Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Purpose 1 2 Commencement 1 3 Issue of moneys 2 4 Appropriation 3 5 Application of amounts appropriated 3 6 Application of amounts for future payments 3 7 Public Account advance 3 8 Advance to Treasurer 4 __________________ SCHEDULES 5 SCHEDULE 1 5 SCHEDULE 2 17 SCHEDULE 3 20 ═══════════════ ENDNOTES 28 -- 1 of 29 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 † No. 36 of 2012 [Assented to 27 June 2012] The Parliament of Victoria enacts: 1 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to make provision for the appropriation of certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government for the financial year 2012/2013. 2 Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. Victoria -- 2 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 3 Issue of moneys (1) The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Fund in respect of the financial year 2012/2013 the sum of $37 658 052 000 as set out in Schedule 1. (2) If— (a) in respect of the financial year 2012/2013 the amount payable in respect of salaries and related costs is increased as the result of any act or determination; and (b) the amounts specified in the relevant items in Schedule 1 are insufficient to provide for the payment of the increased amount payable in respect of salaries and related costs— the Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Fund an amount not exceeding the increased amount payable in respect of salaries and related costs in addition to the amount issued under subsection (1). (3) In this section— salaries and related costs includes wages or other amounts in the nature of salary, payments by way of overtime or penalty rates or in lieu of long service leave or for retiring gratuities, superannuation contributions, annual leave loadings, payroll tax payments and WorkCover insurance policy premiums; determination includes any regulation or any award, order or determination of a person or body authorised to determine minimum salaries or wages under any law of the Commonwealth or of the State, or any agreement approved in accordance with the Fair Work Act 2009 or Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth, or any s. 3 -- 3 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel agreement entered into by or on behalf of the State. 4 Appropriation The Consolidated Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of section 3. 5 Application of amounts appropriated (1) The amounts to be applied to an item specified in Schedule 1 shall not, except as provided in this section or section 30 of the Financial Management Act 1994, exceed the amount specified for that item. (2) If an amount in respect of depreciation of an asset is applied to an item in Schedule 1 for the provision of outputs of a Department, the amount shown for the item in Schedule 1 relating to that Department in respect of additions to the net asset base is increased, if the Treasurer so determines, by an amount not exceeding the amount in respect of depreciation. 6 Application of amounts for future payments If, during the financial year 2012/2013, an arrangement is made, or an expense or obligation is incurred, for the payment of an amount in a future financial year, a corresponding amount is applied, in respect of the financial year 2012/2013, to the appropriate item in Schedule 1 for the relevant Department. 7 Public Account advance The sums specified in Schedule 2 which by the authority of section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994 have been expended from the Public Account to meet urgent claims are deemed to have been appropriated from the Consolidated Fund for the provision of outputs, additions to the net asset base and payments made s. 4 -- 4 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel on behalf of the State specified in Schedule 2 and those sums shall be repaid to the Public Account. 8 Advance to Treasurer The sums specified in Schedule 3 have been expended to meet urgent claims out of the Advance appropriated in the Appropriation (2010/2011) Act 2010 under the Department of Treasury and Finance and the payments so made are deemed to have been appropriated for the purposes and services specified in Schedule 3. __________________ s. 8 -- 5 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 5 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 DEPARTMENTAL VOTES ESTIMATES SUMMARY Department 2011/2012 Budget 2012/2013 Estimate $'000 $'000 Business and Innovation 581 570 725 936 Education and Early Childhood Development 9 215 218 9 545 978 Health 9 610 612 6 867 147 Human Services 3 349 035 3 446 157 Justice 4 097 278 4 280 657 Planning and Community Development 683 502 628 628 Premier and Cabinet 618 051 561 137 Primary Industries 435 793 431 825 Sustainability and Environment 1 397 021 1 324 687 Transport 6 120 143 6 839 745 Treasury and Finance 3 048 484 3 006 155 39 156 707 37 658 052 Sch. 1 -- 6 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 6 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND INNOVATION 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 496 482 477 893 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 31 088 194 043 3. Payments made on behalf of the State 54 000 54 000 Total Appropriation 581 570 725 936 Sch. 1 -- 7 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 7 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 9 159 281 9 545 978 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 55 937 0 Total Appropriation 9 215 218 9 545 978 Sch. 1 -- 8 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 8 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 9 610 612 6 796 019 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 0 71 128 Total Appropriation 9 610 612 6 867 147 Sch. 1 -- 9 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 9 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 3 297 975 3 375 362 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 51 060 70 795 Total Appropriation 3 349 035 3 446 157 Sch. 1 -- 10 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 10 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 3 837 908 3 982 759 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 203 982 242 488 3. Payments made on behalf of the State 54 461 54 461 4. Victorian Law Reform Commission – pursuant to section 17(b) of the Victorian Law Reform Commission Act 2000 927 949 Total Appropriation 4 097 278 4 280 657 Sch. 1 -- 11 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 11 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 451 533 339 064 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 183 119 163 714 3. Payments made on behalf of the State 850 850 4. Payment to Regional Infrastructure Development Fund pursuant to section 4 of the Regional Infrastructure Development Fund Act 1999 48 000 0 5. Payment to Regional Growth Fund pursuant to section 4 of the Regional Growth Fund Act 2011 0 125 000 Total Appropriation 683 502 628 628 Sch. 1 -- 12 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 12 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF PREMIER AND CABINET 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 549 680 539 883 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 68 371 21 254 Total Appropriation 618 051 561 137 Sch. 1 -- 13 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 13 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 405 922 408 598 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 29 871 23 227 Total Appropriation 435 793 431 825 Sch. 1 -- 14 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 14 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 955 612 805 155 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 99 912 47 837 3. Payments made on behalf of the State 251 000 426 079 4. Provision of outputs—Victorian Water Trust (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 963 14 703 5. Additions to the net asset base— Victorian Water Trust (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies)) 28 321 0 6. Provision of outputs pursuant to section 15 of the Environment Protection Act 1970 (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 30 318 0 7. Contribution by the State under agreements pursuant to section 25 of the Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 30 895 30 913 Total Appropriation 1 397 021 1 324 687 Sch. 1 -- 15 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 15 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 4 535 872 4 590 995 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 1 584 271 2 248 750 Total Appropriation 6 120 143 6 839 745 Sch. 1 -- 16 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 16 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND FINANCE 2011/2012 2012/2013 Item Budget Estimate $'000 $'000 1. Provision of outputs (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 235 126 225 261 2. Additions to the net asset base (section 29 of the Financial Management Act 1994 applies) 30 058 32 764 3. Payments made on behalf of the State 2 004 242 2 223 997 4. Advance to Treasurer to enable Treasurer to meet urgent claims that may arise before Parliamentary sanction is obtained, which will afterwards be submitted for Parliamentary authority 779 058 524 133 Total Appropriation 3 048 484 3 006 155 __________________ Sch. 1 -- 17 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 17 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 2 Payments from advances pursuant to section 35 of the Financial Management Act 1994, 2010/2011 Department Purpose Amount $ Education and Early Childhood Development Income Contingent Loan Scheme 1 870 000 Arts Centre at Emerald Secondary College 500 000 Local government contribution to school capital works 4 050 000 McKinnon Primary School renovations and land purchase for a school at Officer 8 500 000 Funding for demand driven enrolments in the Vocational Education and Training sector 93 740 000 108 660 000 Human Services Additional support for the Department of Human Services capital program 6 235 000 Melbourne Youth Justice Centre 1 100 000 7 335 000 Justice Advice to property owners —Stage 2 140 000 Anglesea fire station and community fire education centre 1 000 000 Bushfire education mobile units— Asset 620 000 CFA radio communication standardisation 3 800 000 CFA radio communication strategy (including blackspot remediation) 900 000 Sch. 2 -- 18 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 18 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Office of the Fire Services Commissioner 100 000 Relocation of Emergency Services Telecommunication Authority State Emergency Communication Centre 6 500 000 Sentencing reform —abolition of suspended sentences 1 650 000 Victoria Police Academy — Urgent Upgrade works 10 000 000 24 710 000 Transport M80 Upgrade —Stage 1B - Western Highway to Sunshine Avenue 2 550 000 2 550 000 Sustainability and Environment Fire prediction and early warning system 4 040 114 Improved bushfire prevention, preparedness, response and recovery 9 360 460 Native vegetation and hazard mapping 418 000 State aircraft unit -— Dispatch and additional aircraft 1 656 000 Victorian 2010 flood recovery package 2 365 000 VBRAA State Wide Plan— Community and visitor facilities 200 000 18 039 574 Sch. 2 -- 19 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 19 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Treasury and Finance Capital contribution to Cenitex on behalf of the Department of Human Services 27 905 423 Domestic Building Insurance Scheme— Funding for the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority 5 000 000 Regional decentralisation initiatives 640 000 33 545 423 Total 194 839 997 _______________ Sch. 2 -- 20 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 20 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 3 Payments from Advance to Treasurer, 2010/2011 Department Purpose Amount $ Business and Innovation 2011 Victorian Floods Recovery Package (stage 1) — Tourism Fund 1 000 000 Climate Change — Sustainable transport energy and low emission vehicles 503 000 Engaging India — Victoria's Plan to Build Trade, Investment and Collaboration 325 000 Federation Square East Project 1 800 000 Regional Blueprint: Regional Infrastructure Development Fund 24 553 524 The Conversation — interactive website 500 000 Transition to a Global future 3 655 000 VBRRA — Tourism Recovery 300 000 32 636 524 Education and Early Childhood Development Enrolment based funding for schools 38 917 000 Fair Funding for non-government schools 47 550 000 Kindergarten fee subsidy 494 000 National Partnership for Literacy and Numeracy for non-government schools 100 000 Funding for demand driven enrolments in the Vocational Education and Training sector 150 000 000 237 061 000 Sch. 3 -- 21 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 21 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Health 340 New Ambulance Officers 6 330 000 Additional support for public holiday costs 55 200 000 Additional support for depreciation expense 189 397 000 Climate Change Registers 475 000 Supplementation for the Hospitals and Charities Fund 40 744 000 VBRRA Transition Strategy — Bereaved Community Recovery Program 332 000 Yarra Valley Practitioners 450 000 292 928 000 Human Services Additional support for public holiday costs 4 000 000 Annual electricity concessions 26 200 000 Community Finance Hubs 400 000 Concessions to Pensioners and Beneficiaries 69 837 000 Homelessness Strategy 2020 700 000 National Affordable Housing Agreement Population Share indexation 7 867 000 VBRRA Transition Strategy 1 610 000 Women's Leadership 100 000 Youth Research 80 000 110 794 000 Sch. 3 -- 22 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 22 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Justice Advice to property owners — Stage 2 615 000 Anglesea fire station and community fire education centre 50 000 Bushfire education mobile units 890 000 CFA advanced early warning systems 1 800 000 CFA fire prevention planning 600 000 CFA member education and training 265 000 CFA radio communication standardisation 840 000 CFA radio communication strategy (including blackspot remediation) 1 595 000 CFA Statewide network of Incident Control Centres 4 000 000 CFA station upgrades and operational resourcing 5 150 000 CFA vegetation management research 840 000 CFA vehicle tracking system 1 700 000 Community information and education program 9 000 000 Independent implementation monitor 500 000 Integrated fire management planning 2 000 000 Metropolitan Fire and Emergency Service Board operational staff 2 770 000 Neighbourhood safer places and other shelter options 4 500 000 Office of the Fire Services Commissioner 1 411 865 Sch. 3 -- 23 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 23 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Serious Sex Offenders Strategy 1 300 000 Victoria Police arson initiative 337 600 Volunteer identification card 693 000 40 857 465 Planning and Community Development Armstrong Creek coordinated community infrastructure delivery 1 131 675 Neighbourhood Safer Places— support to local government 250 000 Bushfire Rebuild Facilitation Unit 750 000 Climate health registers 25 118 Commonwealth Games legal costs 660 264 Final commitments of the Commonwealth Games Legacy Program 954 286 Redevelopment of Frankston Oval 600 000 Frankston Regional Aquatic, Health and Wellness Centre 5 000 000 Geelong Transit City—Stage 3 774 893 Public libraries grants program 2010/11 310 000 Investment in outdoor recreation infrastructure 750 000 Mary MacKillop Canonisation celebrations 250 000 Melbourne's Hinterlands—Open Space for the Future 644 763 Princes Park Redevelopment 1 500 000 Revitalising Regional Towns program 917 706 Sch. 3 -- 24 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 24 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Regional Infrastructure Development Fund 22 446 852 Richmond Cricket Club 200 000 Skills Reform 5 280 000 Structure Planning in Melbourne's Proposed Expanded Growth Areas 5 000 000 VBRC Final Report Government Response—bushfire risk assessment planning capacity 2 031 181 VBRC Final Report Government Response—Municipal Association of Victoria operational support (asset component) 250 000 VBRC Final Report Government Response—strengthened building responses to bushfire risk 500 000 VBRRA Transition Strategy— grants for window solutions in bushfire prone areas 750 000 50 976 738 Premier and Cabinet VBRRA rephase 2 500 000 Victoria 175 celebration 365 000 International Student Care Service 25 000 Costs associated with the change of Government 7 570 000 Plan for a networked Victorian bushfire museum 200 000 State Library of Victoria— Sustainable Funding 2 500 000 13 160 000 Sch. 3 -- 25 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 25 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Primary Industries Exceptional circumstances interest rate subsidies 698 812 Forestry Review 500 000 Innovation in the agricultural sector 2 000 000 Land carbon—Private land 1 450 000 Locusts Response 20 349 812 Modernising farm service and science assets 5 301 000 National Biosecurity cost sharing arrangements 1 922 000 Powerline bushfire reduction research and trials 1 818 182 Red Imported Fire Ants 934 000 Shared benefits framework for renewable energy 49 807 State Biosecurity Incursion Response Cost 6 500 000 41 523 613 Sustainability and Environment Biodiversity monitoring 1 470 015 Bushfire recovery grants 1 584 120 Climate communities—Clean Business Fund 400 000 Gunaikurnai Native Title 279 000 Improved bushfire prevention, preparedness, response and recovery 69 337 105 Incident management team arrangements 2 250 015 Joint training of incident management teams 100 012 Sch. 3 -- 26 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 26 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Land carbon—public fund 299 980 Native vegetation and hazard mapping 796 000 Parks Victoria financial sustainability 14 134 990 State aircraft unit—Dispatch and additional aircraft 9 156 000 Victorian 2010 flood recovery package 5 185 000 VBRRA State Wide Plan— Emergency stabilisation works 1 514 000 Water and climate change resilience 950 000 107 456 237 Transport Torquay Boat Ramp 50 000 Public Transport Concession Grants 1 060 000 New VicRoads Call Centre in Ballarat 211 000 Sand Management at Lakes Entrance 2 439 000 Taxi Licence Release Project 2 315 000 Roadside Bushfire Risk Management 1 760 000 7 835 000 Sch. 3 -- 27 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 27 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Department Purpose Amount $ Treasury and Finance Contact Centre Improvement Program 1 485 823 Domestic Building Insurance Scheme—Funding for the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority 3 600 000 Myki Review 515 000 Natural Disaster Relief Funding Arrangements—Bushfires 2009 and Storms 2010 107 893 000 Regional decentralisation initiatives 1 040 000 Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Scheme 373 717 114 907 540 Parliament Parliamentary support staff 124 000 124 000 Total 1 050 260 117 ═══════════════ Sch. 3 -- 28 of 29 -- Appropriation (2012/2013) Act 2012 No. 36 of 2012 28 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ENDNOTES † Minister's second reading speech— Legislative Assembly: 1 May 2012 Legislative Council: 7 June 2012 The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act for the appropriation of certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund for the ordinary annual services of the Government for the financial year 2012/2013 and for other purposes." 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