New Zealand Legislation: Acts

14 Content of Estimates

• (1) The Estimates must state,—

  • (a) for each appropriation being sought in the first Appropriation Bill for a financial year,—

    • (i) the Vote to which the appropriation relates; and

    • (ii) the Minister responsible for the appropriation; and

    • (iii) the department that will administer the Vote containing the appropriation; and

    • (iv) the type of the appropriation (in terms of section 7); and

    • (v) the amount of each expense or capital expenditure authorised by the appropriation (in terms of section 8); and

    • (vi) the scope of the appropriation (in terms of section 9); and

    • (vii) the period of the appropriation, but only if the period is more than 1 financial year (in terms of section 10); and

  • (b) for each department, the responsible Minister for the department; and

  • (c) for each department other than an intelligence and security department, the projected balance of net assets for the department at the end of the financial year (in terms of section 23(1)(c)).

  (2) The Minister may, in addition to the information referred to in this section, include in the Estimates any further information that the Minister considers necessary or desirable.

  Section 14: substituted, on 25 January 2005, by section 7 of the Public Finance Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 113).