Appropriation (Budget Variations) Act 2014 No 35



An Act to appropriate amounts out of the Consolidated Fund for the year 2012–13 for the purpose of giving effect to certain Budget variations required by the exigencies of Government.
Part 1 Preliminary
1   Name of Act
This Act is the Appropriation (Budget Variations) Act 2014.
2   Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
3   Interpretation
In this Act, a reference to the year 2012–13 is a reference to the year from 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013.
Part 2 Budget variations 2012–13
4   Adjustment of “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2012–13
The sum of $40,397,000 is hereby appropriated out of the Consolidated Fund in adjustment of the vote “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2012–13, for supplementary charges made during the year 2012–13 in the amounts specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 for recurrent services, and capital works and services, specified opposite those amounts in Schedule 1. Accordingly, the amount so voted is reduced by the amount appropriated by this section.
5   Payments made during 2012–13 under section 22 of Public Finance and Audit Act 1983
(1)  The sum of $2,140,500,000, being the total of the sums specified in Column 2 of Schedule 1, is hereby appropriated out of the Consolidated Fund to provide for the payments for recurrent services, and capital works and services, specified opposite those sums in Schedule 1, made in anticipation of appropriation by Parliament under section 22 (1) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 required for the exigencies of Government during the year 2012–13.
(2)  Section 22 (2) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 does not apply to the sums to which this section applies.
Part 3 General
6   Additional appropriations
The sums appropriated by this Act are in addition to any other sums that may have been appropriated, subject to adjustment of the vote “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2012–13, under section 4.
7   Operation of Act in relation to budget variations
(1)  This Act:
(a)  is to be construed as if it formed part of the annual Appropriation Act or Acts for the financial year relevant to the appropriation concerned, and
(b)  is to have effect as if it had commenced at the start of the financial year relevant to the appropriation, and
(c)  is an Appropriation Act for the purposes of section 21A of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.
(2)  The issue and payment before the date of assent to this Act out of the Consolidated Fund of the whole or any part of the sums appropriated by this Act is validated. This subsection applies despite this Act being assented to after the year 2012–13.
8   Validation of expenditure
To the extent (if any) to which it may be necessary to do so, the expenditure of any sum to which this Act applies before the date of assent to this Act:
(a)  is taken to have been validly approved at the time it was approved, or was purported to have been approved, and
(b)  is taken to have been validly made at the time it was made, or purported to have been made,
and is taken thereafter to be, and to have been at all relevant times, validly approved and made.
9   References to agencies
A reference to an agency in Schedule 1 includes a reference to an agency that was a predecessor to the agency concerned and responsible for the recurrent services, or capital works and services, specified in relation to the agency in Schedule 1 in the financial year concerned, and in respect of whom the payment specified in relation to those recurrent services, or capital works and services, was approved or made.
Schedule 1 Payments during 2012–13
(Sections 4 and 5)
  
Column 1
Column 2
  
Treasurer’s Advance
s 22 PF&A Act
  
Amount $,000
Amount $,000
A
PREMIER, AND MINISTER FOR WESTERN SYDNEY
  
 
RECURRENT SERVICES
  
 
Department of Premier and Cabinet
  
 
Funding to meet natural disaster costs associated with floods
14,100
 
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 to enable completion of the Local Government Review
336
 
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for continuing initiatives under the Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme
354
 
 
Funding for the Environment Protection Authority for measures to strengthen regulation of coal seam gas activities
600
 
 
Total Department of Premier and Cabinet
15,390
 
 
New South Wales Electoral Commission
  
 
Outstanding claims from electoral parties and candidates from 2011–12 processed in 2012–13
250
 
 
Funding for a warehouse facility at Riverwood to ensure readiness for election events
650
 
 
Total New South Wales Electoral Commission
900
 
 
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES
16,290
 
 
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
  
 
Public Service Commission
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for leasehold improvements at Bligh House
475
 
 
Total Public Service Commission
475
 
 
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
475
 
 
TOTAL—PREMIER, AND MINISTER FOR WESTERN SYDNEY
16,765
 
    
B
ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
  
 
RECURRENT SERVICES
  
 
Department of Attorney General and Justice
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for the Norimbah Unit, the Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Tribunal Determination regarding judicial salaries, and the Youth Conduct Orders pilot
1,798
 
 
Total Department of Attorney General and Justice
1,798
 
 
Judicial Commission of New South Wales
  
 
Funding for a Conduct Division Inquiry
300
 
 
Total Judicial Commission of New South Wales
300
 
 
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES
2,098
 
 
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
  
 
Department of Attorney General and Justice
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for the Sydney Drug Court Database Project
85
 
 
Total Department of Attorney General and Justice
85
 
 
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
85
 
 
TOTAL—ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MINISTER FOR JUSTICE
2,183
 
    
C
DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT, AND MINISTER FOR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
  
 
RECURRENT SERVICES
  
 
Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for various water programs including Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements, NSW Murray Metering Pilot Project and the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative
12,889
 
 
Total Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services
12,889
 
 
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES
12,889
 
 
TOTAL—DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT, AND MINISTER FOR REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES
12,889
 
    
D
MINISTER FOR HEALTH, AND MINISTER FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
  
 
RECURRENT SERVICES
  
 
Ministry of Health
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for the Keep Them Safe program and various Commonwealth National Partnerships
1,070
 
 
Total Ministry of Health
1,070
 
 
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES
1,070
 
 
TOTAL—MINISTER FOR HEALTH, AND MINISTER FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
1,070
 
    
E
MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT
  
 
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
  
 
Transport for NSW
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 for Light Rail Extension
2,270
 
 
Total Transport for NSW
2,270
 
 
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
2,270
 
 
TOTAL—MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT
2,270
 
    
F
MINISTER FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN
  
 
RECURRENT SERVICES
  
 
Department of Family and Community Services
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 associated with the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing
4,210
 
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 associated with the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness program
700
 
 
Total Department of Family and Community Services
4,910
 
 
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES
4,910
 
 
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
  
 
Department of Family and Community Services
  
 
Carry forward of unspent funds from 2011–12 to 2012–13 associated with the Department’s capital program
310
 
 
Total Department of Family and Community Services
310
 
 
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
310
 
 
TOTAL—MINISTER FOR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND MINISTER FOR WOMEN
5,220
 
    
G
TREASURER
  
 
RECURRENT SERVICES
  
 
Crown Finance Entity
  
 
Natural disaster expenditure following significant State-wide bush fire activity, storms and floods on the North Coast
 
140,500
 
Total Crown Finance Entity
 
140,500
 
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES
 
140,500
 
CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
  
 
Crown Finance Entity
  
 
Repayment of debt
 
2,000,000
 
Total Crown Finance Entity
 
2,000,000
 
TOTAL—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
 
2,000,000
 
TOTAL—TREASURER
 
2,140,500
 
TREASURER’S ADVANCE FOR RECURRENT SERVICES
37,257
 
 
TREASURER’S ADVANCE FOR CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
3,140
 
 
TOTAL—TREASURER’S ADVANCE
40,397
 
 
SECTION 22 FOR RECURRENT SERVICES
 
140,500
 
SECTION 22 FOR CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
 
2,000,000
 
TOTAL—SECTION 22
 
2,140,500