{"id":"qld:act-2026-008","name":"Appropriation (Parliament) (Supplementary 2024–2025) Act 2026","slug":"appropriation-parliament-supplementary-2024-2025-act-2026","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"8 of 2026","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":445947,"registerId":"qld-qld:act-2026-008-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-30","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"sec.1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### sec.1 Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliament) (Supplementary 2024–2025) Act 2026 .\nUnder the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 5 , words used in this Act that are defined under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 have the same meaning the words have in that Act, subject to a contrary intention in this Act.","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"sec.2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supplementary appropriation for 2024–2025 based on unforeseen expenditure included in the consolidated fund financial report","content":"### sec.2 Supplementary appropriation for 2024–2025 based on unforeseen expenditure included in the consolidated fund financial report\n\nThe Treasurer is authorised to pay $5,407,000 from the consolidated fund for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for the financial year starting 1 July 2024.\nThe amount mentioned in subsection (1) is appropriated for the financial year for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for application to its departmental services, equity adjustment and administered items as stated in schedule 1 .\n(sec.2-ssec.1) The Treasurer is authorised to pay $5,407,000 from the consolidated fund for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for the financial year starting 1 July 2024.\n(sec.2-ssec.2) The amount mentioned in subsection (1) is appropriated for the financial year for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for application to its departmental services, equity adjustment and administered items as stated in schedule 1 .","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act stays within the normal, narrow purpose of a supplementary appropriation: to authorise additional spending already recorded as \"unforeseen expenditure\" for a specific financial year and recipient (Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service). It does not expand the law’s scope into new policy areas, create ongoing programs, or alter the financial management framework — it only provides a specific, time‑limited appropriation and directs its allocation as per Schedule 1. (sec.2)"},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: 2 substantive sections plus a Schedule 1 (amount and allocation).","Single monetary figure ($5,407,000) — no tiered or conditional amounts.","One cross-reference to Financial Accountability Act 2009 for defined terms (sec.1).","No multiple defined terms introduced in this Act itself.","No nested exceptions or conditional clauses beyond standard appropriation wording.","Allocation details are delegated to Schedule 1 (not included here), so some operational detail is external to the text."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Act does (mechanically)**\n\n- Authorises the Treasurer to pay $5,407,000 from the consolidated fund for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for the financial year starting 1 July 2024. (sec.2)\n- States that that amount is appropriated to be applied to the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service’s departmental services, equity adjustment and administered items as set out in Schedule 1. (sec.2)\n- Confirms that words defined in the Financial Accountability Act 2009 have the same meaning in this Act unless this Act says otherwise. (sec.1)\n\n\n**Who it affects**\n\n- Primary beneficiary: the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, which receives the additional appropriation. (sec.2)\n- Decision-maker given the immediate authority to make payment: the Treasurer. (sec.2)\n- Payor: the consolidated fund (i.e. public money held centrally). In practical terms, taxpayers fund the consolidated fund and the appropriation reduces available public monies for other uses. (sec.2)\n\n\n**Why it matters (official purpose and practical effect)**\n\n- The Act’s stated function is to convert an amount of \"unforeseen expenditure\" reported in the consolidated fund financial report into an explicit legal appropriation so it can be lawfully spent on parliamentary services. (sec.2)\n- Mechanically, it increases the legal spending authority for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service in the 2024–2025 financial year by $5,407,000, allocated across departmental services, equity adjustment and administered items as listed in Schedule 1. (sec.2)\n\n\n**How the law operates in practice and the trade-offs it creates**\n\n- Who pays: the consolidated fund (public resources). This is a reallocation of public spending authority rather than a new revenue stream. (sec.2)\n- Who decides: the Treasurer is authorised to make the actual payments once the appropriation is in force. (sec.2)\n- Behaviour changed: the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service can lawfully spend an additional $5,407,000 in 2024–25 for the uses identified in Schedule 1; agencies and their managers can commit those funds within the specified categories. (sec.2)\n- Opportunity cost: those funds are not available for other public programs unless separately provided; the Act does not specify offsets or savings elsewhere. (sec.2)\n- Administrative discretion: the measure grants budgetary spending authority but does not itself set detailed implementation rules — those are exercised under existing financial management frameworks (e.g. Financial Accountability Act 2009 and agency procedures). (sec.1)\n- Compliance and implementation burden: low on external parties. The main administrative tasks are internal budget allocation and accounting by the Legislative Assembly and the Treasurer’s office to apply the appropriation as per Schedule 1. (sec.2)\n\n\n**Specific notes and implementation risks**\n\n- The Act refers to a Schedule 1 allocation. The precise split between departmental services, equity adjustment and administered items is determined in that schedule; readers should check Schedule 1 for the distribution of the $5,407,000. (sec.2)\n- The wording indicates this is a supplementary appropriation tied to \"unforeseen expenditure\" already recorded in the consolidated fund financial report. The practical risk is limited: it is a standard post‑facto mechanism to legalise additional spending. However, absent offsets the appropriation increases total authorised spending for the year. (sec.2)\n- This Act does not alter tax, regulatory conditions, market rules, or private contractual rights. Its economic effect is limited to changing public expenditure allocation for the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service. (sec.2)\n\n\n**Source’s claimed purpose vs. costs and incentives (brief test)**\n\n- Claimed purpose: to authorise spending already recorded as unforeseen expenditure (i.e. to legalise and allocate reported additional costs). (sec.2)\n- Costs: public funds are used; the appropriation reduces the pool of funds available for other government uses unless offset elsewhere. (sec.2)\n- Incentives and rent‑seeking: the benefit is concentrated (parliamentary services); the cost is diffuse (public purse). The Act merely formalises the spending authority rather than creating new mechanisms that would materially change incentives for private-sector actors. (sec.2)\n\n\n**Bottom line**\n\nThis is a narrow, technical law that authorises a one-off supplementary payment of $5,407,000 from the consolidated fund to the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service for the 2024–25 year and allocates that sum across specified budget categories in Schedule 1. It adjusts legal spending authority rather than changing substantive policy, taxes or regulatory regimes. (sec.1–2)\n"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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