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Financial Statements of the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ended 30 June 2009

Statement of Unappropriated Expenditure

for the year ended 30 June 2009

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 Sect ion 26B of the Public Finance Act 1989
Department
/Vote
Appropriation Supplementary
Estimates of
Appropriations
2008/09
$000
Amount in
Excess of
Appropriation
$000

Crown Law Office

Attorney-General

Departmental Output Expenses
Supervision and Conduct of Crown Prosecutions 36,492 556

Ministry of Economic Development

 

Commerce

Departmental Output Expenses
Administration of Insolvencies 13,410 158

Ministry of Education

Education

Non-Departmental Output Expenses
School Transport[1] 150,018 892

Ministry of Fisheries

Fisheries

Non-Departmental Other Expenses  
Contributions to International Organisations 300 9

Ministry of Social Development

 

Social Development

Benefits and Other Unrequited Expenses
Independent Youth Benefit 15,878 25
Sickness Benefit 612,826 645
Student Allowances 439,245 5,023

New Zealand Defence Force

 

Defence Force

Departmental Output Expenses
Land Combat Forces 357,046 3,417
Land Combat Support Forces 198,810 435
Maritime Patrol Forces 165,733 1,830
Mine Countermeasures (MCM) and MCM Diving Forces 27,685 232
Naval Combat Forces[2] 397,913 2,818
Naval Helicopter Forces 82,873 1,341
Naval Support Forces 102,089 1,218
Rotary Wing Transport Forces 128,778 87
Special Operations Forces 60,245 584

Notes

  1. The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations of $148,418,000 has been increased by $1,600,000 transferred into this Output Class by the Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2009 (SR 2009/174).
  2. The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations of $397,663,000 has been increased by $250,000 transferred into this Output Class by the Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2009 (SR 2009/174).
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