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Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ended 30 June 2008

Statement of Unappropriated Expenditure

for the year ended 30 June 2008

An appropriation is a statutory authorisation by Parliament for the incurring of expenses or capital expenditure. This Statement reports expenses or capital expenditure without appropriation and in excess, or outside the scope, of existing appropriations. This Statement also reports breaches of projected net asset balance limits set by section 22(3) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

Section 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989 authorises the Minister of Finance to approve limited amounts of expenses or capital expenditure in excess of, but within the scope, of an existing appropriation. Unappropriated amounts incurred in terms of such an approval are shown separately in this Statement.

Expenses or capital expenditure incurred without or outside the scope of appropriation or any other authority is unlawful unless validated by Parliament. Unappropriated expenses or capital expenditure in excess of the limits which the Minister of Finance can approve under section 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989 require validating legislation. Such validating legislation will be accompanied by a report to the House of Representatives that sets out the unappropriated items together with an explanation of the Minister Responsible for the expenses or capital expenditure.

Amounts in this Statement are expressed in thousands of dollars, reflecting the level at which appropriations are made.

Unappropriated expenditure approved under Section 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989
Department
Vote
Appropriation Supplementary
Estimates of
Appropriations
2007/08
$000
Amount in
Excess of
Appropriation
$000
Department of Building and Housing


Housing Benefit and Other Unrequited Expenses

Benefit and Other Unrequited Expenses
Income Related Rental Subsidy 463,363 1,802
Department of Corrections


Corrections Departmental Output Expenses

Departmental Output Expenses
Community-Based Sentences and Orders[1] 105,149 584
  Custody of Remand Prisoners[2] 128,061 591
  Information Services[3] 41,176 194
  Prisoner Employment[4] 45,067 84
  Rehabilitative Progammes and
Reintegrative Services[5]
56,928 273
Crown Law Office


Attorney-General Departmental Output Expenses

Departmental Output Expenses
Supervision and Conduct of Crown Prosecutions 34,515 168
Government Communications Security Bureau


Communications Security and Intelligence Intelligence and Security Department
Expenses and Capital Expenditure


Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure
Communications Security and Intelligence 40,345 788
Department of Internal Affairs


Ministerial Services Other Expenses to be Incurred by the Crown

Other Expenses to be Incurred by the Crown
Ministers' Internal and External Travel 10,440 156

Notes

  • [1]The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations of $104,909,000 has been increased by $240,000 by a transfer under section 26A of the Public Finance Act 1989.
  • [2]The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations of $122,951,000 has been increased by $5,110,000 by a transfer under section 26A of the Public Finance Act 1989.
  • [3]The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations of $39,216,000 has been increased by $1,960,000 by a transfer under section 26A of the Public Finance Act 1989.
  • [4]The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations of $44,567,000 has been increased by $500,000 by a transfer under section 26A of the Public Finance Act 1989.
  • [5]The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations of $59,128,000 has been decreased by $2,200,000 by a transfer under section 26A of the Public Finance Act 1989.
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