sec.79Availability of appropriation after redistribution of public business

### sec.79 Availability of appropriation after redistribution of public business This section applies if— after the enactment of the ordinary annual appropriation Act for a financial year, the public business of departments is redistributed; and because of the redistribution, a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment relating to a department (the transferor department ) becomes a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment of another department (the transferee department ). Subsection (3) applies to the part of the transferor department’s vote that— is attributable to the distributed service, item or adjustment; and has not been paid by the Treasurer to the transferor department. The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, decide that the part is available for payment to the transferee department for application to the distributed service, item or adjustment. The gazette notice must state— the amount still available for the Treasurer to pay to the transferor department, together with the amounts still available under the department’s headings; and the amount available for the Treasurer to pay to the transferee department, together with the amounts available under the department’s headings. No part of an appropriation for the transferor department lapses merely because of the redistribution mentioned in subsection (1) . In this section— administered item includes a part of an administered item. departmental service includes a part of a departmental service. distributed service, item or adjustment means a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment that becomes a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment of a transferee department under a redistribution mentioned in subsection (1) . equity adjustment includes a part of an equity adjustment. (sec.79-ssec.1) This section applies if— after the enactment of the ordinary annual appropriation Act for a financial year, the public business of departments is redistributed; and because of the redistribution, a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment relating to a department (the transferor department ) becomes a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment of another department (the transferee department ). (sec.79-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies to the part of the transferor department’s vote that— is attributable to the distributed service, item or adjustment; and has not been paid by the Treasurer to the transferor department. (sec.79-ssec.3) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, decide that the part is available for payment to the transferee department for application to the distributed service, item or adjustment. (sec.79-ssec.4) The gazette notice must state— the amount still available for the Treasurer to pay to the transferor department, together with the amounts still available under the department’s headings; and the amount available for the Treasurer to pay to the transferee department, together with the amounts available under the department’s headings. (sec.79-ssec.5) No part of an appropriation for the transferor department lapses merely because of the redistribution mentioned in subsection (1) . (sec.79-ssec.6) In this section— administered item includes a part of an administered item. departmental service includes a part of a departmental service. distributed service, item or adjustment means a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment that becomes a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment of a transferee department under a redistribution mentioned in subsection (1) . equity adjustment includes a part of an equity adjustment. - (a) after the enactment of the ordinary annual appropriation Act for a financial year, the public business of departments is redistributed; and - (b) because of the redistribution, a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment relating to a department (the transferor department ) becomes a departmental service, administered item or equity adjustment of another department (the transferee department ). - (a) is attributable to the distributed service, item or adjustment; and - (b) has not been paid by the Treasurer to the transferor department. - (a) the amount still available for the Treasurer to pay to the transferor department, together with the amounts still available under the department’s headings; and - (b) the amount available for the Treasurer to pay to the transferee department, together with the amounts available under the department’s headings.