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Ch11 Financial legislation / APPROPRIATION AND SUPPLY BILLS / Additional appropriation bills

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House Practice

Date

01-05-2005

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House of Reps

Parl No.

41

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Financial legislation

Chapter No.

Chapter 11

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421

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House of Representatives                                Ch 11                                                 p 421

 

Financial legislation / APPROPRIATION AND SUPPLY BILLS

 

Additional appropriation bills

Where an amount provided in the Appropriation Acts (Nos 1 or 2) is insufficient to meet approved commitments falling due in a financial year, additional or supplementary appropriation may be sought in further appropriation bills. These are usually designated Appropriation Bill (No. 3) for expenditure in respect of the ordinary annual services of the Government, and Appropriation Bill (No. 4) for expenditure in respect of other than the ordinary annual services. Similarly, an Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) may be introduced in respect of the departments supporting the Parliament. Appropriations may also be sought in these bills for new expenditure proposals. Appropriation Bill (No. 3) is not considered in the same detail as Appropriation Bill (No. 1). However, as with Appropriation Bill (No. 1), a wide range of debate and amendment is permitted on the second reading of an additional appropriation bill for expenditure for the ordinary annual services of the Government 1 —that is, (usually) Appropriation Bill (No. 3).

As well as providing for increased appropriations, additional appropriation bills may be used to reallocate funds previously appropriated for other purposes—Appropriation Bills (Nos 3 and 4) 1992-93 were introduced with this explanation. 2 Further additional appropriation bills may be introduced if funds provided by the Nos 3 and 4 bills prove insufficient—for example, Appropriation Bills (Nos 5 and 6) 1992-93 and 2003-2004. 3 In 1995 an amendment moved by an opposition Member to Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 1995-96 (to reduce expenditure on a proposal) was agreed to. 4

On occasion additional appropriation bills are introduced for special purposes, for example:

  • Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 1990-91 appropriated funds to meet urgent requirements arising as a consequence of the Gulf War; 5

  • Appropriation (Supplementary Measures) Bills (Nos 1 and 2) 1999 appropriated funds for book industry assistance, for a welfare program and for expenditure on environmental matters; 6

  • Appropriation (East Timor) Bill 1999-2000 appropriated funds for expenditure related to East Timor. 7

  • Appropriation (Tsunami Financial Assistance) Bill 2004-2005 and Appropriation (Tsunami Financial Assistance and Australia-Indonesia Partnership) Bill 2004-2005 appropriated funds for assistance to Indonesia in response to the December 2004 tsunami disaster. 8

    • Such bills are preceded by the announcement of a Governor-General’s message recommending appropriation 9 and may be introduced without notice. 10

    Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 1991-92 was introduced, while Appropriation Bills (Nos 3 and 4) were before the House, with the purpose of separating for urgent consideration certain appropriations from Appropriation Bill (No. 3), 11 which was later correspondingly amended. 12



    S.O.s 76(c), 145(b).



    H.R. Deb. (24.11.92) 3401-3.



    VP 1993-95/14; VP 2002-04/1591-2.



    VP 1993-95/2655. The Senate subsequently agreed to a further amendment to the bill, which was agreed to by the House; VP 1993-95/2703-4.



    VP 1990-92/515, H.R. Deb. (14.2.91) 652.



    VP 1998-2001/803 (bills introduced on notice).



    VP 1998-2001/1106-7.



    VP 2004-05/219.



    S.O. 180(b).



    S.O. 178.



    VP 1990-92/1372, H.R. Deb. (24.3.92) 969.



    VP 1990-92/1392-4.