Heading: inserted, on 25 January 2005, by section 7 of the Public Finance Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 113).
(1)
Before an appropriation in a Vote administered by an Office of Parliament may be included in an Appropriation Bill for a financial year, the chief executive of the Office concerned must prepare and submit to the House of Representatives the following information:
an estimate of expenses and capital expenditure to be incurred for—
each proposed appropriation; and
each proposed category of expenses or non-departmental capital expenditure within a multi-category appropriation; and
the revenue of the Office (including the revenue associated with each proposed expenses appropriation and each proposed category of expenses within a multi-category appropriation).
(2)
Before an authorisation for a capital injection to be made to an Office of Parliament may be included in an Appropriation Bill for a financial year, the chief executive of the Office concerned must submit to the House of Representatives the amount of the proposed capital injection.
(3)
The House of Representatives, after considering the information provided under subsections (1) and (2), may for each Office of Parliament commend to the Governor-General, by way of an address,—
the estimates referred to in subsection (1)(a); and
the capital injection referred to in subsection (2).
(4)
The House of Representatives may, in that address, request that the estimates be included as a Vote, and the capital injection be authorised, in an Appropriation Bill for that year.
(5)
If the Vote or authorisation is included in an Appropriation Bill for that year, this Part applies, with all necessary modifications, as if references to a department were references to an Office of Parliament.
(6)
An alteration to the Vote or authorisation during that year is subject to the provisions of this section.
Section 26E: replaced, on 1 July 2014, by section 77 of the Public Finance Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 50).