(1)
The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, direct that an amount appropriated for an output expense appropriation in a Vote be transferred, without further appropriation than this section, to another output expense appropriation in that Vote if—
the amount transferred does not increase that appropriation for a financial year by more than 5%; and
no other transfer under this section to that appropriation has occurred during that financial year; and
the total amount appropriated for that financial year for all output expense appropriations in that Vote is unaltered.
(2)
A clause that confirms the making of an Order in Council under subsection (1) in a financial year must be included in an Appropriation Bill that applies to that financial year.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not limit the validity of an Order in Council made under subsection (1) or the validity of any transfer made under that Order in Council.
(4)
In this section, output expense appropriation means—
an appropriation for 1 category of output expenses:
a multi-category appropriation that includes only categories of output expenses.
Section 26A: substituted, on 25 January 2005, by section 7 of the Public Finance Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 113).
Section 26A(4): inserted, on 8 September 2018, by section 83 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 27).