An Act to appropriate out of the Consolidated Fund sums for the services of the Government for the year 2016–17 and to make additional appropriations to give effect to budget variations for the year 2014–15.
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Appropriation Act 2016.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
3 Interpretation
In this Act:(a) a reference to services for which this Act makes an appropriation includes a reference to the following:(i) recurrent services,(ii) capital works and services,(iii) repayment of debt, and(b) a reference to the year 2014–15 is a reference to the year from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015, and(c) a reference to the year 2016–17 is a reference to the year from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.
Part 2 Appropriation (Departments)
Note—
The total amount appropriated out of the Consolidated Fund for services for the year 2016–17 in accordance with this Part is $65,567,498,000.
Division 1 Education
4 Department of Education
This Act appropriates the sum of $12,350,986,000 to the Minister for Education out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Department of Education for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 2 Family and Community Services
5 Department of Family and Community Services
This Act appropriates the sum of $5,840,321,000 to the Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Social Housing out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Department of Family and Community Services for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 3 Finance, Services and Innovation
6 Department of Finance, Services and Innovation
This Act appropriates the sum of $1,463,763,000 to the Minister for Finance, Services and Property out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 4 Health
7 Ministry of Health
This Act appropriates the sum of $11,453,863,000 to the Minister for Health out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Ministry of Health for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriations under this section and section 16 will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 5 Industry, Skills and Regional Development
8 Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development
This Act appropriates the sum of $2,843,410,000 to the Minister for Industry, Resources and Energy out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 6 Justice
9 Department of Justice
This Act appropriates the sum of $7,386,549,000 to the Deputy Premier, Minister for Justice and Police, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Racing out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Department of Justice for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 7 Planning and Environment
10 Department of Planning and Environment
This Act appropriates the sum of $1,418,610,000 to the Minister for Planning out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Department of Planning and Environment for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 8 Premier and Cabinet
11 Department of Premier and Cabinet
This Act appropriates the sum of $540,473,000 to the Premier and Minister for Western Sydney out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Department of Premier and Cabinet for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 9 Transport, Roads and Maritime
12 Transport for NSW
(1) This Act appropriates the sum of $11,477,595,000 to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of Transport for NSW for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
Division 10 Treasury
13 The Treasury
This Act appropriates the sum of $144,191,000 to the Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of The Treasury for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
14 Crown Finance Entity
This Act appropriates the sum of $10,477,737,000 to the Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Crown Finance Entity for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
15 Advance to the Treasurer
This Act appropriates the sum of $170,000,000 to the Treasurer and Minister for Industrial Relations out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Advance to the Treasurer for the year 2016–17.
Part 3 Additional appropriation for health related services
16 Special appropriation to Minister for Health—additional revenue from gaming machine taxes
(1) This Act appropriates the sum of $340,592,310 to the Minister for Health out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Ministry of Health for the year 2016–17.(2) The sum appropriated is in addition to any other sum appropriated by this Act.
Part 4 Appropriation (Special Offices)
Note—
The total amount appropriated out of the Consolidated Fund for services for the year 2016–17 in accordance with this Part is $377,559,000.
17 Judicial Commission of New South Wales
This Act appropriates the sum of $7,138,000 to the Attorney General out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Judicial Commission of New South Wales for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
18 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
This Act appropriates the sum of $128,237,000 to the Attorney General out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, disaggregated across service groups as follows:
$,000
$,000
19 Office of the Children’s Guardian
This Act appropriates the sum of $16,997,000 to the Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister for Social Housing out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Office of the Children’s Guardian for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
20 Independent Commission Against Corruption
This Act appropriates the sum of $21,213,000 to the Premier and Minister for Western Sydney out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Independent Commission Against Corruption for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
21 Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal
This Act appropriates the sum of $30,297,000 to the Premier and Minister for Western Sydney out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
22 New South Wales Electoral Commission
This Act appropriates the sum of $91,174,000 to the Premier and Minister for Western Sydney out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the New South Wales Electoral Commission for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
23 Ombudsman’s Office
This Act appropriates the sum of $31,050,000 to the Premier and Minister for Western Sydney out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Ombudsman’s Office for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
24 Police Integrity Commission
This Act appropriates the sum of $21,163,000 to the Deputy Premier, Minister for Justice and Police, Minister for the Arts and Minister for Racing out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Police Integrity Commission for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
25 Public Service Commission
This Act appropriates the sum of $30,290,000 to the Premier and Minister for Western Sydney out of the Consolidated Fund for the services of the Public Service Commission for the year 2016–17.Note—The appropriation will fund services, as follows:
$,000
$,000
Part 5 Commonwealth transfer payments
26 Appropriation for Commonwealth transfer payments
(1) This Act appropriates the sum of $4,155,707,000 to the Treasurer out of the Consolidated Fund, for Commonwealth transfer payments to non-Government schools and local government for services for the year 2016–17.(2) The sum appropriated is in addition to any other sum appropriated by this Act.(3) The sum appropriated is subject to section 26 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.
Part 6 General
27 Variation of authorised payments from Consolidated Fund
(1) Payment of a sum appropriated by this Act for a purpose may not be made in excess of the sum specified for the purpose, except as provided by this section or Division 4 of Part 2 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.(2) If the exigencies of government so require, the Treasurer may authorise the payment of a sum in excess of the sum specified for a purpose, but only if an equivalent sum is not paid out for another purpose, whether the other purpose is specified in relation to the same or a different Minister, subject to subsections (3)–(5).(3) The sum appropriated under Part 3 may only be paid out for the purpose specified in Part 3.(4) The sums appropriated under Part 4 may only be paid out for the purposes specified in Part 4.(5) The sum appropriated under Part 5 may only be paid out for the purpose specified in Part 5.(6) This section does not apply to sums appropriated by another Act.(7) This section does not enable the Treasurer to authorise the payment of a sum in augmentation of, or as an addition to, any salary or wages the amount of which has been fixed by law.(8) The Treasurer is to inform the Auditor-General of every authorisation given under this section.(9) An authorisation under this section may be given before or after the relevant payment is made.
28 Appointment of person to carry out functions of Treasurer under section 27
(1) The Treasurer may appoint a person to carry out the Treasurer’s functions under section 27.(2) Any such appointment is subject to such conditions (if any) as the Treasurer determines.(3) The Treasurer may revoke any such appointment at any time.(4) A person appointed under this section has, in place of the Treasurer, the Treasurer’s function under section 27 (8) of informing the Auditor-General of every authorisation given by the person under section 27.
29 Delayed restructures
(1) Without limiting section 27, if the responsibility for a service for which an appropriation is made in this Act is transferred on or after the date the Bill for this Act is introduced in the Legislative Assembly because of the determination made before 1 July 2016 by the Premier to create new ministries, or to change or abolish existing ministries, and consequently to create, restructure or abolish any authority, the appropriation does not lapse and may be applied, in accordance with such determination as may be made by the Treasurer, for or towards the service the responsibility for which is transferred.(2) Section 24 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 does not apply to or in respect of an appropriation or service to which this section applies.
30 Budget related information
(1) In this section:means:(a) notes included in this Act relating to expenses and capital expenditure, and(b) Budget Papers of the Government tabled in Parliament in connection with the Bill for this Act.this Act includes the Appropriation (Parliament) Act 2016.(2) Budget related information:(a) does not form part of this Act, and(b) does not affect the application of any amount appropriated by this Act.
31 Payments authorised on lapse of appropriation
(1) This section applies only if this Act is assented to after 1 July 2016.(2) Any amounts expended for services under section 25 of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 or any Supply Act on or after 1 July 2016 and before the date of assent to this Act for a purpose for which a sum is appropriated by this Act are taken to have been expended out of such of the sums for services set out in this Act, as may be determined by the Treasurer.
Part 7 Budget variations for the year 2014–15
32 Adjustment of “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2014–15
(1) This Act appropriates the sum of $77,709,000 out of the Consolidated Fund in adjustment of the vote “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2014–15, for supplementary charges made during the year 2014–15 in the amounts specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 for the recurrent services specified opposite those amounts in Schedule 1. Accordingly, the amount so voted is reduced by the amount appropriated by this section.(2) The sum appropriated is in addition to any other sums that may have been appropriated, subject to the adjustment of the vote “Advance to the Treasurer”, 2014–15.
33 Operation of budget variations and validation of expenditure
(1) This Act, to the extent that it appropriates an amount for, and otherwise gives effect to, the budget variations for the year 2014–15, is to be construed as if it formed part of the annual Appropriation Act for the year 2014–15 and to have effect as if it had commenced at the start of that year.(2) The payment before the date of assent to this Act out of the Consolidated Fund of the whole or any part of the sum appropriated under section 32 is validated. This subsection applies despite this Act being assented to after the year 2014–15.(3) To the extent (if any) to which it may be necessary to do so, the expenditure of the whole or any part of the sum appropriated under section 32 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, andand is taken thereafter to be, and to have been at all relevant times, validly approved and made.(b) is taken to have been validly made at the time it was made, or purported to have been made,
Schedule 1 Payments during 2014–15
(Section 32)
Column 1 | |
Treasurer’s Advance | |
Amount $,000 | |
TREASURER | |
RECURRENT SERVICES | |
Ministry of Health | |
Funding for Pink Hope | 250 |
Total Ministry of Health | 250 |
Department of Education | |
Funding for Jigamy Farm multi-purpose centre upgrade | 139 |
Total Department of Education | 139 |
Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development | |
Blue Mountains Septic Pump Out financial assistance | 720 |
Total Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development | 720 |
Department of Planning and Environment | |
Hunter Infrastructure Investment Fund | 50,000 |
Total Department of Planning and Environment | 50,000 |
New South Wales Electoral Commission | |
Funding for the March 2015 State Election and early provision of election campaign reimbursements | 26,600 |
Total New South Wales Electoral Commission | 26,600 |
TOTAL—RECURRENT SERVICES | 77,709 |
TREASURER’S ADVANCE FOR RECURRENT SERVICES | 77,709 |
TOTAL—TREASURER’S ADVANCE | 77,709 |