	Title
1	Short Title
2	Grant and appropriation of $1,690,614,000 out of Consolidated Revenue Account
3	Grant and appropriation of $419,080,000 out of Works and Trading Account
4	Grant and appropriation of $204,755,000 out of accounts outside the Public Account
5	Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of $47,004,531
6	Authority to write off losses of public money and public stores amounting to $3,784,366
7	Authority to transfer $265,000,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts
	FIRST SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Consolidated Revenue Account for the Year 1972–73
	SECOND SCHEDULE Appropriation Out of Works and Trading Account for the Year 1972–73
	THIRD SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1972–73
	FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Statement for the Year 1971–72
	FIFTH SCHEDULE Amounts Written Off (for details see B. 7 [Pt. 1])
	SIXTH SCHEDULE Transfers Authorised from National Development Loans Account for the Year 1972-73
	Administrative information

An Act to appropriate and apply certain sums of money out of the Consolidated Revenue Account and other accounts to the services of the year ending with the 31st day of March 1973, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this year

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,-We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the House of Representatives of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, towards making good the supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this year, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the sums hereinafter mentioned, and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted: And be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act 1972.

(2)

This Act relates to the year ending with the 31st day of March 1973 (hereinafter referred to as this year).

2 Grant and appropriation of $1,690,614,000 out of Consolidated Revenue Account

(1)

The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Account, towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Account during this year under section 49 of the Public Revenues Act 1953 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of $1,690,614,000.

(2)

The sums hereinbefore authorised to be applied together with the fees collected by such public officers as are authorised to retain them instead of salary, are hereby appropriated for the services expressed in the several votes specified in the First Schedule to this Act.

3 Grant and appropriation of $419,080,000 out of Works and Trading Account

(1)

The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Works and Trading Account, towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of the Works and Trading Account during this year under section 49 of the Public Revenues Act 1953 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of $419,080,000.

(2)

The sums hereinbefore authorised to be applied are hereby appropriated for the services expressed in the several votes specified in the Second Schedule to this Act.

4 Grant and appropriation of $204,755,000 out of accounts outside the Public Account

(1)

The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the accounts outside the Public Account mentioned in the Third Schedule to this Act, towards making good the supplies granted to Her Majesty for the services of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and paid out of those accounts during this year under section 49 of the Public Revenues Act 1953 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of $204,755,000.

(2)

The sums hereinbefore authorised to be applied are hereby appropriated for the services expressed in the several votes specified in the Third Schedule to this Act.

5 Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of $47,004,531

Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of sections 51 and 76 of the Public Revenues Act 1953, issued during the year that ended with the 31st day of March 1972, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, the respective sums mentioned in the Fourth Schedule to this Act, out of the Consolidated Revenue Account and the other accounts mentioned in the said Schedule, amounting in the whole to the sum of $47,004,531, and has caused those sums to be applied to the several services mentioned in the said Fourth Schedule: Be it therefore enacted that the application of the said sums is hereby sanctioned.

6 Authority to write off losses of public money and public stores amounting to $3,784,366

Whereas the losses of public money and public stores specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act have occurred, amounting in the whole to $3,784,366: Be it therefore enacted as follows:

(1)

The amounts specified in the said Fifth Schedule, being sums of public money and the value of public stores, are hereby written off.

(2)

No person, other than an accounting officer within the meaning of the Public Revenues Act 1953, shall be deemed to be discharged, by reason only of the fact that the said amounts are written off, from any liability in respect of any public money or public stores (other than debts remitted) to which this section applies.

7 Authority to transfer $265,000,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts

There may be transferred from the National Development Loans Account to the respective accounts mentioned in the Sixth Schedule to this Act any sums which, together with the sums that have been so transferred during this year under section 12 of the New Zealand Loans Act 1953 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed in respect of any such account the appropriate amount specified in that Schedule and do not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $265,000,000.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Consolidated Revenue Account for the Year 1972–73

Section 2(2)

Page No. B. 7 [Pt. I]	Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
			$(000)
164	1	Legislative	1,630
18	2	Agriculture	97,700
27	3	Audit	1,220
30	4	Broadcasting	27
31	5	Crown Law	286
34	6	Customs	4,530
40	7	Defence	128,175
53	8	Education	358,000
70	9	Foreign Affairs	22,260
81	10	Forest Service (Programmes I and II)	4,708
91	11	Government Printing Office	10,200
97	12	Health	321,750
111	13	Industries and Commerce	6,750
122	14	Inland Revenue	10,930
127	15	Internal Affairs	11,160
139	16	Justice	20,000
147	17	Labour	9,200
155	18	Lands and Survey (Programmes I to III)	8,944
168	19	Maori and Island Affairs (Programmes I to VI)	9,612
177	20	Marine	5,380
186	21	Mines (Programme I)	1,791
192	22	Police	25,230
204	23	Prime Minister’s Department	120
221	24	Scientific and Industrial Research	15,245
206	25	Security Intelligence Service	487
228	26	Social Welfare	487,000
238	27	Stabilisation	35,160
239	28	State Advances Corporation	29
243	29	State Services Commission	3,455
248	30	Statistics	3,080
252	31	Tourist and Publicity	7,170
260	32	Transport (Programmes I to IV)	28,565
272	33	Treasury	2,890
277	34	Valuation	2,880
280	35	Works (Programmes I to V)	45,050
		TOTAL	1,690,614

SECOND SCHEDULE Appropriation Out of Works and Trading Account for the Year 1972–73

Section 3(2)

Page No. B. 7 [Pt. I]	Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
			$(000)
64	36	Electric Supply	113,000
81	10	Forest Service (Programmes III and IV)	42,992
155	18	Lands and Survey (Programme IV)	25,906
168	19	Maori and Island Affairs (Programmes VII and VIII)	12,228
186	21	Mines (Programme II)	13,769
210	37	Railways	155,300
260	32	Transport (Programme V)	6,635
280	35	Works (Programmes VI to VIII)	49,250
		TOTAL	419,080

THIRD SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1972–73

Section 4

Page No. B. 7 [Pt. I]	Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
		EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND	$(000)
51	38	Earthquake and War Damage	285
		GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
88	39	Government Life Insurance	2,320
		POST OFFICE ACCOUNT
197	40	Post Office	193,600
		PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
207	41	Public Trust Office	4,410
		STATE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
240	42	State Insurance Office	4,140
		TOTAL	204,755

FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Statement for the Year 1971–72

Section 5

	$	$	$
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE ACCOUNT
For Services not Provided for
Department of Education
Ex gratia payment of school boarding allowances		500
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Purchase of vessel for oceanographic research		158,000
		158,500
For Services in Excess of Votes
Vote—Agriculture	2,927,801
Vote—Audit	11,856
Vote—Crown Law	18,779
Vote—Customs	235,605
Vote—Defence	5,578,803
Vote—Education	13,759,893
Vote—Foreign Affairs	153,344
Vote—Forest Service	133,086
Vote—Government Printing Office	242,754
Vote—Health	4,124,857
Vote—Industries and Commerce	291,422
Vote—Inland Revenue	802,289
Vote—Internal Affairs	82,540
Vote—Justice	1,126,282
Vote—Lands and Survey	206,268
Vote—Legislative	107,567
Vote—Maori and Island Affairs	980,437
Vote—Marine	167,417
Vote—Police	819,032
Vote—Prime Minister’s Department	13,737
Vote—Public Works and Services	2,403,723
Vote—Roads, etc.	58,897
Vote—Scientific and Industrial Research	481,516
Vote—Security Intelligence Service	39,484
Vote—Social Security	3,532,390
Vote—Stabilisation	1,630,470
Vote—Statistics	186,115
Vote—Tourist and Publicity	34,581
Vote—Transport	338,161
		40,489,106
Total, Consolidated Revenue Account			40,647,606
WORKS AND TRADING ACCOUNT
For Services not Provided for
Department of Lands and Survey—
Compensation paid to an estate		30,834
For Services in Excess of Votes
Vote—Electric Supply	189,548
Vote—Public Buildings	697,496
Vote—University and Technical Institute Buildings	893,354
Vote—Working Railways	1,241,518
		3,021,916
			3,052,750
NATIONAL ROADS FUND
Ex gratia payments in lieu of refunds of motor spirits duty, etc.		1,445
Entertainment expenses		1,040
Study award contributions and scholarships, etc.		3,400
			5,885
ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT
EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND
For Services in Excess of Votes
Vote—Earthquake and War Damage			39,592
GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
For Services in Excess of Votes
Vote—Government Life Insurance			60,519
POST OFFICE ACCOUNT
For Services in Excess of Votes
Vote—Post Office			3,136,811
STATE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
For Services not Provided for
Grant to the New Zealand Defensive Driving Council		5,000
For Services in Excess of Votes
Vote—State Insurance Office		56,368
			61,368
			$47,004,531

SUMMARY

	Unauthorised Authority (Section 51(4) of the Public Revenues Act 1953, as amended by Section 5 of the Public Revenues Amendment Act 1970)	Amount Expended
	$	$
Unauthorised Expenditure
For all services	50,130,600	47,004,531

FIFTH SCHEDULE Amounts Written Off (for details see B. 7 [Pt. 1])

Section 6

Department	Value of Stores, etc.	Cash
	$	$
Agriculture	4,971	2,873
Customs	143	9,023
Education	1,380	62,343
Government Printing Office	15,373	278
Health	3,786	2,287
Industries and Commerce	15,790	361
Inland Revenue	20	228,811
Internal Affairs	24	304
Justice	9,690	1,528
Labour	243	1,115
Lands and Survey	390,630	23,431
Maori and Island Affairs	108,286	11,674
Marine	1,660	460
Mines	28,023	3,929
Ministry of Defence	2,162,482	4,046
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	36	1,820
Ministry of Transport	88,307	7,077
Ministry of Works	31,358	14,809
New Zealand Electricity	17,711	13,273
New Zealand Forest Service	10,898	34,529
Police	533	31
Post Office	39,867	142,774
Railways	218,685	16,539
Scientific and Industrial Research		32
Social Security	40	18,422
State Advances Corporation		24,907
State Insurance Office	155	98
Statistics	50	284
Tourist and Publicity	382	6,436
Treasury		195
Valuation		154
Totals	3,150,523	633,843
Total	$3,784,366

SIXTH SCHEDULE Transfers Authorised from National Development Loans Account for the Year 1972-73

Section 7

Account	Amount
	$(000)
The Post Office Account	15,000
The State Advances Corporation of New Zealand Account	85,000
The Works and Trading Account	165,000
TOTAL	265,000

This Act is administered in the Treasury.

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