Page 1239 - Week 03 - Thursday, 31 March 2011

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(1) and (2) The use of the terms Outputs and Output Classes are used by the government to categorise the various services provided by government agencies. It has been recognised for many years that, as it is not a government agency, it is not appropriate for the services provided by the Legislative Assembly Secretariat to be aligned to Outputs and Output Classes. In this regard, section 12(2) of the Financial Management Act 1996 specifically removes this obligation from the Legislative Assembly Secretariat.

Similarly, the services provided by the Legislative Assembly Secretariat are not organised into programs – all of the activity of the Secretariat contributes to a single purpose which is to assist and support the operations of the Assembly.

However, expenses incurred in operating the Secretariat Departmental budget are broadly classified into one of 12 cost centres, which are as follows:

(3)

As discussed in (1) and (2) above, the Legislative Assembly Secretariat’'s activities are not organised into programs. The budgeted cost for the Legislative Assembly Secretariat for 2010-2011 is:

The Departmental breakdown by cost centre is:

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