In this Act:
"administered assets and liabilities item " means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading "Administered Assets and Liabilities".
"administered item " means an amount set out in Schedule 1 opposite an outcome for a Parliamentary Department under the heading "Administered".
"current year " means the financial year ending on 30 June 2023.
"departmental item " means the total amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department under the heading "Departmental".
Note: The amounts set out opposite outcomes, under the heading "Departmental", are "notional". They are not part of the item, and do not in any way restrict the scope of the expenditure authorised by the item.
"expenditure " means payments for expenses, acquiring assets, making loans or paying liabilities.
"item " means any of the following:
(a) a departmental item;
(b) an administered item;
(c) an administered assets and liabilities item;
(d) an other departmental item.
"non-corporate entity " means:
(a) a non-corporate Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ; or
(b) the High Court.
Note: Each Parliamentary Department is a non-corporate Commonwealth entity for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
"other departmental item " means an amount set out in Schedule 1 in relation to a Parliamentary Department opposite the heading "Equity Injections".
"Parliamentary Department " means any of the following:
(a) the Department of the Senate;
(b) the Department of the House of Representatives;
(c) the Department of Parliamentary Services;
(d) the Parliamentary Budget Office.
"Portfolio Budget Statements " means the Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in the Senate or the House of Representatives in relation to the Bill for this Act.
"portfolio statements " means the Portfolio Budget Statements.
"special account " has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .