2016-2017 The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Presented and read a first time Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 (Finance) A Bill for 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 1 Short title ........................................................................................... 1 2 Commencement ................................................................................. 2 3 Definitions ......................................................................................... 2 4 Portfolio statements ........................................................................... 4 5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the Commonwealth ................................................................................. 4 Part 2—Appropriation items 5 6 Summary of appropriations ............................................................... 5 7 Departmental items ............................................................................ 5 8 Administered items ............................................................................ 5 9 Administered assets and liabilities items ........................................... 5 10 Other departmental items ................................................................... 6 Part 3—Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer 7 11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer.................................... 7 Part 4—Miscellaneous 8 12 Crediting amounts to special accounts............................................... 8 13 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund ............................ 8 14 Repeal of this Act .............................................................................. 8 Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated 9 No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 i 1 A Bill for an Act to appropriate money out of the 2 Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in 3 relation to the Parliamentary Departments, and for 4 related purposes 5 The Parliament of Australia enacts: 6 Part 1—Preliminary 7 8 1 Short title 9 This Act is the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 10 (No. 1) 2017-2018. No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 1 Part 1 Preliminary Section 2 1 2 Commencement 2 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 3 commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 4 column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 5 according to its terms. 6 Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of The later of: this Act (a) 1 July 2017; and (b) the day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 7 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 8 enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 9 this Act. 10 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 11 Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 12 may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 13 3 Definitions 14 In this Act: 15 administered assets and liabilities item means an amount set out in 16 Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the 17 heading “Administered Assets and Liabilities”. 18 administered item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite 19 an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading 20 “Administered”. 21 current year means the financial year ending on 30 June 2018. 22 departmental item means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in 23 relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading 24 “Departmental”. 2 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 Preliminary Part 1 Section 3 1 Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading 2 “Departmental”, are “notional”. They are not part of the item, and do 3 not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the 4 item. 5 expenditure means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, 6 making loans or paying liabilities. 7 item means any of the following: 8 (a) a departmental item; 9 (b) an administered item; 10 (c) an administered assets and liabilities item; 11 (d) an other departmental item. 12 non-corporate entity means: 13 (a) a non-corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of 14 the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 15 2013; or 16 (b) the High Court. 17 Note: Each Parliamentary Department is a non-corporate Commonwealth 18 entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and 19 Accountability Act 2013. 20 other departmental item means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in 21 relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading 22 “Equity Injections”. 23 Parliamentary Department means any of the following: 24 (a) the Department of the Senate; 25 (b) the Department of the House of Representatives; 26 (c) the Department of Parliamentary Services; 27 (d) the Parliamentary Budget Office. 28 Portfolio Budget Statements means the Portfolio Budget 29 Statements that were tabled in the Senate or the House of 30 Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act. 31 portfolio statements means the Portfolio Budget Statements. 32 President means the President of the Senate. No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 3 Part 1 Preliminary Section 4 1 responsible Presiding Officer means: 2 (a) in relation to the Department of the Senate—the President; or 3 (b) in relation to the Department of the House of 4 Representatives—the Speaker; or 5 (c) in relation to the Department of Parliamentary Services—the 6 President and the Speaker together; or 7 (d) in relation to the Parliamentary Budget Office—the President 8 and the Speaker together. 9 Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives. 10 special account has the same meaning as in the Public 11 Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. 12 4 Portfolio statements 13 The portfolio statements are declared to be relevant documents for 14 the purposes of section 15AB of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901. 15 Note: See paragraph 15AB(2)(g) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 which 16 provides that the material that may be considered in the interpretation 17 of a provision of an Act includes any document that is declared by the 18 Act to be a relevant document. 19 5 Notional transactions between entities that are part of the 20 Commonwealth 21 For the purposes of this Act, notional transactions between 22 non-corporate entities are to be treated as if they were real 23 transactions. 24 Note: This section applies, for example, to a “payment” between 25 non-corporate entities that are both part of the Commonwealth. One of 26 the effects of this section is that the payment will be debited from an 27 appropriation for the paying non-corporate entity, even though no 28 payment is actually made from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. This 29 is consistent with section 76 of the Public Governance, Performance 30 and Accountability Act 2013. 4 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 Appropriation items Part 2 Section 6 1 Part 2—Appropriation items 2 3 6 Summary of appropriations 4 The total of the items specified in Schedule 1 is $326,129,000. 5 Note 1: Items in Schedule 1 can be adjusted under Part 3 of this Act. 6 Note 2: Sections 74 to 75 of the Public Governance, Performance and 7 Accountability Act 2013 also provide for the adjustment of amounts 8 appropriated by this Act. 9 7 Departmental items 10 The amount specified in a departmental item for a Parliamentary 11 Department may be applied for the departmental expenditure of the 12 Parliamentary Department. 13 8 Administered items 14 (1) The amount specified in an administered item for an outcome for a 15 Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for the 16 purpose of contributing to achieving that outcome. 17 (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular 18 kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a 19 particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying 20 out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of 21 contributing to achieving the outcome. 22 9 Administered assets and liabilities items 23 (1) The amount specified in an administered assets and liabilities item 24 for a Parliamentary Department may be applied for expenditure for 25 the purpose of contributing to achieving any outcome specified in 26 Schedule 1 for the Parliamentary Department. 27 (2) If the portfolio statements indicate that activities of a particular 28 kind were intended to be treated as activities in respect of a 29 particular outcome, then expenditure for the purpose of carrying No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 5 Part 2 Appropriation items Section 10 1 out those activities is taken to be expenditure for the purpose of 2 contributing to achieving the outcome. 3 10 Other departmental items 4 The amount specified in an other departmental item for a 5 Parliamentary Department may be applied for the departmental 6 expenditure of the Parliamentary Department. 6 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer Part 3 Section 11 1 Part 3—Advance to the responsible Presiding 2 Officer 3 4 11 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer 5 (1) This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied 6 that there is an urgent need for expenditure in relation to a 7 Parliamentary Department, in the current year, that is not provided 8 for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1: 9 (a) because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or 10 (b) because the expenditure was unforeseen until after the last 11 day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill 12 for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of 13 Representatives. 14 (2) This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance 15 with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make 16 provision for so much (if any) of the additional expenditure as the 17 responsible Presiding Officer determines. 18 (3) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the 19 Department of the Senate cannot be more than $300,000. 20 (4) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the 21 Department of the House of Representatives cannot be more than 22 $300,000. 23 (5) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the 24 Department of Parliamentary Services cannot be more than $1 25 million. 26 (6) The total of the amounts determined under subsection (2) for the 27 Parliamentary Budget Office cannot be more than $300,000. 28 (7) A determination made under subsection (2) is a legislative 29 instrument, but neither section 42 (disallowance) nor Part 4 of 30 Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the Legislation Act 2003 applies to the 31 determination. No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 7 Part 4 Miscellaneous Section 12 1 Part 4—Miscellaneous 2 3 12 Crediting amounts to special accounts 4 If any of the purposes of a special account is a purpose that is 5 covered by an item (whether or not the item expressly refers to the 6 special account), then amounts may be debited against the 7 appropriation for that item and credited to that special account. 8 13 Appropriation of the Consolidated Revenue Fund 9 The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for 10 the purposes of this Act, including the operation of this Act as 11 affected by the Public Governance, Performance and 12 Accountability Act 2013. 13 14 Repeal of this Act 14 This Act is repealed at the start of 1 July 2020. 8 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1 Schedule 1—Services for which money is appropriated Note: See sections 6 and 13. Abstract Department Total $'000 Department of the Senate 24,301 Department of the House of Representatives 25,202 Department of Parliamentary Services 269,873 Parliamentary Budget Office 6,753 Total 326,129 No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 9 Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated APPROPRIATIONS 10 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1 SUMMARY Summary of Appropriations (plain figures)—2017-2018 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2016-2017 Non- Entity Departmental Administered operating Total $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 Department of the Senate 24,301 - - 24,301 23,758 - - 23,758 Department of the House of 24,882 320 - 25,202 Representatives 24,801 322 - 25,123 Department of Parliamentary Services 140,626 5,346 123,901 269,873 141,084 6,993 40,096 188,173 Parliamentary Budget Office 6,753 - - 6,753 6,922 - - 6,922 Total: Parliamentary Departments 196,562 5,666 123,901 326,129 196,565 7,315 40,096 243,976 No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 11 Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2017-2018 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2016-2017 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF THE SENATE Operating Outcome 1- Advisory and administrative support services to 24,301 - 24,301 enable the Senate and Senators to fulfil their 23,758 - 23,758 representative and legislative duties Total: Department of the Senate 24,301 - 24,301 23,758 - 23,758 12 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2017-2018 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2016-2017 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Operating Outcome 1- Advisory and administrative services support 24,882 320 25,202 the House of Representatives to fulfil its 24,801 322 25,123 representative and legislative role Total: Department of the House of 24,882 320 25,202 Representatives 24,801 322 25,123 No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 13 Schedule 1 Services for which money is appropriated PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2017-2018 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2016-2017 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES Operating Outcome 1- Support the functions of Parliament and 140,626 5,346 145,972 parliamentarians through the provision of 141,084 6,993 148,077 professional services, advice and facilities and maintain Australian Parliament House Total: Operating 140,626 5,346 145,972 141,084 6,993 148,077 Non-operating Administered Assets and Liabilities 123,901 40,096 Total: Non-operating 123,901 40,096 Total: Department of Parliamentary Services 140,626 5,346 269,873 141,084 6,993 188,173 14 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 No. , 2017 Services for which money is appropriated Schedule 1 PARLIAMENT Appropriation (plain figures)—2017-2018 Actual Available Appropriation (italic figures)—2016-2017 Departmental Administered Total $'000 $'000 $'000 PARLIAMENTARY BUDGET OFFICE Operating Outcome 1- Inform the Parliament by providing independent 6,753 - 6,753 and non-partisan analysis of the budget cycle, 6,922 - 6,922 fiscal policy and the financial implications of proposals Total: Parliamentary Budget Office 6,753 - 6,753 6,922 - 6,922 No. , 2017 Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 1) 2017-2018 15