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Disability, Housing and Community Services, including a statement of reasons, dated 2 June 2009.
I seek leave to make a statement in relation to the paper.
Leave granted.
MS GALLAGHER: Madam Assistant Speaker, as required by the Financial Management Act 1996, I table an instrument issued under section 17 of the act. The direction and statement of reasons for the instrument must be tabled in the Assembly within three sitting days after it is given. This instrument relates to the 2008-09 financial year.
Section 17 of the Financial Management Act 1996 enables variations to appropriations to be increased for any increases in existing commonwealth payments by direction of the Treasurer. The Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services has received additional commonwealth funding of $2.101 million for the following grants: commonwealth state and territory disability grant and young people with disabilities grants. From 1 January 2009, these grants were combined into one payment by the commonwealth called the national disability services specific purpose payment. I commend the paper to the Assembly.
Financial Management Act—instrument
Paper and statement by minister
MS GALLAGHER (Molonglo—Treasurer, Minister for Health, Minister for Community Services and Minister for Women): For the information of members, I present the following paper:
Financial Management Act, pursuant to section 18A—Authorisation of expenditure from the Treasurer’s Advance to the ACT Planning and Land Authority, including a statement of reasons, dated 11 June 2009.
I seek leave to make a statement in relation to the paper.
Leave granted.
MS GALLAGHER: Madam Assistant Speaker, as required by the Financial Management Act 1996, I table a copy of an authorisation in relation to the Treasurer’s advance provided to the ACT Planning and Land Authority. Section 18 of the act provides for the Treasurer to authorise expenditure from the Treasurer’s advance. Section 18A of the act requires that within three sitting days after such authorisation is given the Treasurer must present to the Assembly a copy of the authorisation instrument, a statement of reasons for giving it and a summary of the total expenditure authorised under section 18 for the financial year.
This instrument provides an increase of $30,286 in expense on behalf of the territory appropriation for the ACT Planning and Land Authority to facilitate the payment of compensation to the lessees of blocks 558 and 621, district of Gungahlin, for
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