40Annual budget estimates

40 Annual budget estimates (1) The Minister must prepare, in association with the annual appropriation Bills, a statement of information under departmental headings setting out— (a) a description of the goods and services to be produced or provided by each department during the period to which the statement relates, together with comparative information for the preceding financial year; S. 40(1)(b) amended by No. 1/1998 s. 12(1)(d)(i). (b) a description of the amount available or to be available to each department during the period to which the statement relates, whether appropriated by the Parliament for that purpose or otherwise received or to be received by the department, together with comparative figures for the preceding financial year; S. 40(1)(c) amended by No. 1/1998 s. 12(1)(d)(ii). (c) the estimated amount of the receipts and receivables of each department during the period to which the statement relates, together with comparative figures for the preceding financial year; (d) any other information required by this Act to be included in the statement; (e) such other information as the Minister determines. S. 40(2) substituted by No. 26/2006 s. 8. (2) The Minister must cause the statement to be laid before— (a) the Legislative Assembly on or before the day on which the second readings of the annual appropriation Bills are moved; and (b) the Legislative Council on the same day that it is laid before the Legislative Assembly or, if the Council is not sitting on that day, on the next sitting day of the Council. S. 40(3) inserted by No. 1/1998 s. 12(2). (3) In this section— ***department*** includes a department of the Parliament. S. 40AA inserted by No. 21/2024 s. 9. 40AA Gender impact assessments (1) The Minister may request a gender impact assessment in relation to any matter under this Act. (2) A gender impact assessment under this section must comply with section 9(2) of the **Gender Equality Act 2020**. (3) Compliance with section 9(1) of the **Gender Equality Act 2020** in relation to a policy, program or service is sufficient compliance with a request under subsection (1) in relation to that policy, program or service. (4) Nothing in this section limits the operation of the **Gender Equality Act 2020**. S. 40AAB inserted by No. 30/2025 s. 12. 40AAB Minister may determine certain provisions of this Part apply to public body The Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may determine that any one or more of the following sections applies to a public body as if the public body were a department— (a) section 28; (b) section 29; (c) section 30. Pt 6A (Heading and ss 40A–40H) inserted by No. 110/1994 s. 43.