Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1997-98

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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1997‑98

No. 7, 1998

An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1997‑98, for certain expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1998, and for related purposes

Contents

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:350.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Part 1 </span><span style="font-weight:bold">— General</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Short title</span><span style="width:294.71pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............................................</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Commencement</span><span style="width:266.31pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Issue and application of $ 416 000</span><span style="width:186.88pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............................</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Running Costs</span><span style="width:273.3pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries</span><span style="width:82.12pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Net annotated appropriations</span><span style="width:210.72pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...............................</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Payments to Departments out of money appropriated for the purposes of certain employment subsidy schemes or programs</span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year</span><span style="width:38.81pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.....</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:350.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Part 2 </span><span style="font-weight:bold">— Special application of Act</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Act to have effect subject to modifications</span><span style="width:151.46pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">......................</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Modification relating to net annotated appropriations</span><span style="width:105.33pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...............</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Modifications relating to payments to Departments out of money appropriated for certain purposes</span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>7</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70.4pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:275.85pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year</span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>7</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:350.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Schedule </span><span style="font-weight:bold">— Services for which money is appropriated</span></p></td><td style="width:13.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>9</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1997‑98

View image in the official sourceNo. 7, 1998

An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1997‑98, for certain expenditure in relation to the Parliamentary Departments in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1998, and for related purposes

[Assented to 27 March 1998]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Part 1—General

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1997‑98.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Part 1 General

Section 3

3 Issue and application of $ 416 000

(1) Subject to section 4, the Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1998, the sum of $416 000.

(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).

4 Running Costs

If any running costs referred to in a subdivision or Division in the Schedule include payments of remuneration or allowances to the holder of:

(a) a public office within the meaning of the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973; or

(b) an office specified in a Schedule to the Remuneration and Allowances Act 1990;

the Minister must issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund the amounts necessary to meet those payments and apply them for that purpose.

Note: The amounts required to be issued and applied by this section are included in the sum appropriated by section 3.

5 Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries

Section 5 of the Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1997‑98 has effect, on and from the commencement of this Act, as if any reference in that section to the Schedule to that Act included a reference to the Schedule to this Act.

Part 1 General

Section 6

6 Net annotated appropriations

(1) If the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule includes the words “net appropriation — see section 6”, the Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Parliamentary Department for which the appropriation is made:

(a) from the sale, leasing or hiring out of, or other dealing with, goods or other personal property; or

(b) from the sale of real property used for the purpose of providing staff residential accommodation or from the leasing of real property for that purpose; or

(c) from the provision of services; or

(d) from a person (employee) appointed or employed by, or performing services for, the Commonwealth as payment for any benefit provided (whether to the employee or another person) in respect of the appointment or employment of, or the services performed by, the employee; or

(e) from the sub‑leasing of real property, or the resale of goods used in fitting out premises, under a property resource agreement between the Minister and the Presiding Officer or Presiding Officers responsible for that Department;

may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division, to the extent and on the conditions agreed between the Minister and the Presiding Officer or Presiding Officers.

(2) If the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purported to have been paid in respect of:

(a) a sale, or other transaction, referred to in paragraph (1)(a),(b) or (e); or

(b) the provision of services; or

(c) any benefit referred to in paragraph (1)(d);

Part 1 General

Section 6

that amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be money received from that sale or other transaction, from the provision of those services or as payment for that benefit (as the case may be), whether or not money has in fact been received in payment of that amount.

7 Payments to Departments out of money appropriated for the purposes of certain employment subsidy schemes or programs

(1) If:

(a) a payment (whether real or notional) is made to a Parliamentary Department out of money appropriated for the purposes of an approved employment subsidy scheme or program; and

(b) the payment is an approved payment; and

(c) an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule appropriates money to that Department for running costs;

the Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that any money received by the Department by way of such a payment may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division.

(2) If:

(a) the Consolidated Revenue Fund is credited with an amount purporting to be a payment to a Parliamentary Department; and

(b) that payment is an approved payment;

that amount is taken, for the purposes of subsection (1), to be money received by the Department by way of such a payment, whether or not money has in fact been received in respect of the payment.

Part 1 General

Section 7

(3) In this section:

approved employment subsidy scheme or program means an employment subsidy scheme or program determined by the Minister, under subsection 8(1) of the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1997‑98, to be an approved employment subsidy scheme or program for the purposes of that Act.

approved payment means a payment (out of money appropriated for an approved employment subsidy scheme or program) declared by the Minister, under subsection 8(2) of the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1997‑98, to be an approved payment for the purposes of that Act.

8 Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year

Despite section 36 of the Audit Act 1901, the Minister may take action after 30 June 1998:

(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the official accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or

(b) to balance the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Trust Fund or the Loan Fund;

if the action does not result in an amount being debited from one of those Funds otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another of those Funds.

Note: Section 36 of the Audi: Act 1901 provides that (except in a particular case provided for in that section) every appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of a financial year lapses and ceases to have effect at the end of that year (the unspent balance of any appropriated amount lapsing) and that the accounts of the year are then closed.

Part 2 Special application of Act

Section 9

Part 2 — Special application of Act

9 Act to have effect subject to modifications

(1) If the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 is in force when this Act commences, this Act has effect subject to the modifications set out in the following sections.

(2) If the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 commences after the commencement of this Act but before 1 July 1998, this Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications set out in the following sections.

10 Modification relating to net annotated appropriations

Section 6 is repealed and the following section is substituted:

6 Net annotated appropriations

If:

(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division in the Schedule includes the words “net appropriation — see section 6”; and

(b) there is in force an agreement (entered into under section 31 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997) between:

(i) the Minister; and

(ii) the Presiding Officer responsible for the Parliamentary Department for which the appropriation is made;

to the effect that payments to the Commonwealth in consideration for any service, benefit, activity, transaction or other matter specified in the agreement can be added to the amount appropriated to the Department under the item, subdivision or Division, to the extent and on the conditions set out in the agreement;

Part 2 Special application of Act

Section 10

the item, subdivision or Division is taken to specify that those payments (whether real or notional) may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division to the extent and on the conditions set out in the agreement.

11 Modifications relating to payments to Departments out of money appropriated for certain purposes

Section 7 is modified:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) all the words from and including “the Schedule” (second occurring) and substituting “the item, subdivision or Division is taken to specify that the payment may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division”;

(b) by repealing subsection (2).

12 Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year

Section 8 is repealed and the following section is substituted:

8 Consolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year

(1) An amount appropriated under section 3 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1998.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1998:

(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the financial accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or

(b) to balance the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997);

if the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.

Services for which money is appropriated

Schedule

Schedule — Services for which money is appropriated

Note : See section 3

Schedule

SUMMARY

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act (No. 2) 1997‑98, Heavy figures

Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1997‑98, Light figures

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border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Total</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>101</span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Senate</span><span style="width:210.94pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................................</span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">120 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">120 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>25 301 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>386 000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>25 687 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>104</span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>House of Representatives</span><span style="width:135.41pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">......................</span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">296 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">296 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>23 826 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>401 000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>24 227 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>107</span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Parliamentary Reporting Staff</span><span style="width:117.08pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...................</span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>30 144 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3 187 000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>33 331 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>108</span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Parliamentary Library</span><span style="width:149.03pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........................</span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>15 284 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>15 284 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>109</span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Joint House Department</span><span style="width:140.4pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.......................</span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>35 122 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2 599 000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>37 721 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Total</span><span style="width:214.82pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-weight:bold; display:inline-block">...................................</span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">416 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">416 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:18.2pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:241.3pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:59.75pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>129 677 000</span></p></td><td style="width:61.25pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6 573 000</span></p></td><td style="width:54.95pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>136 250 000</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

Schedule

<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:61.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:131.2pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:61.65pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Additional appropriation for 1997</span><span>‑</span><span>98</span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Appropriation made by </span><span style="font-style:italic">Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1997</span><span style="font-style:italic">‑</span><span style="font-style:italic">98</span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Expenditure for 1996</span><span>‑</span><span>97</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:61.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Division 101.</span><span>—SENATE</span></p></td><td style="width:61.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:36pt; text-indent:-36pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.</span><span>— </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)</span><span style="width:8.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:61.65pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">120 000</span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">25 301 000</span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">22</span><span> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">344 412</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:36pt; text-indent:-36pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">Total: Senate</span><span style="width:151.86pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-weight:bold; display:inline-block">.........................</span></p></div></td><td style="width:61.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">120 000</span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Division 104.</span><span>— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</span></p></td><td style="width:61.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:36pt; text-indent:-36pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.</span><span>— </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Running Costs (net appropriation — see section 6) (see also section 7)</span><span style="width:8.17pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:61.65pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">296 000</span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">23 826 000</span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">22 642 080</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:250.6pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Total: House of Representatives</span><span style="width:72.43pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-weight:bold; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:61.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">296 000</span></p></td><td style="width:77.7pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:49.5pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 29 October 1997

Senate on 2 March 1998]

(196/97)

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (196/97)