This Act is the Appropriation (1999/2000 Financial Review) Act 2001.

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

This Act sanctions, confirms, and validates financial matters relating to the financial year ended on 30 June 2000.

The Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2000 (SR 2000/112) is sanctioned.

The incurring of expenses and liabilities approved by the Minister of Finance under section 12 of the Public Finance Act 1989 for the financial year ended 30 June 2000 and described in subsections (2) and (3) is confirmed.

The expenses and liabilities are the expenses and liabilities incurred in excess of appropriation by Parliament on the classes of outputs, categories of benefit expenses, categories of other expenses, and categories of capital contributions to other persons or organisations shown in column 3 of the Schedule.

The approved expenses are shown in each case in column 4 of that schedule against the class of outputs, the category of benefit expense, or the category of other expenses for which the approval was given, and the approved liabilities are shown in each case in column 5 of that schedule against the category of capital contribution for which the approval was given.

The incurring of expenses of $244,000 by the Crown Law Office for the financial year ended 30 June 2000 in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.

The circumstances were that,—