AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Appropriation Act 1998-99
No. 33 of 1998

An Act to appropriate money for the purposes of the Territory in respect of the financial year commencing on 1 July 1998, and for related purposes
[Notified in ACT Gazette S193: 11 September 1998]

	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1. 	Short title 
	This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 1998-99.
2. 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.
3. 	Purposes
	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.
4. 	Interpretation
(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 1998.
5. 	Appropriations of $1,529,530,000
(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 for the corresponding appropriation unit listed in column 2;
	(b)	the corresponding amount listed in column 4 of the Schedule is appropriated to the department for capital injection in the financial year for the corresponding appropriation unit listed in column 2; 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 for the corresponding appropriation unit listed in column 2.
(2) 	The amount listed in column 6 of Part 16 of Schedule 1 is appropriated to the Treasurer’s advance for the purposes of section 18 of the Financial Management Act 1996.
6. 	Appropriation units and output classes
(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.
7. 	Commonwealth specific purpose payments
	Section 17 of the Financial Management Act 1996 applies to all appropriations under subsection 5 (1) of this Act except the appropriations to the following departments:
	(a)	Legislative Assembly Secretariat;
	(b)	Auditor-General;
	(c)	ACT Executive;
	(d)	Central Financing Unit;
	(e)	Superannuation and Insurance Provision Unit;
	(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	

	3,510,000	

		

	2,780,000	

	6,290,000	
Part 2
Auditor-General	
Auditor-General	
	886,000		
		
	886,000	
Part 3
Chief Minister’s Department	
Chief Minister’s	

	60,189,000	

	12,237,000	

	18,287,000	

	90,713,000	
Part 4
ACT Executive	
ACT Executive			
	2,572,000	
	2,572,000	
Part 5
Office of Asset Management	
Government Asset Management	

	1,625,000	

	15,176,000		

	16,801,000	
Part 6
Central Financing Unit	
Central Financing Unit		

	1,577,000	

	20,985,000	

	22,562,000	
Part 7
Superannuation and Insurance Provision Unit	
Superannuation and Insurance Provision Unit			

	20,063,000	

	20,063,000	
Part 8
Department of Health and Community Care	
Health and Community Care	

	303,639,000	

	30,617,000	

	8,573,000	

	342,829,000	
Part 9
Department of Urban Services	
Urban Services	

	218,808,000	

	49,228,000	

	790,000	

	268,826,000	
Part 10
InTACT	
The InTACT Group	

	80,000,000		

	80,000,000	
Part 11
ACT Housing	
ACT Housing	
	0	
	0	
	0	
	0	
Part 12
ACTION	
ACTION		
	4,280,000		
	4,280,000	
Part 13
ACT Forests	
ACT Forests		
	840,000		
	840,000	
Part 14
Department of Justice and Community Safety	
Justice and Community Safety	

	78,094,000	

	2,116,000	

	64,148,000	

	144,358,000	
Part 15
Department of Education and Community Services	
Education and Community Services	

	374,256,000	

	41,098,000	

	98,056,000	

	513,410,000	
Total  appropriated  to departments			

	1,041,007,000	

	237,169,000	

	236,254,000	

1,514,430,000	
Part 16
Treasurer’s advance					

	15,100,000	
Total appropriations		
	1,041,007,000	
	237,169,000	
	236,254,000	
	1,529,530,000	

	SCHEDULE 2			Section 6
	APPROPRIATION UNITS
	AND OUTPUT CLASSES
1	2	
Appropriation unit	Class of output	
Legislative Assembly Secretariat	1.	Procedural, Policy and Administrative Servicing of the Assembly, its Members and Committees	
Auditor-General	1.	Auditor-General	
Chief Minister’s	1.	Government strategy	
	2.	Financial and Economic Management	
ACT Executive	1.	ACT Executive	
Government Asset Management	1.	Government Asset Management	
Central Financing Unit	1.	Central Financing Unit	
Superannuation and Insurance Provision Unit	1.	Superannuation and Insurance Provision Unit	
Health and Community Care	1.	Policy, Planning and Health Outcomes	
	2.	Purchase of Health, Aged and Disability Services	
	3.	Community and Health Services Complaints	
	4.	Payments for Services Purchased	
Urban Services	1.	Urban Services	
	2.	Transport	
	3.	Housing	
	4.	Environment and Heritage	
	5.	Planning and Land Management	
The InTACT Group	1.	Policy Advice/Business Solutions	
ACT Housing	1.	ACT Housing	
ACTION	1.	ACTION	
ACT Forests	1.	Forests	
Justice and Community Safety	1.	Policy Advice	
	2.	Justice and Legal Services	
	3.	Regulatory Services	
	4.	Emergency Management	

Education and Community Services	1.	Government School Education	
	2.	Non-Government School Education	
	3.	Vocational Education and Training (VET) Services	
	4.	Children’s Services	
	5.	Youth Services	
	6.	Family Services	
	7.	Community Support	
	8.	Sport and Recreation	
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 23 June 1998]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1998