18ATreasurer’s advance—payment pending supplementary

18A Treasurer’s advance—payment pending supplementary appropriation (a) in a financial year, the Treasurer authorises a Treasurer’s advance for a payment; and (b) the authorisation states that the payment may be provided for in an Appropriation Act other than the first Appropriation Act (a supplementary appropriation Act) in the financial year. (2) If a supplementary appropriation Act is passed for the payment— (a) the Treasurer’s advance ceases; and (b) the amount of the Treasurer’s advance is taken for all purposes to have been paid out of money appropriated by that Act; and (c) the amount appropriated for section 18 (Treasurer’s advance) for the financial year is taken to be restored by the amount of the Treasurer’s advance. (3) If a supplementary appropriation Act is not passed for the payment, the payment continues to be authorised from the appropriation for section 18 for the financial year.