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Title
- The final component of an appropriation is its title.
- Unlike amount, scope and period the title does not form part of the legal boundary of the appropriation and is not considered a formal dimension of an appropriation. The title is instead included for information purposes only.
- Good titles should be short, descriptive and jargon free. Acronyms should not be used unless well known by the public (e.g. DHBs).
- For output expenses titles should focus on the nature of the service provided. For other expenses titles should focus on the purpose or use of the appropriation.
- Titles need to be informative - generic titles like sector leadership and support, and contestable services should be avoided.
- Appropriations that have a distinguishing feature (MCOA, PLA, DDA, RDA and MYA) must include the appropriate abbreviation at the end of the title to inform users that the appropriation has that characteristic.
- No appropriations within a vote should have the same title. If the same project is funded by two appropriations (for example a departmental output class and a non-departmental output class) titles may be similar, but there must be some distinguishing feature between the two. This is also the case with permanent appropriations and revenue dependent appropriations - they must not have a title that is same as any other appropriation within the vote (in addition to also having the abbreviation at the end of the title).
- All appropriation titles must include the code for the Minister responsible for the appropriation (e.g. M1) in brackets at the end of the title.
- Titles should also be free of spelling mistakes.
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