsible Presiding Officer means: (a) in relation to the Department of the Senate—the President; or (b) in relation to the Department of the House of Representatives—the Speaker; or (c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services—the President and the Speaker together; or (d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office—the President and the Speaker together. Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 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 $314,465,000. Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act. Note 2: 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—Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer 11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer (1) This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied that there is an urgent need for expenditure in relation to a Parliamentary Department, in the current year, that is not provided for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1: (a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or (b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives. (2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make provision for so much (if any) of the expenditure as the responsible Presiding Officer determines. (3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Department of the Senate cannot be more than $300,000. (4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Department of the House of Representatives cannot be more than $300,000. (5) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Department of Parliamentary Services cannot be more than $1 million. (6) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the Parliamentary Budget Office cannot be more than $300,000. (7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 4 of Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the Legislation Act 2003 applies to the determination. Part 4—Miscellaneous 12 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. 13 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. 14 Repeal of this Act This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2026. Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Note: See sections 6 and 13. Abstract Department Total $'000 Department of the Senate 27,265 Department of the House of Representatives 27,276 Department of Parliamentary Services 250,787 Parliamentary Budget Office 9,137 Total 314,465 APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Entity Departmental Administered Non- operating Total $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Department of the Senate 27,265 ‑ ‑ 27,265 24,202 ‑ ‑ 24,202 Department of the House of 26,929 347 ‑ 27,276 Representatives 25,092 334 ‑ 25,426 Department of Parliamentary Services 189,547 6,040 55,200 250,787 175,392 5,633 48,358 229,383 Parliamentary Budget Office 9,137 ‑ ‑ 9,137 8,823 ‑ ‑ 8,823 Total: Parliamentary Departments 252,878 6,387 55,200 314,465 233,509 5,967 48,358 287,834 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE Operating Outcome 1 ‑ Advisory and administrative support services to 27,265 ‑ 27,265 enable the Senate and Senators to fulfil their 24,202 ‑ 24,202 representative and legislative duties Total: Department of the Senate 27,265 ‑ 27,265 24,202 ‑ 24,202 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Operating Outcome 1 ‑ Advisory and administrative services support the 26,929 347 27,276 House of Representatives to fulfil its 25,092 334 25,426 representative and legislative role Total: Department of the House of 26,929 347 27,276 Representatives 25,092 334 25,426 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES Operating Outcome 1 ‑ Support the functions of Parliament and 189,547 6,040 195,587 parliamentarians through the provision of 175,392 5,633 181,025 professional services, advice and facilities and maintain Australian Parliament House Total: Operating 189,547 6,040 195,587 175,392 5,633 181,025 Non‑operating Administered Assets and Liabilities 55,200 48,358 Total: Non‑operating 55,200 48,358 Total: Department of Parliamentary Services 189,547 6,040 250,787 175,392 5,633 229,383 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2023‑2024 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2022‑2023 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE Operating Outcome 1 ‑ Inform the Parliament by providing independent 9,137 ‑ 9,137 and non‑partisan analysis of the budget cycle, 8,823 ‑ 8,823 fiscal policy and the financial implications of proposals Total: Parliamentary Budget Office 9,137 ‑ 9,137 8,823 ‑ 8,823 [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 9 May 2023 Senate on 16 June 2023] (57/23)