1Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2025-2026

J2025-517 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Australian Capital Territory Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2025-2026 A2025-26 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 Appropriation of $4 663 000 for auditor-general 2 7 Appropriation of $5 110 000 for electoral commissioner 3 8 Appropriation of $9 643 000 for integrity commissioner 4 9 Appropriation of $29 581 000 for Office of the Legislative Assembly 4

J2025-517 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Australian Capital Territory Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2025-2026 A2025-26 An Act to appropriate money for expenditure in relation to the Office of the Legislative Assembly and officers of the Assembly 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 (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2025-2026 A2025-26 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au 1 Name of Act This Act is the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) 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 Appropriation of $4 663 000 for auditor-general (1) The amount mentioned in table 6, column 1 is appropriated to the auditor-general for net controlled recurrent payments by the auditor-general in the financial year.

Section 7 A2025-26 Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2025-2026 page 3 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (2) For the Financial Management Act 1996, section 9A, the amount mentioned in table 6, column 2 is appropriated to the auditor-general for capital injection for the auditor-general in the financial year, and that appropriation is for, or partly for— (a) the net cost of purchasing or developing assets; and (b) reducing liabilities. Table 6 Appropriation—auditor-general column 1 net controlled recurrent payments column 2 capital injection column 3 total $ $ $ 4 334 000 329 000 4 663 000 7 Appropriation of $5 110 000 for electoral commissioner (1) The amount mentioned in table 7, column 1 is appropriated to the electoral commissioner for net controlled recurrent payments by the commissioner in the financial year. (2) For the Financial Management Act 1996, section 9A, the amount mentioned in table 7, column 2 is appropriated to the electoral commissioner for capital injection for the commissioner in the financial year, and that appropriation is for, or partly for— (a) the net cost of purchasing or developing assets; and (b) reducing liabilities. Table 7 Appropriation—electoral commissioner column 1 net controlled recurrent payments column 2 capital injection column 3 total $ $ $ 4 798 000 312 000 5 110 000