	Title
1	Short Title
2	Grant and appropriation of $1,970,390,000 out of Consolidated Revenue Account
3	Grant and appropriation of $478,482,000 out of Works and Trading Account
4	Grant and appropriation of $222,480,000 out of accounts outside the Public Account
5	Indemnity as to unauthorised expenditure of $44,940,186
6	Authority to write off losses of public money and public stores amounting to $1,798,704
7	Authority to transfer $330,000,000 from National Development Loans Account to other accounts
	FIRST SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Consolidated Revenue Account for the Year 1973–74
	SECOND SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Works and Trading Account for the Year 1973–74
	THIRD SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1973–74
	FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Statement for the Year 1972–73
	FIFTH SCHEDULE Amounts Written Off (for details see B. 7 [Pt. 1]
	SIXTH SCHEDULE Transfers Authorised From National Development Loans Account for the Year 1973–74
	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 1974, 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 1973.

(2)

This Act relates to the year ending with the 31st day of March 1974 (hereinafter referred to as this year).

2 Grant and appropriation of $1,970,390,000 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 $1,970,390,000.

(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 $478,482,000 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 $478,482,000.

(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 $222,480,000 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 $222,480,000.

(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 $44,940,186

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 1973, 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 $44,940,186, 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 $1,798,704

Whereas the losses of public money and public stores specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act have occurred, amounting in the whole to $1,798,704: 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 $330,000,000 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 $330,000,000.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Consolidated Revenue Account for the Year 1973–74

Section 2(2)

Page No. B. 7 [Pt. I]	Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
			$(000)
18	1	Accident Compensation	18
19	2	Agriculture and Fisheries (Programmes I to VIII)	86,100
30	3	Audit	1,460
33	4	Broadcasting	30
34	5	Crown Law	327
37	6	Customs	5,250
43	7	Defence	132,000
56	8	Education	409,200
74	9	Energy Resources	160
77	10	Foreign Affairs (Programmes I to V)	33,100
89	11	Forest Service (Programmes I and II)	5,035
99	12	Government Printing Office	10,420
105	13	Health (Programmes I to VIII)	384,780
120	14	Inland Revenue	12,100
125	15	Internal Affairs	20,675
137	16	Justice (Programmes I to VIII)	21,780
146	17	Labour	8,800
154	18	Lands and Survey (Programmes I to III)	10,040
163	19	Legislative	1,900
167	20	Maori and Island Affairs (Programmes I to VI)	11,066
177	21	Mines (Programme I)	2,572
183	22	Police (Programmes I and II)	28,450
195	23	Prime Minister’s Department	230
211	24	Scientific and Industrial Research (Programme I)	17,430
218	25	Security Intelligence Service	568
219	26	Social Welfare	583,000
229	27	Stabilisation	78,700
230	28	State Advances Corporation	29
234	29	State Services Commission	6,900
239	30	Statistics	3,800
244	31	Tourist and Publicity	7,500
252	32	Trade and Industry	11,700
263	33	Transport (Programmes I to V)	36,170
275	34	Treasury	2,980
280	35	Valuation	3,180
283	36	Works (Programmes I to IV)	32,940
		TOTAL	1,970,390

SECOND SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Works and Trading Account for the Year 1973–74

Section 3(2)

Page No. B. 7 [Pt. I]	Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
			$(000)
19	2	Agriculture and Fisheries (Programme IX)	1,800
67	37	Electric Supply	139,840
77	10	Foreign Affairs (Programmes VI)	6,000
89	11	Forest Service (Programmes III and IV)	45,785
105	13	Health (Programmes IX and X)	4,150
137	16	Justice (Programme IX)	4,000
154	18	Lands and Survey (Programme IV)	26,460
167	20	Maori and Island Affairs (Programmes VII and VIII)	14,334
177	21	Mines (Programme II)	15,653
183	22	Police (Programme III)	2,800
201	38	Railways	153,450
211	24	Scientific and Industrial Research (Programme II)	2,200
263	33	Transport (Programme VI)	5,950
283	36	Works (Programmes V to IX)	56,060
		TOTAL	478,482

THIRD SCHEDULE Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1973–74

Section 4

Page No. B. 7 [Pt. I]	Vote	SERVICE	Appropriation
		EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND	$(000)
54	39	Earthquake and War Damage	340
		GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
96	40	Government Life Insurance	2,580
		POST OFFICE ACCOUNT
188	41	Post Office	210,860
		PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT
198	42	Public Trust Office	4,530
		STATE INSURANCE ACCOUNT
231	43	State Insurance Office	4,170
		TOTAL	222,480

FOURTH SCHEDULE Unauthorised Expenditure Statement for the Year 1972–73

Section 5

	$	$	$
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE ACCOUNT
For Services Not Provided For
Department of Justice—
Ex gratia payment of legal costs incurred at Commission of Inquiry		2,000
Department of Labour—
Salary of Chairman of the Accident Compensation Commission		4,659
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries—
Loan under the special agricultural assistance fund		1,000
Department of Trade and Industry—
Wool stabilisation and price equalisation scheme		3,335,752
The Treasury—
Compensation for costs incurred arising out of the cancellation of a television warrant for a private commercial broadcasting station		50,000
		3,393,411
For Services in Excess of Votes—
Vote—Audit	85,685
Vote—Broadcasting	951
Vote—Crown Law	15,854
Vote—Customs	213,961
Vote—Education	653,324
Vote—Forest Service	98,108
Vote—Health	2,324,663
Vote—Justice	1,104,626
Vote—Maori and Island Affairs	1,057,670
Vote—Police	118,911
Vote—Scientific and Industrial Research	348,723
Vote—Security Intelligence Service	16,888
Vote—Social Welfare	20,135,378
Vote—Stabilisation	1,034,567
Vote—Statistics	5,965
Vote—Transport	205,849
Vote—Treasury	101,066
Total, Consolidated Revenue Account		27,522,189	30,915,600
WORKS AND TRADING ACCOUNT
For Services Not Provided For
Railways—
Grant to meet loss on Lake Wakatipu freight services		10,000
For Services in Excess of Votes—
Vote—Electric Supply	13,650,344
Vote—Maori and Island Affairs	320,937
Vote—Mines	4,710
		13,975,991
			13,985,991
NATIONAL ROADS FUND
Ex gratia payments in lieu of refunds of motor spirits duty, etc.		120
Ex gratia payments of contract		3,500
Entertainment expenses		3,021
Study award contributions and scholarships, etc.		2,500
			9,141
ACCOUNTS OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC ACCOUNT
EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND
For Services in Excess Of Votes—
Vote—Earthquake and War Damage			29,454
			$44,940,186

		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	59,869,800	44,940,186

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

Section 6

Department	Value of Stores, etc.	Cash
	$	$
Audit	329
Customs	64	20,920
Education	5,478	4,706
Government Printing Office	4,563	1,418
Health	8,307	442
Inland Revenue	1,241	293,273
Internal Affairs	561	53
Justice	12,106	1,149
Labour	566	4,240
Lands and Survey	388,728	17,892
Maori and Island Affairs	98,631	40,556
Mines	6,684	638
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	22,033	3,746
Ministry of Defence	69,265	8,295
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	7	3,622
Ministry of Transport	20,138	25,077
Ministry of Works	79,707	13,218
New Zealand Electricity	26,841	22,095
New Zealand Forest Service	8,705	36,839
Police	163	37
Post Office	27,507	200,049
Railways	125,728	14,082
Scientific and Industrial Research	1,226	552
Social Welfare	30	58,210
State Advances Corporation		110,869
Statistics		43
Tourist and Publicity	5	580
Treasury	4,423	485
Valuation		2,582
Totals	913,036	885,668
Total	$1,798,704

SIXTH SCHEDULE Transfers Authorised From National Development Loans Account for the Year 1973–74

Section 7

Account	Amount
	$(000)
The Post Office Account	25,000
The State Advances Corporation of New Zealand Account	105,000
The Works and Trading Account	200,000
TOTAL	330,000

This Act is administered in the Treasury.

Appropriation Act 1973