1Appropriation Act 2025-2026

J2025-516 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Australian Capital Territory Appropriation Act 2025-2026 A2025-25 Contents Page 1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Purposes of Act 2 4 Meaning of financial year 2 5 Terms used in Financial Management Act 1996 2 6 Appropriations of $9 099 488 000 2 7 Net appropriations for capital injections 3 8 Commonwealth grants 3 9 Payments to the Commonwealth 4 10 Superannuation appropriation 4 Schedule 1 Appropriations 5

J2025-516 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Australian Capital Territory Appropriation Act 2025-2026 A2025-25 An Act to appropriate money for the purposes of the Territory for the financial year beginning on 1 July 2025, and for other purposes The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Section 1 page 2 Appropriation Act 2025-2026 A2025-25 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 1 Name of Act This Act is the Appropriation Act 2025-2026. 2 Commencement This Act is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2025. 3 Purposes of Act This Act is made for the purposes of–– (a) the Self-Government Act, section 57 and section 58; and (b) the Financial Management Act 1996, section 6 and section 8. 4 Meaning of financial year In this Act: financial year means the year beginning on 1 July 2025. 5 Terms used in Financial Management Act 1996 A term used in the Financial Management Act 1996 has the same meaning in this Act. 6 Appropriations of $9 099 488 000 (1) If a territory entity is mentioned in a part of schedule 1, column 1— (a) the amount mentioned in that part, column 2 is appropriated to the territory entity for net controlled recurrent payments in the financial year for the territory entity; and (b) the amount mentioned in that part, column 3 is appropriated to the territory entity for capital injection in the financial year for the territory entity; and (c) the amount mentioned in that part, column 4 is appropriated to the territory entity for payments to be made on behalf of the Territory in the financial year for the territory entity.

Section 7 A2025-25 Appropriation Act 2025-2026 page 3 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (2) The amount mentioned in schedule 1, part 1.22 (Treasurer’s advance), column 5 is appropriated to the Treasurer’s advance for the Financial Management Act 1996, section 18. (3) The amount mentioned in schedule 1, part 1.23 (Capital works reserve), column 3 is appropriated to the capital works reserve for the Financial Management Act 1996, section 18D. 7 Net appropriations for capital injections For the Financial Management Act 1996, section 9A, the appropriations for capital injections mentioned in schedule 1, column 3 (except for the appropriation for capital injection mentioned in part 1.8 (Superannuation Provision Account)) are for, or partly for— (a) the net cost of purchasing or developing assets; and (b) reducing liabilities. 8 Commonwealth grants The Financial Management Act 1996, section 17 applies to all appropriations mentioned in schedule 1 except–– (a) the appropriations to the following territory entities: (i) ACT Executive; (ii) ACT Gambling and Racing Commission; (iii) Cultural Facilities Corporation; (iv) Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission; (v) Public Trustee and Guardian; (vi) Office of the Work Health and Safety Commissioner; (vii) Superannuation Provision Account; and