Vote Attorney-General - Supplementary Estimates 2017/18

Vote Attorney-General#

APPROPRIATION MINISTER(S): Attorney-General (M5)

APPROPRIATION ADMINISTRATOR: Crown Law Office

RESPONSIBLE MINISTER FOR CROWN LAW OFFICE: Attorney-General

Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#

Annual and Permanent Appropriations#

Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type	Estimates Budget $000	Supplementary Estimates Budget $000	Total Budget $000
	2017/18
Departmental Output Expenses
*Legal Advice and Representation (M5)* Providing legal advice and representation services to central government departments and Crown agencies.	22,337	-	22,337
Total Departmental Output Expenses	22,337	-	22,337
Departmental Capital Expenditure
*Crown Law Office - Capital Expenditure PLA (M5)* This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Crown Law Office, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.	627	(61)	566
Total Departmental Capital Expenditure	627	(61)	566
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure
*Law Officer Functions MCA (M5)* The overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the discharge of the Law Officers' constitutional and criminal law responsibilities.	47,945	663	48,608
Departmental Output Expenses
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions This category is limited to conducting appeals arising from Crown prosecutions.	3,278	50	3,328
Government Legal Network This category is limited to developing the collective capability, effectiveness and efficiency of government lawyers.	985	-	985
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties This category is limited to providing assistance to the Principal Law Officers in the exercise of their functions, and providing advice on constitutional, criminal law, mutual assistance and extradition matters.	4,760	593	5,353
Public Prosecution Services This category is limited to the provision and supervision of a national Crown prosecution service and oversight of public prosecutions.	38,922	20	38,942
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure	47,945	663	48,608
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations	70,909	602	71,511

Capital Injection Authorisations#

	2017/18
	Estimates Budget $000	Supplementary Estimates Budget $000	Total Budget $000
Crown Law Office - Capital Injection (M5)	-	-	-

Supporting Information#

Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#

1.2 - Trends in the Vote

Summary of Financial Activity

	2017/18
		Supplementary Estimates
	Estimates $000	Departmental Transactions $000	Non-Departmental Transactions $000	Total Transactions $000	Total $000
Appropriations
Output Expenses	22,337	-	-	-	22,337
Benefits or Related Expenses	-	N/A	-	-	-
Borrowing Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	627	(61)	-	(61)	566
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure	-	-	N/A	-	-
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA)
Output Expenses	47,945	663	-	663	48,608
Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-
Capital Expenditure	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total Appropriations	70,909	602	-	602	71,511
Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts
Tax Revenue	-	N/A	-	-	-
Non-Tax Revenue	-	N/A	-	-	-
Capital Receipts	-	N/A	-	-	-
Total Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts	-	N/A	-	-	-

Part 2 - Details of Departmental Appropriations#

2.3 - Departmental Capital Expenditure and Capital Injections#

Crown Law Office - Capital Expenditure PLA (M5)

Scope of Appropriation

This appropriation is limited to the purchase or development of assets by and for the use of the Crown Law Office, as authorised by section 24(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989.

Capital Expenditure

	2017/18
	Estimates $000	Supplementary Estimates $000	Total $000
Forests/Agricultural	-	-	-
Land	-	-	-
Property, Plant and Equipment	487	23	510
Intangibles	140	(84)	56
Other	-	-	-
Total Appropriation	627	(61)	566

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation decreased by $61,000 to $566,000 for 2017/18 due to expenditure on systems and software enhancements being deferred from 2017/18 to 2018/19.

Capital Injections and Movements in Departmental Net Assets

Crown Law Office

Details of Net Asset Schedule	2017/18 Main Estimates Projections $000	2017/18 Supplementary Estimates Projections $000	Explanation of Projected Movements in 2017/18
Opening Balance	3,140	3,023	Supplementary Estimates opening balance reflects the audited results as at 30 June 2017.
Capital Injections	-	-
Capital Withdrawals	-	-
Surplus to be Retained (Deficit Incurred)	-	(802)	Forecast reduction in memorandum account balances for 2017/18.
Other Movements	-	-
Closing Balance	3,140	2,221

Part 4 - Details of Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#

Law Officer Functions (M5)

Overarching Purpose Statement

The overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide for the discharge of the Law Officers' constitutional and criminal law responsibilities.

Scope of Appropriation

Departmental Output Expenses

Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions
This category is limited to conducting appeals arising from Crown prosecutions.
Government Legal Network
This category is limited to developing the collective capability, effectiveness and efficiency of government lawyers.
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties
This category is limited to providing assistance to the Principal Law Officers in the exercise of their functions, and providing advice on constitutional, criminal law, mutual assistance and extradition matters.
Public Prosecution Services
This category is limited to the provision and supervision of a national Crown prosecution service and oversight of public prosecutions.

Expenses, Revenue and Capital Expenditure

	2017/18
	Estimates $000	Supplementary Estimates $000	Total $000
Total Appropriation	47,945	663	48,608
*Departmental Output Expenses*
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	3,278	50	3,328
Government Legal Network	985	-	985
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	4,760	593	5,353
Public Prosecution Services	38,922	20	38,942
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses
*Revenue from the Crown*	47,356	593	47,949
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	3,278	-	3,278
Government Legal Network	885	-	885
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	4,271	593	4,864
Public Prosecution Services	38,922	-	38,922
*Revenue from Others*	589	70	659
Conduct of Criminal Appeals from Crown Prosecutions	-	50	50
Government Legal Network	100	-	100
Law Officer Constitutional and Criminal Law Duties	489	-	489
Public Prosecution Services	-	20	20

Reasons for Change in Appropriation

This appropriation increased by $663,000 to $48.608 million for 2017/18. The increase relates to:

one-off funding of $300,000 approved through the Justice Sector Fund round one 2017/18 initiatives for developing and publishing stand-alone Solicitor-General guidelines on prosecuting sexual violence cases, and developing training for Crown prosecutors based on the new guidelines

an expense transfer of $293,000 from 2016/17 to 2017/18 in this appropriation to manage the timing of significant cases across years, and

an increase of $70,000 in Revenue Other to reflect the latest forecast including costs payable to Crown Law awarded by courts for criminal prosecution or appeal cases.