2017
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Treasurer)
Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2017-2018

Contents
	Page
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
	3	Purposes of Act	2
	4	Meaning of financial year	2
	5	Terms used in Financial Management Act 1996	2
	6	Appropriation of $2 894 000 for auditor-general	3
	7	Appropriation of $2 954 000 for electoral commissioner	3
	8	Appropriation of $18 972 000 for Office of the Legislative Assembly	3

2017
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Treasurer)
Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Bill 2017-2018

A Bill for
An Act to appropriate money for expenditure in relation to the Office of the Legislative Assembly and officers of the Assembly for the financial year beginning on 1 July 2017, and for other purposes

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1	Name of Act
This Act is the Appropriation (Office of the Legislative Assembly) Act 2017-2018.
2	Commencement
This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 July 2017.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Purposes of Act
This Act is made for the purposes of—
	(a)	the Self-Government Act, section 57 and section 58; and
	(b)	the Financial Management Act 1996, section 6 and section 8.
4	Meaning of financial year
In this Act:
financial year means the year beginning on 1 July 2017.
5	Terms used in Financial Management Act 1996
A term used in the Financial Management Act 1996 has the same meaning in this Act.
6	Appropriation of $2 894 000 for auditor-general
The amount mentioned in table 6, column 1 is appropriated to the auditor-general for net controlled recurrent payments by the auditor‑general in the financial year.
Table 6	Appropriation—auditor-general

column 1
net controlled recurrent payments	column 2
total	
$	$	
2 894 000	2 894 000	
7	Appropriation of $2 954 000 for electoral commissioner
The amount mentioned in table 7, column 1 is appropriated to the electoral commissioner for net controlled recurrent payments by the commissioner in the financial year.
Table 7	Appropriation—electoral commissioner

column 1
net controlled recurrent payments	column 2
total	
$	$	
2 954 000	2 954 000	
8	Appropriation of $18 972 000 for Office of the Legislative Assembly
	(1)	The amount mentioned in table 8, column 1 is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Assembly for net controlled recurrent payments by the office in the financial year.
	(2)	The amount mentioned in table 8, column 2 is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Assembly for capital injection for the office in the financial year, and that appropriation is for, or partly for, the net cost of purchasing or developing assets.
	(3)	The amount mentioned in table 8, column 3 is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Assembly for payments to be made by the office on behalf of the Territory in the financial year.
Table 8	Appropriation—Office of the Legislative Assembly

column 1
net controlled recurrent payments	column 2
capital injection	column 3
payments on behalf of Territory	column 4
total	
$	$	$	$	
8 900 000	149 000	9 923 000	18 972 000	

Endnotes
1	Presentation speech
	Presentation speech made in the Legislative Assembly on 6 June 2017.
2	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on	2017.
3	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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