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AUDIT ACT - VARIATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATION ACT 1993-94
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MS FOLLETT (Chief Minister and Treasurer) (4.09): For the information of members, I present, pursuant to section 49B of the Audit Act 1989, variations to appropriations made in accordance with subsection 49(1) and section 49A of the Act, together with a summary of all budget supplementation by program and category, and section 7 of the Appropriation Act 1993-94 supplementation. I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the papers.
In accordance with normal budget monitoring, it has become necessary to adjust program appropriations to reflect the level of funding resulting from wage and salary increases, increased Commonwealth payments, and changed priorities within programs. In the Government's response to report No. 3 of the Public Accounts Committee, "Monitoring of Budget Supplementation by the Legislative Assembly", the Government agreed to recommendations relating to the tabling of instruments giving effect to budget variations. The relevant recommendations were:
Recommendation 1
If the Assembly is sitting when an instrument relating to any form of budget supplementation is signed, the instrument should be tabled during that sitting period. If the Assembly is not sitting, the documentation should be forwarded to the Speaker within 3 calendar days for circulation to all members.
Recommendation 2
Consistent presentation and terminology be used in the documentation of budget supplementation.
Recommendation 4
In addition to showing supplementation provided by agency and under various categories, as at present, the net effect of both individual programs and the total amount appropriated by the Assembly should be shown for each category of supplementation and in total.
Although there is no legislative requirement to table documents relating to section 7 supplementation for wage and salary adjustments, the Government agreed to table relevant instruments in the Assembly in accordance with arrangements for tabling other comparable instruments.
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