sec.26CSpecial provision for annual appropriation Bills

sec.26C Special provision for annual appropriation Bills

The Legislative Assembly must ensure each Bill for an annual appropriation Act is referred to the portfolio committees for examination in a public hearing. The referred Bill must be accompanied by any associated documentation tabled in the Legislative Assembly that— explains the appropriation the subject of the Bill; and includes estimates of the expenditure for the financial year of the departments of government to which the Bill relates, or the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, whichever is relevant. In this section— annual appropriation Act means an Act that appropriates an amount from the consolidated fund for departments of government, or the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, for a financial year. s 26C ins 2016 No. 47 s 3 (sec.26C-ssec.1) The Legislative Assembly must ensure each Bill for an annual appropriation Act is referred to the portfolio committees for examination in a public hearing. (sec.26C-ssec.2) The referred Bill must be accompanied by any associated documentation tabled in the Legislative Assembly that— explains the appropriation the subject of the Bill; and includes estimates of the expenditure for the financial year of the departments of government to which the Bill relates, or the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, whichever is relevant. (sec.26C-ssec.3) In this section— annual appropriation Act means an Act that appropriates an amount from the consolidated fund for departments of government, or the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, for a financial year.

• (a) explains the appropriation the subject of the Bill; and
• (b) includes estimates of the expenditure for the financial year of the departments of government to which the Bill relates, or the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service, whichever is relevant.