AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Appropriation Act 1997-98
No. 32 of 1997
	
An Act to appropriate money for the purposes of the Territory in respect of the financial year commencing on 1 July 1997, and for related purposes
[Notified in ACT Gazette S180: 30 June 1997]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
part i—preliminary
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 1997-98.
Commencement
2.  This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.
Purposes
3.  This Act is made for the purposes of—
	(a)	sections 57 and 58 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth; and
	(b)	sections 6 and 8 of the Financial Management Act 1996.
Interpretation
4.  (1)  A word or expression in this Act has the same meaning as in the Financial Management Act 1996.
(2)  In this Act—
“financial year” means the year commencing on 1 July 1997.
Appropriations of $1,328,930,200
5.  (1)  Where a department is listed in column 1 of Schedule 1—
	(a)	the corresponding amount listed in column 3 of the Schedule is appropriated to the department for the net cost of providing outputs in the financial year;
	(b)	the corresponding amount listed in column 4 of the Schedule is appropriated to the department for capital injection in the financial year; and
	(c)	the corresponding amount listed in column 5 of the Schedule is appropriated to the department for payments to be made on behalf of the Territory in the financial year.
(2)  Where an appropriation unit is listed in column 2 of Schedule 1—
	(a)	the corresponding amount listed in column 3 of the Schedule is appropriated to the appropriation unit for the net cost of providing outputs in the financial year; and
	(b)	the corresponding amount listed in column 5 of the Schedule is appropriated to the appropriation unit for payments to be made on behalf of the Territory in the financial year.
(3)  The amount listed in column 6 of Part 18 of Schedule 1 is appropriated to the Treasurer’s advance for the purposes of section 18 of the Financial Management Act 1996.
(4)  In Schedule 1 (except Part 18), the appropriations under subsection (1) to the department listed in column 1 of each Part are to be taken to be appropriations in the form of the corresponding appropriations under subsection (2) to the appropriation unit or units listed in column 2 of that Part.
Classes of outputs
6.  (1)  A group of outputs listed in column 2 of Schedule 2 is identified as a class of outputs for the purposes of the Financial Management Act 1996.
(2)  An appropriation unit listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 consists of the corresponding class of outputs, or group of output classes, listed in column 2 of that Schedule.
Commonwealth specific purpose payments
7.  Section 17 of the Financial Management Act 1996 applies to all appropriations under subsections 5 (1) and (2) of this Act except the appropriations to the following departments and appropriation units:
	(a)	Legislative Assembly Secretariat;
	(b)	Auditor-General;
	(c)	ACT Executive;
	(d)	Central Financing Unit;
	(e)	ACT Superannuation Provision;
	(f)	InTACT;
	(g)	ACTION;
	(h)	ACT Forests.

	SCHEDULE 1	Section 5
	APPROPRIATIONS

1	2	3	4	5	6	
Department	Appropriation unit	Net cost of outputs

$	Capital
injection

$	Payments on behalf of Territory
$	Total

$	
Part 1	
Legislative Assembly
Secretariat	Legislative Assembly Secretariat	3,264,000		3,076,000	6,340,000	
Part 2	
Auditor-General	Auditor-General	873,000			873,000	
Part 3	
Chief Minister’s Department	Chief Minister’s Department	28,952,600		21,970,000	50,922,600	
Part 4	
ACT Executive	ACT Executive			1,805,000	1,805,000	
Part 5	
Central Financing Unit	Central Financing Unit			22,310,000	22,310,000	
Part 6	
Accommodation
and Property
Services	Accommodation and Property Services	1,879,000	3,550,000		5,429,000	
Part 7	
ACT Superannuation Provision	ACT Superannuation Provision			16,544,000	16,544,000	
Part 8	
Department of Health and Community Care	Department of Health and Community Care	288,107,500	10,342,000	3,445,000	301,894,500	
Part 9	
	Business and Employment	9,311,000				
	Regulatory Reform, Industrial Relations and Tourism	9,878,700				
	Arts and Heritage	6,942,100		7,302,500		
	Sport, Recreation and Racing	8,967,900		7,388,000		
Department of Business, the Arts, Sport and Tourism (Total)		35,099,700	20,735,700	14,690,500	70,525,900	
Part 10	
	Urban Services	130,095,000		6,509,000		
	Planning and Land Management	26,264,000				
Department of Urban Services (Total)		156,359,000	32,494,000	6,509,000	195,362,000	
Part 11	
InTACT	InTACT	617,000			617,000	
Part 12	
ACT Housing	ACT Housing	30,764,000			30,764,000	
Part 13	
ACTION	ACTION	22,155,000	4,216,000		26,371,000	
Part 14	
ACT Forests	ACT Forests		131,000		131,000	
Part 15	
	Attorney-General’s	46,647,200		11,368,000		
	Maintenance of Law and Order			53,837,200		
Attorney-General’s Department (Total)		46,647,200	3,090,000	65,205,200	114,942,400	
Part 16	
Emergency Services Bureau	Emergency Services Bureau	21,361,000	4,712,000		26,073,000	
Part 17	
	Government Schooling	230,092,800		376,000		
	Non-Government Schooling	1,332,800		71,533,300		
	Vocational Education and Training Services	8,389,000		60,000		
	Vocational Education and Training Services through the Canberra Institute of Technology	50,069,000				
	Children’s, Family and Youth Services	44,132,900		33,018,000		
Department of Education and Training (Total)		334,016,500	5,922,000	104,987,300	444,925,800	
Total appropriated to
departments	970,095,500	85,192,700	260,542,000	1,315,830,200	
Part 18
Treasurer’s advance		
13,100,000		
13,100,000	
Total appropriations	970,095,500	98,292,700	260,542,000	1,328,930,200	

	SCHEDULE 2	Section 6
	CLASSES OF OUTPUTS
1	2	
Appropriation unit	Class of output	
Legislative Assembly Secretariat	1.	Legislative Assembly Secretariat	
Auditor-General	1.	Auditor-General	
Chief Minister’s Department	1.	Public Sector Management	
	2.	Performance Improvement	
	3.	Financial and Economic Policy Advice	
	4.	Strategic Policy and Planning	
	5.	Executive and Assembly Support	
	6.	Economic Management Services	
	7.	Injury Prevention and Management	
	8.	Multicultural and International Affairs	
	9.	Strategic Asset Management Services	
ACT Executive	1.	ACT Executive	
Central Financing Unit	1.	Central Financing Unit	
Accommodation and Property Services	1.	Accommodation and Property Services	
ACT Superannuation Provision	1.	ACT Superannuation Provision	
Department of Health and Community Care	1.	Policy Advice	
	2.	Purchase of Health, Aged and Disability Services	
	3.	Population Health	
	4.	Payments for Services Purchased	
Business and Employment	1.	Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing	
	2.	Business and Regional Development Services	
	3.	Employment Services	
	4.	Redevelop Kingston Foreshore	
	5.	Land Development	
Regulatory Reform, Industrial Relations and Tourism	1.	Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing	
	2.	Occupational Health and Safety, Workers’ Compensation and Industrial Relations Services	
	3.	Regulatory Activities	
	4.	Tourism Promotion and Events Services	
Arts and Heritage	1.	Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing 	
	2.	Services and Facilities	
	3.	Grants Management	
	4.	Regulatory Services	
Sport, Recreation and Racing	1.	Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing	
	2.	Services	
	3.	Grants Management	
	4.	Regulation and Legislation	
Urban Services	Minister for Urban Services
1.	Policy Advice, Administration and Regulation	
	2.	Policy and Commissioning of City Services	
	3.	Delivery of City Services	
	Minister for the Environment
4.	Administration and Regulation	
	5.	Policy and Commissioning of City Services	
	6.	Delivery of City Services	
Planning and Land Management	1.	Planning and Land Management	
InTACT	1.	Policy Advice—Business Solutions	
ACT Housing	1.	Policy Advice and Ministerial Services	
	2.	Provision of Housing Assistance	
	3.	Provision of Accommodation	
	4.	Provision of Home Loan Finance	
ACTION	1.	Public Bus Service	
ACT Forests	1.	Forests	
Attorney-General’s	1.	Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing	
	2.	Legislative Drafting	
	3.	Solicitor Services	
	4.	Criminal Prosecutions	
	5.	Dispute Resolution and Protection of Rights	
	6.	Adult Correctional Services	
	7.	Consumer, Registration, Licensing and Trustee Services	
	8.	Electoral Services	
Maintenance of Law and Order	1.	Maintenance of Law and Order	
Emergency Services Bureau	1.	Prevention / Mitigation Services	
	2.	Response Services	
Government Schooling	1.	Government School Education	
Non-Government Schooling	1.	Non-Government School Education	
Vocational Education and Training Services	1.	Vocational Education and Training (VET) Services	
Vocational Education and Training Services through the Canberra Institute of Technology	1.	Vocational Education and Training (VET) Services through the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT)	
Children’s, Family and Youth Services	1.	Children’s Services	
	2.	Youth Services	
	3.	Family Services	
	4.	Community Support	
 [Presentation speech made in Assembly on 6 May 1997]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1997