Financial Management Act 1996
12Directorate budgets
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12 Directorate budgets (1) A proposed budget for a directorate for a financial year presented to the Legislative Assembly under section 10 (b) must include—
(b) a statement that sets out— (i) the outputs and classes of outputs it is proposed the directorate should provide during the year; and (ii) the performance criteria to be met by the directorate in providing the outputs; and (iii) for each output and class of output mentioned in subparagraph (i)— (A) the proposed budget expense and proposed appropriation for the financial year; and (B) the estimated expense and appropriation for the previous financial year; and (c) if, during the year, the directorate is to be given a capital injection that must be repaid—a statement that— (i) states that the capital injection is a capital injection; and which it must be repaid. (2) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to— (3) A proposed budget must be in a form that facilitates a comparison between— (a) the proposed budget for the directorate; and (b) the budget for the directorate for the previous financial year; and (c) the estimated results for the directorate for the previous financial
(4) A proposed budget must also include, for the financial statements mentioned in subsection (1) (a), budget estimates for each of the next 12AA Territory authority budgets A proposed budget presented to the Legislative Assembly under section 10 (c) for a territory authority for a financial year is the statement of intent under section 61 (Territory authority statements of intent) for the authority for the financial year.