Appropriation (2013/14 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015: repealed, on 25 August 2015, by section 10 of the Appropriation (2015/16 Estimates) Act 2015 (2015 No 67).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This Act is administered by the Treasury.

1	Title
2	Commencement
3	Purpose
4	Interpretation
5	Confirmation of Order in Council directing transfer of amounts between output expense appropriations
6	Confirmation of expenses incurred in excess of existing appropriations and approved by Minister of Finance
7	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred with authority
8	Validation of unappropriated expenses and capital expenditure incurred without authority
9	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Māori Affairs
10	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Revenue
11	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Attorney-General
12	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Employment
13	Validation of departmental net asset holding
	Schedule 1 Confirmation of expenses incurred in excess of existing appropriations during 2013/14 financial year with approval of Minister of Finance
	Schedule 2 Validation of expenses incurred without appropriation but with authority of Imprest Supply Act during 2013/14 financial year
	Schedule 3 Validation of expenses and capital expenditure incurred in excess of appropriations and without authority of Imprest Supply Act during 2013/14 financial year
	Schedule 4 Validation of expenses and capital expenditure incurred without appropriation and without authority of Imprest Supply Act during 2013/14 financial year
	Schedule 5 Validation of excess departmental net asset holdings during 2013/14 financial year
	Reprint notes

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Appropriation (2013/14 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015.

2 Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.

3 Purpose

The purpose of this Act is—

(a)

to confirm financial matters relating to the 2013/14 financial year; and

(b)

to validate other financial matters relating to the 2013/14 financial year and previous financial years.

4 Interpretation

(1)

In this Act, 2013/14 financial year means the financial year ending with 30 June 2014.

(2)

Terms or expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Public Finance Act 1989 have, in this Act, the same meanings as in the Public Finance Act 1989.

5 Confirmation of Order in Council directing transfer of amounts between output expense appropriations

The Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2014 is confirmed.

6 Confirmation of expenses incurred in excess of existing appropriations and approved by Minister of Finance

(1)

The incurring of expenses approved by the Minister of Finance under section 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989 for the 2013/14 financial year and described in subsections (2) and (3) is confirmed.

(2)

The expenses are the expenses incurred in excess, but within the scope, of the existing appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 1.

(3)

The amounts of the approved expenses are shown in column 4 of Schedule 1 alongside the existing appropriation for which the approval was given.

7 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred with authority

(1)

The incurring of expenses by the department in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.

(2)

The circumstances are that,—

(a)

for the 2013/14 financial year, the department incurred expenses without appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act (except as provided in paragraph (b)) against the categories of expenses set out in column 3 of Schedule 2 alongside that department; and

(b)

the expenses referred to in paragraph (a) were incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.

(3)

In this section,—

department means the department specified in column 1 of Schedule 2

expenses means the amount of expenses set out in column 4 of Schedule 2 alongside the department.

8 Validation of unappropriated expenses and capital expenditure incurred without authority

(1)

The incurring of expenses and capital expenditure by a department in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.

(2)

The circumstances are that,—

(a)

for the 2013/14 financial year, the department incurred—

(i)

expenses or capital expenditure in excess of the existing appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 3 alongside that department; or

(ii)

expenses or capital expenditure without appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act against the categories of expenses or capital expenditure set out in column 3 of Schedule 4 alongside that department; and

(b)

the expenses and capital expenditure referred to in paragraph (a) were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.

(3)

In this section,—

capital expenditure means the amount of capital expenditure set out in column 4 of, as appropriate, Schedule 3 or 4 alongside the relevant department

department means a department specified in column 1 of, as appropriate, Schedule 3 or 4

expenses means the amount of expenses set out in column 4 of, as appropriate, Schedule 3 or 4 alongside the relevant department.

9 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Māori Affairs

(1)

The incurring of expenses by Te Puni Kōkiri in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.

(2)

The circumstances are that—

(a)

Te Puni Kōkiri incurred non-departmental other expenses of—

(i)

$7,000 for the financial year ending with 30 June 2013; and

(ii)

$7,000 for the 2013/14 financial year; and

(b)

each of the amounts referred to in paragraph (a) was incurred for fees and travel of members of the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Reserves Board in accordance with clause 6 of Schedule 4 of the Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Claims Settlement Act 2012 in respect of Vote Māori Affairs without appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act.

10 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Revenue

(1)

The incurring of expenses by the Inland Revenue Department in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.

(2)

The circumstances are that—

(a)

the Inland Revenue Department incurred benefits and other unrequited expenses of $2 million for the financial year ending with 30 June 2003; and

(b)

the amount referred to in paragraph (a)—

(i)

was incurred for paid parental leave payments in respect of Vote Revenue without appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act; and

(ii)

is in addition to the amount referred to in section 9(2)(a)(i) of the Appropriation (2012/13 Financial Review) Act 2014.

11 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Attorney-General

(1)

The incurring of expenses by the Crown Law Office in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.

(2)

The circumstances are that—

(a)

the Crown Law Office incurred departmental output expenses of $225,000 for the financial year ending with 30 June 2013; and

(b)

the amount referred to in paragraph (a) was incurred for the supervision and conduct of Crown prosecutions and appeals in respect of Vote Attorney-General without appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act.

12 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred without authority in respect of Vote Employment

(1)

The incurring of expenses by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.

(2)

The circumstances are that—

(a)

the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment incurred departmental output expenses of $230,000 for the financial year ending with 30 June 2013; and

(b)

the amount referred to in paragraph (a) was incurred for policy advice and related outputs in respect of Vote Employment without appropriation, or other authority, by or under an Act.

13 Validation of departmental net asset holding

(1)

The excess amount of net asset holding described in subsection (2) in a department is validated.

(2)

The excess amount of net asset holding is the amount of net assets, as set out in column 3 of Schedule 5, in the department that, during or at the end of the 2013/14 financial year, exceeded the most recent projected balance of net assets for that department.

(3)

In this section,—

department means a department specified in column 1 of Schedule 5

most recent projected balance of net assets means the most recent projected balance of net assets for a department at the end of the 2013/14 financial year—

(a)

at the time when that projected balance was exceeded; and

(b)

as set out in column 2 of Schedule 5.

Schedule 1 Confirmation of expenses incurred in excess of existing appropriations during 2013/14 financial year with approval of Minister of Finance

s 6

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Administering department	Vote	Appropriation	Amount $(000)

Education, Ministry of	Education	Non-departmental output expenses
Education, Ministry of		School Transport	297

		Non-departmental other expenses
		Early Childhood Education	21,482

Schedule 2 Validation of expenses incurred without appropriation but with authority of Imprest Supply Act during 2013/14 financial year

s 7(2)(a), (3)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Administering department	Vote	Appropriation	Amount $(000)

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority	Canterbury Earthquake Recovery	Non-departmental other expenses
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority	Canterbury Earthquake Recovery	Reimbursement of interest costs incurred by Christchurch City Council	9,095

Schedule 3 Validation of expenses and capital expenditure incurred in excess of appropriations and without authority of Imprest Supply Act during 2013/14 financial year

s 8(2)(a)(i), (3)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Administering department	Vote	Appropriation	Amount $(000)

Business, Innovation, and Employment, Ministry of	Economic Development	Non-departmental capital expenditure
Business, Innovation, and Employment, Ministry of	Economic Development	Venture Investment Fund	4,481

	Labour	Departmental output expenses
		Health and Safety Services	2,982

Culture and Heritage, Ministry for	Arts, Culture and Heritage	Non-departmental output expenses
Culture and Heritage, Ministry for		Protection of Taonga Tūturu	126

Education, Ministry of	Education	Departmental output expenses
		Policy Advice	587

	Tertiary Education	Departmental output expenses
	Tertiary Education	Policy Advice	509

Internal Affairs, Department of	Internal Affairs	Non-departmental other expenses
		Digital Literacy and Connection	1,600

Pacific Island Affairs, Ministry of	Pacific Island Affairs	Departmental output expenses
		Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing MCOA	175

Primary Industries, Ministry for	Food Safety	Departmental output expenses
		Assurance	1,384
		Standards	123

Treasury	Finance	Non-departmental other expenses
		Impairment of Loans to Taitokerau Forest Limited	61

Schedule 4 Validation of expenses and capital expenditure incurred without appropriation and without authority of Imprest Supply Act during 2013/14 financial year

s 8(2)(a)(ii), (3)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Administering department	Vote	Category of expenses	Amount $(000)

Business, Innovation, and Employment, Ministry of	Commerce	Non-departmental other expenses
Business, Innovation, and Employment, Ministry of		Write down of debts owed to the Crown	1,994

	Employment	Departmental output expenses
		Policy Advice and Related Outputs MCOA	656

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority	Canterbury Earthquake Recovery	Non-departmental other expenses
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority	Canterbury Earthquake Recovery	Loss on Valuation of Land	62,463
		Loss on Valuation of Land Held for Sale	606
		Movement in Demolition Debt Provision	4,003
		Movement in Provision for Vesting of Anchor Project Land	35,454
		Transaction and Demolition Costs of Anchor Project Land	24,955

		Non-departmental capital expenditure
		Christchurch Bus Interchange	3,093

Crown Law Office	Attorney-General	Departmental output expenses
Crown Law Office		Supervision and Conduct of Crown Prosecutions and Appeals MCOA	747

Inland Revenue Department	Revenue	Benefits and other unrequited expenses
		Paid Parental Leave Payments	67,689

Schedule 5 Validation of excess departmental net asset holdings during 2013/14 financial year

s 13

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Department	Most recent projected balance of net assets at 30 June 2014 at time when exceeded $(000)	Amount of net assets in excess of projected balance $(000)

Customs Service, New Zealand	136,780	38

Defence Force, New Zealand	5,279,585	259,252

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Appropriation (2013/14 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 Legal status

Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment. Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official electronic version also has official status.

3 Editorial and format changes

Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sections 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.

4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint

Appropriation (2015/16 Estimates) Act 2015 (2015 No 67): section 10

Appropriation (2013/14 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2015