Appropriation Act 1986
Appropriation Act 1986
Appropriation Act 1986
Appropriation Act 1986
Public Act |
1986 No 125 |
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Date of assent |
18 December 1986 |
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Contents
An Act to issue and apply certain sums of money out of the Public Account and other accounts to the service of the year ending with the 31st day of March 1987, and to appropriate the supply 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 1986.
(2)
This Act relates to the year ending with the 31st day of March 1987 (hereinafter referred to as this year).
2 Grant and appropriation of $17,137,819,000 out of Consolidated Account
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Consolidated Account, towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and applied out of the Consolidated Account during this year under section 54 of the Public Finance Act 1977 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of $17,137,819,000.
(2)
The sums to which subsection (1) of this section relates are hereby appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the First Schedule to this Act.
3 Grant and appropriation of $676,773,000 out of Loans Account
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the Loans Account, towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and applied out of the Loans Account during this year under section 54 of the Public Finance Act 1977 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of $676,773,000.
(2)
The sums to which subsection (1) of this section relates are hereby appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Second Schedule to this Act.
4 Grant and appropriation of $1,921,713,000 out of accounts outside the Public Account
(1)
The Minister of Finance may issue and apply out of the accounts outside the Public Account specified in the Third Schedule to this Act, towards making good the supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of this year, any sums which, together with the sums that have been issued and applied out of those accounts during this year under sections 54 and 68 of the Public Finance Act 1977 and the Imprest Supply Acts passed during this year, do not exceed the sum of $1,921,713,000.
(2)
The sums to which subsection (1) of this section relates are hereby appropriated for the services and purposes expressed in the several votes specified in the Third Schedule to this Act.
5 Transfers from Loans Account to Consolidated Account not to exceed $9,426,000,000
The maximum amount that may be transferred from the Loans Account to the Consolidated Account in respect of this year shall be $9,426,000,000.
6 Unauthorised expenditure of $55,505,000 sanctioned
Whereas the Minister of Finance has, under the authority of section 55 of the Public Finance Act 1977, approved the expenditure during the year that ended with the 31st day of March 1986, in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, of the respective sums specified in the Fourth Schedule to this Act, out of the Consolidated Account amounting in the whole to the sum of $55,505,000: And whereas those sums have been issued and applied for the several services and purposes specified in that Schedule: Be it therefore enacted that the issue and application of those sums is hereby sanctioned.
7 Writing off of losses of public money and public stores amounting to $802,055,213
Whereas the losses of public money and public stores specified in the Fifth Schedule to this Act have occurred, amounting in the whole to $302,055,213: Be it therefore enacted that the amounts specified in that Schedule are hereby written off.
8 Transitional provision in respect of Department of Conservation
Notwithstanding anything in section 2 of this Act or in section 53 of the Public Finance Act 1977,—
(a)
Any part of the sum of $139,650,000 appropriated by section 2(2) of this Act for the services and purposes of the Vote Lands and Survey may, pursuant to section 2(1) of this Act, be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Account not only for the services and purposes of the Department of Lands and Survey but also for the services and purposes of the Department of Conservation—
(i)
As if the Vote Lands and Survey, were the Vote Conservation; and
(ii)
As if the services and purposes set out in the estimates for this year (B. 7 [PT. I]) as the services and purposes of the Department of Lands and Survey were services and purposes of the Department of Conservation; and
(b)
Any part of the sum of $361,377,000 appropriated by section 2(2) of this Act for the services and purposes of the Vote Forest Service may, pursuant to section 2(1) of this Act, be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Account not only for the services and purposes of the New Zealand Forest Service but also for the services and purposes of the Department of Conservation—
(i)
As if the Vote Forest Service were the Vote Conservation; and
(ii)
As if the services and purposes set out in the estimates for this year (B. 7 [Pt. I]) as the services and purposes of the New Zealand Forest Service were services and purposes of the Department of Conservation; and
(c)
Any part of the sum of $155,293,000 appropriated by section 2(2) of this Act for the services and purposes of the Vote Internal Affairs may, pursuant to section 2(1) of this Act, be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Account not only for the services and purposes of the Department of Internal Affairs but also for the services and purposes of the Department of Conservation—
(i)
As if the Vote Internal Affairs were the Vote Conservation; and
(ii)
As if the services and purposes set out in the estimates for this year (B. 7 [Pr. I]) as the services and purposes of the Department of Internal Affairs were services and purposes of the Department of Conservation.
9 Transitional provision in respect of Department of Survey and Land Information
Notwithstanding anything in section 2 of this Act or in section 53 of the Public Finance Act 1977, any part of the sum of $139,650,000 appropriated by section 2(2) of this Act for the services and purposes of the Vote Lands and Survey may, pursuant to section 2(1) of this Act, be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Account not only for the services and purposes of the Department of Lands and Survey but also for the services and purposes of the Department of Survey and Land Information—
(a)
As if the Vote Lands and Survey were the Vote Survey and Land Information; and
(b)
As if the services and purposes set out in the estimates for this year (B.7 [Pt. I]) as the services and purposes of the Department of Lands and Survey were services and purposes of the Department of Survey and Land Information.
10 Transitional provision in respect of Ministry of Forestry
Notwithstanding anything in section 2 of this Act or in section 53 of the Public Finance Act 1977, any part of the sum of $361,377,000 appropriated by section 2(2) of this Act for the services and purposes of the Vote Forest Service may, pursuant to section 2(1) of this Act, be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Account not only for the services and purposes of the New Zealand Forest Service but also for the services and purposes of the Ministry of Forestry—
(a)
As if the Vote Forest Service were the Vote Forestry; and
(b)
As if the services and purposes set out in the estimates for this year (B.7 [Pt. I]) as the services and purposes of the New Zealand Forest Service were services and purposes of the Ministry of Forestry.
11 Transitional provision in respect of Ministry for the Environment
Notwithstanding anything in section 2 of this Act or in section 53 of the Public Finance Act 1977, any part of the sum of $2,279,000 appropriated by section 2(2) of this Act for the services and purposes of the Vote Commission for the Environment may, pursuant to section 2(1) of this Act, be issued and applied out of the Consolidated Account not only for the services and purposes of the Commission for the Environment but also for the services and purposes of the Ministry for the Environment—
(a)
As if the Vote Commission for the Environment were the Vote Environment; and
(b)
As if the services and purposes set out in the estimates for this year (B.7 [Pt. I]) as the services and purposes of the Commission for the Environment were services and purposes of the Ministry for the Environment.
12 Repeals
The enactments specified in the Sixth Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed.
Schedules
First Schedule Appropriations Out of Consolidated Account for the Year 1986–87
Section 2(2)
| Estimates (B.7 [Pr. I]) Page No. | Vote No. | VOTE | Appropriation |
|---|---|---|---|
| $(000) | |||
| 19 | 1 | Accident Compensation | 209 |
| 20 | 2 | Agriculture and Fisheries | 343,873 |
| 29 | 3 | Audit | 15,732 |
| 31 | 4 | Broadcasting | 253 |
| 32 | 5 | Building Performance Guarantee Corporation | 21 |
| 34 | 6 | Conservation | 3,095 |
| 38 | 7 | Crown Law | 5,732 |
| 40 | 8 | Customs | 60,502 |
| 43 | 9 | Defence | 1,059,574 |
| 50 | 10 | Education | 2,586,835 |
| 66 | 11 | Energy (Programme I) | 336,447 |
| 75 | 12 | Environment, Commission for the | 2,279 |
| 77 | 13 | Environment | 835 |
| 79 | 14 | Environment, Parliamentary Commissioner for the | 193 |
| 81 | 15 | Foreign Affairs | 269,007 |
| 93 | 16 | Forest Service | 361,377 |
| 100 | 17 | Forestry | 1,060 |
| 103 | 18 | Government Computing Service | 1 |
| 105 | 19 | Government Life Insurance Corporation | 40 |
| 106 | 20 | Government Printing Office | 45 |
| 109 | 21 | Health | 2,781,968 |
| 135 | 22 | Housing Corporation (Programmes I and II) | 316,600 |
| 138 | 23 | Inland Revenue | 425,341 |
| 146 | 24 | Internal Affairs | 155,293 |
| 156 | 25 | Justice | 283,678 |
| 165 | 26 | Labour | 483,445 |
| 171 | 27 | Lands and Survey | 139,650 |
| 178 | 28 | Maori Affairs | 111,967 |
| 187 | 29 | Office of the Ombudsmen | 1,437 |
| 189 | 30 | Parliamentary Service | 24,132 |
| 192 | 31 | Police | 328,723 |
| 196 | 32 | Post Office (part vote) Prime Minister’s Department | 17,194 |
| 200 | 33 | 3,223 | |
| 203 | 34 | Privacy Commissioner | 155 |
| 206 | 35 | Railways | 236 |
| 207 | 36 | Rural Banking and Finance Corporation (Programmes I and II) | 61,385 |
| 210 | 37 | Scientific and Industrial Research | 147,781 |
| 215 | 38 | Security Intelligence Service | 7,600 |
| 216 | 39 | Social Welfare | 5,810,759 |
| 226 | 40 | State Services Commission | 179,392 |
| 230 | 41 | Statistics | 37,207 |
| 235 | 42 | Survey and Land Information | 1,088 |
| 238 | 43 | Tourist and Publicity | 49,692 |
| 242 | 44 | Trade and Industry | 151,533 |
| 249 | 45 | Transport | 344,828 |
| 259 | 46 | Treasury | 28,996 |
| 262 | 47 | Valuation | 23,973 |
| 265 | 48 | Women’s Affairs | 1,501 |
| 267 | 49 | Works and Development | 171,932 |
| TOTAL | 17,137,819 |
Second Schedule Appropriations Out of Loans Account for the Year 1986–87
Section 3(2)
| Estimates (B.7 [Pr. I]) Page No. | Vote No. | VOTE | Appropriation |
|---|---|---|---|
| $(000) | |||
| 33 | 50 | Capital Participation in Crown and other organisations | 3,000 |
| 66 | 11 | Energy (Programme II) | 235,558 |
| 135 | 22 | Housing Corporation (Programmes III to V) | 88,215 |
| 196 | 32 | Post Office (part vote) | 350,000 |
| TOTAL | 676,778 |
Third Schedule Appropriations Out of Accounts Outside the Public Account for the Year 1986–87
Section 4(2)
| Estimates (B.7 [Pt. I]) Page No. | Vote No. | VOTE | Appropriation |
|---|---|---|---|
| $(000) | |||
| EARTHQUAKE AND WAR DAMAGE FUND | |||
| 49 | 51 | Earthquake and War Damage | 20 |
| POST OFFICE ACCOUNT | |||
| 196 | 32 | Post Office (part vote) | 1,921,506 |
| PUBLIC TRUSTEE’S ACCOUNT | |||
| 205 | 52 | Public Trust Office | 91 |
| STATE INSURANCE ACCOUNT | |||
| 225 | 53 | State Insurance Office | 96 |
| TOTAL | 1,921,713 |
Fourth Schedule Unauthorised Expenditure Statement for the Year 1985–86
Section 6
| CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT | $(000) | $(000) | $(000) |
|---|---|---|---|
| For Services and Purposes Not Provided For— | |||
| Vote—Trade and Industry— | |||
| Reimbursement to New Zealand Steel Development Limited for payments made on liabilities acquired by the Crown | 22,271 | ||
| Vote— Agriculture and Fisheries— | |||
| Adjustment assistance payment to the Wine Industry | 7,054 | ||
| 29,325 | |||
| For Services and Purposes in Excess of Appropriation— | |||
| Vote—Accident Compensation | 31 | ||
| Vote—Building Performance Guarantee Corporation | 1 | ||
| Vote—Commission for the Environment | 64 | ||
| Vote—Foreign Affairs | 440 | ||
| Vote—Justice | 4,960 | ||
| Vote—Maori Affairs | 1,410 | ||
| Vote—Police | 5,777 | ||
| Vote—State Services Commission | 10,346 | ||
| Vote—Tourist and Publicity | 2,082 | ||
| Vote—Treasury | 998 | ||
| Vote—Valuation | 71 | ||
| 26,180 | |||
| Total Consolidated Account | $55,505 |
| SUMMARY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unauthorised Authority (Section 55(3) of the Public Finance Act 1977) | Amount Expended | ||
| Unauthorised Expenditure | $(000) | $(000) | |
| For all services and purposes | 252,034 | 55,505 | |
Fifth Schedule Amounts Written Off
Section 7
(For details see pages 286 to 294 of the Estimates (B.7 [Pt. I]))
| Department | Value Stores, etc. | Cash |
|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | |
| Agriculture and Fisheries | 401,725 | 9,363 |
| Customs | 700 | 264,574 |
| Defence | 84,053 | 27,433 |
| Education | 35,463 | 44,415 |
| Energy | 142,581 | 2,959,368 |
| Foreign Affairs | 1,795 | 15,990 |
| Forest Service | 580,819 | 101,731 |
| Government Computing Service1 | - | 2,122 |
| Health | 1,269 | 6,186 |
| Housing Corporation | - | 160,298 |
| Inland Revenue | - | 4,177,530 |
| Internal Affairs | 10,532 | 22,227 |
| Justice | 26,087 | 6,081 |
| Labour | 523 | 1,165,571 |
| Lands and Survey | 723,190 | 6,299 |
| Maori Affairs | 274,491 | 81,421 |
| Parliamentary Service | - | 201 |
| Police | 46,314 | 24,648 |
| Post Office | 536,344 | 4,122,547 |
| Scientific and Industrial Research | 3,899 | 3,133 |
| Social Welfare | 1,207 | 1,795,401 |
| State Insurance | - | 4,925 |
| Tourist and Publicity | 1,200 | 11,696 |
| Trade and Industry | 65 | 1,966 |
| Transport | 5,824 | 38,110 |
| Treasury | 4,104 | 283,763,990 |
| Valuation | 115 | 8,509 |
| Works and Development | 225,394 | 121,784 |
| Totals | 3,107,694 | 298,947,519 |
| TOTAL | $302,055,213 |
Sixth Schedule Enactments Repealed
Section 12
1985, No. 78—The Imprest Supply Act 1985.
1985, No. 133—The Imprest Supply Act (No. 2) 1985.
1985, No. 154—The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1985.
1985, No. 155—The Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1985.
This Act is administered in the Treasury.
1 1Previously recorded under State Services Commission