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Appropriation (2023-2024) Bill 2023
Introduction Print
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
General
This Bill provides appropriation authority for payments from the
Consolidated Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government for
the 2023/2024 financial year. The amounts contained in Schedule 1 to the
Bill provide for the ongoing operations of Departments, new output
initiatives and new asset investment insofar as these are funded by way of
annual appropriation. The Schedule also includes payments made on behalf
of the State. These payments are not related to the direct provision of outputs
by Departments and are generally passed on by Departments for specific
purposes. In some cases (where stated), the annual appropriations in
Schedule 1 include line items that are specifically referenced in separate
legislation, but unlike special appropriations, require annual appropriations
by Parliament.
In addition to the annual appropriations contained in this Bill, funds are
also made available to Departments by way of special appropriation.
Special appropriations arise through provisions that are contained in
legislation. These appropriations provide for the specific purposes set out
in that legislation and they do not lapse annually like the annual
Appropriation Act. Details of these can be found in Table A.4 of Budget
Paper No. 5: Statement of Finances.
Where an item in Schedule 1 provides that section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994 applies, money received from the provision of
services or asset sales by that Department or by specific purpose payment by
the Commonwealth or by a municipal council may be credited to that item
during the financial year and is deemed to have been appropriated.
Estimates of appropriations annotated pursuant to section 29 of the Financial
Management Act 1994 may be found in Tables A.5 and A.6 of Budget
Paper No. 5: Statement of Finances.
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Unapplied appropriation under the Appropriation (2022-2023) Act 2022 has
been estimated and is included in the Budget Papers. At the end of the
2022/2023 financial year actual unapplied appropriations are finalised,
approved carryover amounts determined, and the 2023/2024 appropriations
increased accordingly, pursuant to section 32 of the Financial Management
Act 1994.
Advances during 2022/2023 from the Treasurer's Advance and those
available under section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994 are not
brought to account in this Bill. They are tabled in the Parliament as part of
the Financial Report for the State of Victoria 2022/2023 and formally
brought to account in the Appropriation (2024-2025) Bill. Advances relating
to 2021/2022, which were published in the Financial Report for the State of
Victoria 2021/2022, are brought to account in clause 7 of, and Schedule 2 to,
this Bill.
To enable comparison of the appropriations between years, Schedule 1 to the
Bill contains both the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 appropriated amounts.
The Bill reflects a number of changes to Appropriations due to machinery of
government changes.
To enable comparison of the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 amounts, the
following Table shows the comparative adjustments that would have been
necessary if the machinery of government changes had been in effect for the
2022/2023 financial year.
2022/2023 2022/2023
Department
Original
Estimate Adjustments
Adjusted
Budget
$'000 $'000 $'000
Courts 641 479 0 641 479
Education and Training 17 128 623 -17 128 623 0
Education 0 15 820 624 15 820 624
Environment, Land, Water and
Planning 3 062 800 -3 062 800 0
Energy, Environment and
Climate Action 0 3 167 222 3 167 222
Families, Fairness and Housing 7 773 386 0 7 773 386
Health 12 306 987 61 682 12 368 669
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2022/2023 2022/2023
Department
Original
Estimate Adjustments
Adjusted
Budget
Jobs, Precincts and Regions 3 059 988 -3 059 988 0
Jobs, Skills, Industry and
Regions 0 3 752 037 3 752 037
Justice and Community Safety 9 541 474 -58 769 9 482 705
Premier and Cabinet 502 678 -159 253 343 425
Transport 12 688 236 -12 688 236 0
Transport and Planning 0 13 225 716 13 225 716
Treasury and Finance 18 410 009 -364 158 18 045 851
Government Services 0 494 546 494 546
85 115 660 0 85 115 660
The totals in this Table and the Tables in the Bill may not add due to
rounding.
Clause Notes
Clause 1 defines the purpose of the Bill.
Clause 2 specifies that the Bill comes into operation on the day it receives
the Royal Assent.
Clause 3 provides that the Treasurer may issue the stated amount out of the
Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year 2023/2024 as
set out in Schedule 1 to the Bill. Subclauses (2) and (3) provide
authority for additional appropriation if necessary for increases in
salaries and related costs that may be the result of any legislation
or determination during the year.
Clause 4 provides that the Consolidated Fund is appropriated to the extent
necessary for the purposes included in clause 3.
Clause 5 provides that the amounts specified for an item in Schedule 1 are
to be applied subject to section 30 or 31A of the Financial
Management Act 1994 and on the basis that the amounts
specified for that item are not exceeded.
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The clause also states that if depreciation is included in the
provision of outputs of a Department in Schedule 1 to the Bill,
then the additions to the net asset base of that Department may be
increased, subject to the Treasurer's approval, by an amount up to
the depreciation amount.
Clause 6 provides for the application of amounts in 2023/2024 for
arrangements, expenses or obligations that arise in 2023/2024
but do not require payment until a future year.
Clause 7 provides appropriation authority for additional funding approved
by the Treasurer during 2021/2022 from funds appropriated for
Advance to the Treasurer under the Department of Treasury and
Finance. Details are contained in Schedule 2.
Clause 8 provides that in this Bill, Court Services Victoria established
under the Court Services Victoria Act 2014 is referred to as the
Department of Courts for appropriation purposes only.
Clause 9 provides for the automatic repeal of this Bill on the fourth
anniversary of the day on which it receives the Royal Assent in
accordance with the recommendation of the Scrutiny of Acts and
Regulations Committee in its Report on the Statute Law Repeals
Bill 2014, February 2015. The repeal does not affect any matter
or thing or the previous operation of the Act (see section 14(2) of
the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).