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Budget 2012 Home Page Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations and Supporting Information 2011/11

Vote Agriculture and Forestry

MINISTER(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR APPROPRIATIONS: Minister for Primary Industries (M87)

ADMINISTERING DEPARTMENT: Ministry for Primary Industries

MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR MINISTRY FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES: Minister for Primary Industries

Details of Appropriations

Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations

Details of Annual and Permanent Appropriations - Agriculture and Forestry
2011/12
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Departmental Output Expenses

Administration and Management of Crown Forestry Assets (M87)

This appropriation is limited to administration and management of the Crown's interest in forests and forestry-related assets.		1,7093162,025

Administration of Grants and Programmes (M87)

This appropriation is limited to the administration of government approved schemes, grants and assistance to the land-based sectors.		10,507(382)10,125

Animal Welfare Education and Enforcement (M87)

This appropriation is limited to standard setting, education and enforcement intended to improve animal welfare in New Zealand.		4,7298265,555

Implementation of the Emissions Trading Scheme and Indigenous Forestry (M87)

This appropriation is limited to the implementation of the agriculture and forestry provisions of the Climate Change Response Act 2002 and the indigenous forestry provisions of the Forests Act 1949.		12,5392,37614,915

Policy Advice MCOA (M87)

35,395(1,355)34,040
Agriculture and Forestry Policy Advice
This output class is limited to policy advice, developing and administering legislation, communication, and implementation on economic, environmental and social matters affecting land based sectors, and ministerial servicing.		23,7121,07224,784
Animal Welfare Policy Advice
This output class is limited to policy advice and analysis on animal welfare, and ministerial servicing.		9928061,798
Climate Change Policy Advice
This output class is limited to policy advice, developing and administering legislation, communication, and implementation on climate change matters affecting land based sectors, and ministerial servicing.		10,691(3,233)7,458

Support Services and Infrastructure to Other Agencies RDA (M87)

This appropriation is limited to the provision of support services to other agencies, including financial, personnel and information technology services and subleasing of surplus accommodation.		6008608

Total Departmental Output Expenses

65,4791,78967,268

Non-Departmental Output Expenses

Climate Change Research (M87)

This appropriation is limited to obtaining science, research, technology, capacity and capability in climate change related to the primary land-based sectors.		9,200-9,200

Management of Crown Forestry Assets (M87)

Payments for forest and asset management of Crown forests established on both Crown-Owned and leased Maori land and 13 leases of Crown-Owned land to other parties for forestry purposes.		106,688(11,885)94,803

Support for Walking Access (M87)

This appropriation is limited to the operation of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission.		1,789-1,789

Total Non-Departmental Output Expenses

117,677(11,885)105,792

Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses

Rural Veterinarians Bonding Scheme (M87)

This appropriation is limited to the provision of payments to veterinary professionals agreeing to work in understaffed, rural areas, in accordance with government approved criteria and guidelines.		1,430(400)1,030

Total Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses

1,430(400)1,030

Non-Departmental Other Expenses

Adverse Climatic Events (M87)

This appropriation is limited to providing recovery assistance to the primary sector in the aftermath of adverse climatic events and assistance to rural support trusts.		526-526

Afforestation Grant Scheme (M87)

This appropriation is limited to Afforestation Grant Scheme grants.		7,020(812)6,208

Community Irrigation Fund and Schemes (M87)

This appropriation is limited to Community Irrigation Fund grants and operating and maintaining Crown irrigation schemes.		2,184(184)2,000

East Coast Afforestation Grants (M87)

This appropriation is limited to grants under the Forestry (East Coast) Grants Regulations 1992.		5,286635,349

Hill Country Erosion Fund (M87)

This appropriation is limited to projects that protect erosion-prone hill country.		2,200-2,200

Primary Growth Partnership (M87)

This appropriation is limited to primary, food and forestry sector investment in education and skills development, research and development, product development, commercialisation, market development and technology transfer, in partnership with relevant industry groups, including research related to greenhouse gases via the Centre for Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research.		83,213(44,681)38,532

Subscriptions to International Organisations (M87)

This appropriation is limited to New Zealand's membership of agricultural and forestry related international organisations.		2,328(472)1,856

Sustainable Farming Fund (M87)

This appropriation is limited to community driven programmes aimed at improving economic and environmental performance.		8,8501,60010,450

Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses

111,607(44,486)67,121

Departmental Capital Expenditure

Ministry for Primary Industries- Capital Expenditure PLA (M87)

This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Ministry for Primary Industries, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.		27,775(8,967)18,808

Total Departmental Capital Expenditure

27,775(8,967)18,808

Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations

323,968(63,949)260,019
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