APPROPRIATION (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) ACT (No. 1) 2002-2003 No. 45, 2002 - SECT 13 Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer

Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Advance to the responsible Presiding Officer—unforeseen expenditure etc.

(1): This section applies if the responsible Presiding Officer is satisfied that:

(a): there is an urgent need for expenditure that is not provided for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1; and
(b): the additional expenditure is not provided for, or is insufficiently provided for, in Schedule 1:

(i): because of an erroneous omission or understatement; or
(ii): because the additional expenditure was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to provide for it in the Bill for this Act before that Bill was introduced into the House of Representatives.

(2): This Act has effect as if Schedule 1 were amended, in accordance with a determination of the responsible Presiding Officer, to make provision for so much (if any) of the additional expenditure as the responsible Presiding Officer determines.
(3): The total of the amounts determined under this section for the Department of the Senate cannot be more than $300,000.
(4): The total of the amounts determined under this section for the Department of the House of Representatives cannot be more than $300,000.
(5): The total of the amounts determined under this section for all the other Parliamentary Departments together cannot be more than $1 million.
(6): The responsible Presiding Officer must give the Parliament details of amounts determined under this section.

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