Appropriation (2015/16 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2017: repealed, on 11 August 2017, by section 10 of the Appropriation (2017/18 Estimates) Act 2017 (2017 No 36).

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 capital expenditure incurred in excess of existing appropriations and approved by Minister of Finance
7	Validation of unappropriated expenses for 2015/16 financial year
8	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by Ministry of Education for 2014/15 financial year
9	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by Ministry of Health for 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years
10	Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by Ministry of Justice for 2010/11 financial year
	Schedule 1 Confirmation of capital expenditure incurred in excess, but within scope, of existing appropriations for 2015/16 financial year with approval of Minister of Finance
	Schedule 2 Validation of expenses incurred not within scope of existing appropriations and with authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year
	Schedule 3 Validation of expenses incurred in excess, but within scope, of existing appropriations and without authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year
	Schedule 4 Validation of expenses incurred not within scope of existing appropriations and without authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year
	Schedule 5 Validation of expenses incurred in advance of appropriation and without authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year
	Reprint notes

The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows:

1 Title

This Act is the Appropriation (2015/16 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2017.

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 and validate matters relating to the 2015/16 financial year; and

(b)

to validate matters relating to the 2014/15 financial year, the 2013/14 financial year, and the 2010/11 financial year.

4 Interpretation

(1)

In this Act,—

2010/11 financial year means the financial year ending with 30 June 2011

2013/14 financial year means the financial year ending with 30 June 2014

2014/15 financial year means the financial year ending with 30 June 2015

2015/16 financial year means the financial year ending with 30 June 2016.

(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 2016 is confirmed.

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

(1)

The incurring of capital expenditure approved by the Minister of Finance under section 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989 for the 2015/16 financial year and described in subsections (2) and (3) is confirmed.

(2)

The capital expenditure is the capital expenditure 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 capital expenditure are shown in column 4 of Schedule 1 alongside the existing appropriation for which the approval was given.

7 Validation of unappropriated expenses for 2015/16 financial year

(1)

The incurring of expenses by a department in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), (3), (4), or (5) is validated for the purposes of section 26C of the Public Finance Act 1989.

(2)

The circumstances in this subsection are that,—

(a)

for the 2015/16 financial year, the department incurred expenses, not within the scope of any existing appropriation, 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)

The circumstances in this subsection are that,—

(a)

for the 2015/16 financial year, the department incurred expenses in excess, but within the scope, of the existing appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 3 alongside that department; and

(b)

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

(4)

The circumstances in this subsection are that,—

(a)

(b)

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

(5)

The circumstances in this subsection are that,—

(a)

for the 2015/16 financial year, the department incurred expenses in advance of the appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 5 alongside that department; and

(b)

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

(6)

In this section,—

department means a department specified in column 1 of, as appropriate, Schedule 2, 3, 4, or 5

expenses means the amount of expenses set out in column 4 of, as appropriate, Schedule 2, 3, 4, or 5 alongside the relevant department.

8 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by Ministry of Education for 2014/15 financial year

(1)

The incurring of expenses by the Ministry of Education in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated for the purposes of section 26C of the Public Finance Act 1989.

(2)

The circumstances are that,—

(a)

for the 2014/15 financial year, the Ministry of Education incurred expenses of $23,391,000 in excess, but within the scope, of the appropriation authorised by section 6 of the Appropriation (2014/15 Estimates) Act 2014 for Vote Education for the category of non-departmental other expenses “Early Childhood Education” (as varied by section 6 of the Appropriation (2014/15 Supplementary Estimates) Act 2015); and

(b)

the expenses referred to in paragraph (a)—

(i)

were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act; and

(ii)

are in addition to the expenses confirmed in relation to the appropriation referred to in paragraph (a) by section 6 of the Appropriation (2014/15 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2016.

9 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by Ministry of Health for 2013/14 and 2014/15 financial years

(1)

The incurring of expenses by the Ministry of Health in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) or (3) is validated for the purposes of section 26C of the Public Finance Act 1989.

(2)

The circumstances in this subsection are that,—

(a)

for the 2013/14 financial year, the Ministry of Health incurred expenses of $6,380,000 for Vote Health against the category of non-departmental other expenses “Health Sector Projects”; and

(b)

the expenses referred to in paragraph (a)—

(i)

were not within the scope of any existing appropriation; and

(ii)

were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.

(3)

The circumstances in this subsection are that,—

(a)

for the 2014/15 financial year, the Ministry of Health incurred expenses of $1,221,000 for Vote Health against the category of non-departmental other expenses “Health Sector Projects”; and

(b)

the expenses referred to in paragraph (a)—

(i)

were not within the scope of any existing appropriation; and

(ii)

were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.

10 Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by Ministry of Justice for 2010/11 financial year

(1)

The incurring of expenses by the Ministry of Justice in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated for the purposes of section 26C of the Public Finance Act 1989.

(2)

The circumstances are that,—

(a)

for the 2010/11 financial year, the Ministry of Justice incurred expenses of $10,814,000 for Vote Justice against the category of departmental other expenses “Recovery from February 2011 Christchurch Earthquake”; and

(b)

the expenses referred to in paragraph (a)—

(i)

were not within the scope of any existing appropriation; and

(ii)

were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.

Schedule 1 Confirmation of capital expenditure incurred in excess, but within scope, of existing appropriations for 2015/16 financial year with approval of Minister of Finance

s 6

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

Social Development, Ministry of	Social Development	Non-Departmental Capital Expenditure
Social Development, Ministry of		Recoverable Assistance	2,158

Schedule 2 Validation of expenses incurred not within scope of existing appropriations and with authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year

s 7

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

Justice, Ministry of	Justice	Non-Departmental Other Expenses
		Compensation for Wrongly Convicted Individuals	2,521

Schedule 3 Validation of expenses incurred in excess, but within scope, of existing appropriations and without authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year

s 7

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

Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry of	Business, Science and Innovation	Non-Departmental Other Expenses
Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry of		Impairment of Crown Assets	66

Conservation, Department of	Conservation	Non-Departmental Other Expenses
		Vesting of Reserves	4,747

Culture and Heritage, Ministry for	Arts, Culture and Heritage	Non-Departmental Output Expenses
		Protection of Taonga Tūturu	254

Social Development, Ministry of	Social Development	Benefits or Related Expenses
		Accommodation Assistance	23,195

Treasury, The	Finance	Non-Departmental Other Expenses
		Crown Residual Liabilities	4

Schedule 4 Validation of expenses incurred not within scope of existing appropriations and without authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year

s 7

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

Health, Ministry of	Health	Non-Departmental Other Expenses
		Health Sector Projects	726
		Write off of costs on transfer of Burwood Hospital	1,557

Schedule 5 Validation of expenses incurred in advance of appropriation and without authority of Imprest Supply Act for 2015/16 financial year

s 7

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

Business, Innovation and Employment, Ministry of	Business, Science and Innovation	Non-Departmental Other Expenses
		Energy and Resources: The Pike River Mine Site	125

Reprints notes

1 General

This is a reprint of the Appropriation (2015/16 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2017 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 (2017/18 Estimates) Act 2017 (2017 No 36): section 10

Appropriation (2015/16 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2017