Appropriation (2008/09 Estimates) Act 2008

  • repealed
  • Appropriation (2008/09 Estimates) Act 2008: repealed, on 2 September 2009, by section 12 of the Appropriation (2009/10 Estimates) Act 2009 (2009 No 28).

Reprint as at 2 September 2009

Appropriation (2008/09 Estimates) Act 2008

Public Act2008 No 55
Date of assent12 August 2008
Commencementsee section 2

  • Appropriation (2008/09 Estimates) Act 2008: repealed, on 2 September 2009, by section 12 of the Appropriation (2009/10 Estimates) Act 2009 (2009 No 28).

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Treasury.

  • Preamble

    (1) Section 4(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989 provides that the Crown or an Office of Parliament must not incur expenses or capital expenditure except as expressly authorised by an appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act of Parliament:

    (2) Section 10 of the Public Finance Act 1989 provides that an Appropriation Act may provide that an appropriation applies for a number of financial years that exceeds 1 but does not exceed 5:

    (3) It is desirable that the Crown and Offices of Parliament be authorised, in accordance with the appropriations made by this Act,—

    • (a) to incur expenses and capital expenditure during the financial year ending with 30 June 2009; and

    • (b) to incur expenses and capital expenditure during more than 1 financial year for certain specified matters: