Formats and related files
APPROPRIATION MINISTER(S): Minister for Courts (M19)
APPROPRIATION ADMINISTRATOR: Ministry of Justice
RESPONSIBLE MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF JUSTICE: Minister of Justice
Details of Appropriations and Capital Injections#
Annual and Permanent Appropriations#
2015/16 | |||
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Titles and Scopes of Appropriations by Appropriation Type | Estimates Budget $000 |
Supplementary Estimates Budget $000 |
Total Budget $000 |
Non-Departmental Other Expenses |
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Abortion Supervisory Committee - Certifying Consultants Fees (M19)Payments to certifying consultants for providing opinions under Section 33 of the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977. |
5,063 | - | 5,063 |
Assistance to Victims of Crime (M19)Funding for the Criminal Justice Assistance Reimbursement Scheme. |
40 | - | 40 |
Coroners Salaries and Allowances PLA (M19)This appropriation is limited to the costs related to the terms and conditions of remuneration for Coroners pursuant to Section 110 of the Coroners Act 2006. |
5,473 | 637 | 6,110 |
Court and Coroner Related Costs (M19)This appropriation is limited to funding professional and administrative services provided to or directed by courts and coroners, including costs that are required by legislation and costs incurred by Visiting Justices. |
76,646 | (60) | 76,586 |
Impairment of Debt Established to Recognise Contributions towards Family Court Professional Services (M19)This appropriation is limited to the impairment of debt owing as a contribution towards Family Court Professional Services costs in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. |
1,292 | - | 1,292 |
Impairment of Fines Receivable (M19)This appropriation is limited to allowing for the impairment of fines, court costs and enforcement fees in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. |
40,000 | (31,183) | 8,817 |
Judges' Salaries and Allowances PLA (M19)Costs related to the terms and conditions of remuneration for Judges and acting warranted Judges in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court, Employment Court and Maori Land Court incurred pursuant to s.9A Judicature Act 1908, s.6 District Courts Act 1948 and s.13 Te Ture Whenua Maori Land Act 1993. |
123,089 | 7,539 | 130,628 |
Judicial Review Costs (M19)Cost of legal services (including settlement of claims) in cases involving the exercise of judicial functions or the execution of judicial process or costs of counsel to assist the court, including payments ordered to be made from the Maori Land Court Special Aid Fund. |
1,546 | (65) | 1,481 |
Justices of the Peace Association (M19)This appropriation is limited to the cost of administrative services from the Royal Federation of Justices including training and rostering Justices of the Peace for court hearings, and training for Visiting Justices. |
350 | 60 | 410 |
Tribunal Related Fees and Expenses (M19)This appropriation is limited to funding remuneration, allowances, or fees for the Chairs, Members, Adjudicators and Assessors of Specialist Tribunals, and expenses incurred by those Chairs, Members, Adjudicators and Assessors in relation to Tribunal work. |
5,095 | (120) | 4,975 |
Total Non-Departmental Other Expenses |
258,594 | (23,192) | 235,402 |
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure |
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Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services, including the Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services MCA (M19)The overarching purpose of this appropriation is to provide courts, tribunals and other authorities services, including the collection and enforcement of fines and civil debts services. |
460,008 | 127 | 460,135 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts ServicesThis category is limited to the purchase of collection and enforcement of fines and civil debts services. |
66,450 | (429) | 66,021 |
District Court ServicesThis category is limited to funding the provision of services in regard to the work of the District Courts, including the Youth Court and Family Court. |
230,016 | (652) | 229,364 |
Higher Court ServicesThis category is limited to funding the provision of services in regard to the work of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court. |
73,038 | 672 | 73,710 |
Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities ServicesThis category is limited to the provision of services in regard to the work of New Zealand's specialist courts, tribunals and authorities. |
90,504 | 536 | 91,040 |
Total Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure |
460,008 | 127 | 460,135 |
Total Annual and Permanent Appropriations |
718,602 | (23,065) | 695,537 |
Supporting Information#
Part 1 - Vote as a Whole#
1.2 - Trends in the Vote
Summary of Financial Activity
2015/16 | |||||
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Supplementary Estimates | |||||
Estimates $000 |
Departmental Transactions $000 |
Non-Departmental Transactions $000 |
Total Transactions $000 |
Total $000 |
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Appropriations |
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Output Expenses | - | - | - | - | - |
Benefits or Related Expenses | - | N/A | - | - | - |
Borrowing Expenses | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Expenses | 258,594 | - | (23,192) | (23,192) | 235,402 |
Capital Expenditure | - | - | - | - | - |
Intelligence and Security Department Expenses and Capital Expenditure | - | - | N/A | - | - |
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure (MCA) | |||||
Output Expenses | 460,008 | 127 | - | 127 | 460,135 |
Other Expenses | - | - | - | - | - |
Capital Expenditure | - | N/A | - | - | - |
Total Appropriations |
718,602 | 127 | (23,192) | (23,065) | 695,537 |
Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts |
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Tax Revenue | - | N/A | - | - | - |
Non-Tax Revenue | 185,413 | N/A | (33,132) | (33,132) | 152,281 |
Capital Receipts | - | N/A | - | - | - |
Total Crown Revenue and Capital Receipts |
185,413 | N/A | (33,132) | (33,132) | 152,281 |
Part 3 - Details of Non-Departmental Appropriations#
3.4 - Non-Departmental Other Expenses
Coroners Salaries and Allowances PLA (M19)
Scope of Appropriation
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The appropriation has increased by $637,000 to $6.110 million for 2015/16, due to:
- an increase of $300,000 in accordance with the Coroners (Salaries and Superannuation) Determination 2015, and
- an increase of $337,000 to account for an adjustment for long service leave liability accrued by Coroners.
Court and Coroner Related Costs (M19)
Scope of Appropriation
How Performance will be Assessed and End of Year Reporting Requirements
2015/16 | |||
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Performance Measures | Estimates Standard |
Supplementary Estimates Standard |
Total Standard |
Percentage of non-violence programme participants who reported they were committed to violence free behaviour |
50% | Expired measure | Expired measure |
Percentage of safety programme participants reporting their safety has improved |
50% | Expired measure | Expired measure |
Note - Measures removed because the infrastructure and resources required to report are unavailable.
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The appropriation has decreased by $60,000 to $76.586 million for 2015/16, due to a transfer to the non-departmental other expenses for Justices of the Peace (JP) Association to fund the increase in fee paid to the Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices' Associations Incorporated. The increase under the Contract for Services agreement is due to the additional roles the Royal Federation has assumed over the years. This includes training, educational resources and court panel management.
Impairment of Fines Receivable (M19)
Scope of Appropriation
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The appropriation has decreased by $31.183 million to $8.817 million for 2015/16, due to an accounting standard change to recognise fines revenue at fair value. The initial write-down and interest unwind were previously included in this appropriation. The new standard requires the initial fair value write-down be netted off against fines revenue received and interest unwind to be classified as other income received.
Judges' Salaries and Allowances PLA (M19)
Scope of Appropriation
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The appropriation has increased by $7.539 million to $130.628 million for 2015/16, due to:
- an increase of $6.114 million in accordance with the Judicial Salaries and Allowances Determination (No.2) 2015, and
- an increase of $1.425 million to account for an adjustment for the sabbatical leave liability accrued by Judges.
Judicial Review Costs (M19)
Scope of Appropriation
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The appropriation has decreased by $65,000 to $1.481 million for 2015/16, owing to a transfer to the multi-category expenses and capital expenditure for Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services, including the Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services: Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services, to fund specialist application hearings set down under the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993.
Justices of the Peace Association (M19)
Scope of Appropriation
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The appropriation has increased by $60,000 to $410,000 for 2015/16, due to a transfer from the non-departmental other expenses for Court and Coroner Related Costs to fund the increase in fee paid to the Royal Federation of New Zealand Justices' Associations Incorporated. The increase under the Contract for Services agreement is due to the additional roles the Royal Federation has assumed over the years. This includes training, educational resources and court panel management.
Tribunal Related Fees and Expenses (M19)
Scope of Appropriation
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
The appropriation has decreased by $120,000 to $4.975 million for 2015/16, owing to a transfer to multi-category expenses and capital expenditure for Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services, including the Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services: Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services, to fund work by Weathertight Homes adjudicators assisting the Legal Complaints Review Officer.
Part 4 - Details of Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure#
Multi-Category Expenses and Capital Expenditure
Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services, including the Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services (M19)
Overarching Purpose Statement
Scope of Appropriation
Departmental Output Expenses
Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts ServicesThis category is limited to the purchase of collection and enforcement of fines and civil debts services.
District Court Services
This category is limited to funding the provision of services in regard to the work of the District Courts, including the Youth Court and Family Court.
Higher Court Services
This category is limited to funding the provision of services in regard to the work of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.
Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services
This category is limited to the provision of services in regard to the work of New Zealand's specialist courts, tribunals and authorities.
Expenses, Revenue and Capital Expenditure
2015/16 | |||
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Estimates $000 |
Supplementary Estimates $000 |
Total $000 |
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Total Appropriation |
460,008 | 127 | 460,135 |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services | 66,450 | (429) | 66,021 |
District Court Services | 230,016 | (652) | 229,364 |
Higher Court Services | 73,038 | 672 | 73,710 |
Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services | 90,504 | 536 | 91,040 |
Funding for Departmental Output Expenses |
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Revenue from the Crown |
409,472 | (603) | 408,869 |
Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services | 61,941 | (472) | 61,469 |
District Court Services | 203,788 | (795) | 202,993 |
Higher Court Services | 62,123 | 440 | 62,563 |
Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services | 81,620 | 224 | 81,844 |
Revenue from Others |
50,484 | 730 | 51,214 |
Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services | 4,509 | 43 | 4,552 |
District Court Services | 26,228 | 143 | 26,371 |
Higher Court Services | 10,915 | 232 | 11,147 |
Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services | 8,832 | 312 | 9,144 |
How Performance will be Assessed for this Appropriation
2015/16 | |||
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Assessment of Performance | Estimates Standard |
Supplementary Estimates Standard |
Total Standard |
Satisfaction of court users with court services and facilities (see Note 1) |
80% | Expired measure | Expired measure |
Note 1 - Measure withdrawn because the Court User survey, which is used for this performance measure, has been delayed until 2016/17.
What is Intended to be Achieved with each Category and How Performance will be Assessed
2015/16 | |||
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Assessment of Performance | Estimates Standard |
Supplementary Estimates Standard |
Total Standard |
Departmental Output Expenses |
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Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services |
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Amount collected (see Note 1) |
$217.500 million | ($13.5 million) | $204 million |
Amount collected through the Offender Levy (see Note 1) |
$4.0 million | ($0.7 million) | $3.3 million |
District Court Services |
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Victim services |
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Number of victims supported by the National Sexual Violence Survivor Advocate Service (see Note 2) |
40 | Expired measure | Expired measure |
Percentage of victims/survivors reporting improved outcomes as a result of National Sexual Violence Survivor Advocate Service (see Note 2) |
90% | Expired measure | Expired measure |
Number of victims supported by Court Services for Victims Sexual Violence Victim Advisors (see Note 2) |
1,300-1,500 | Expired measure | Expired measure |
Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services |
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Percentage of all Maori Land Court applications disposed within 12 months (see Note 3) |
100% | (20%) | 80% |
Note 1 - The target has been revised because, due to reprioritisation within the Ministry, our Collections unit has fewer resources available than originally forecasted.
Note 2 - Measure withdrawn because these services are funded under Vote Justice. The measures have been added to the Vote Justice, Victims' Services (M42) appropriation.
Note 3 - The basis upon which this measure is calculated was adjusted in February 2015 to measure the proportion of applications that have been disposed within 12 months of receipt. The data that was previously collected was based on the 12 monthly clearance rate (disposals divided by new applications). The 2015/16 standard has been changed to 80% to reflect the new measurement methodology.
Reasons for Change in Appropriation
Collection and Enforcement of Fines and Civil Debts Services
The category has decreased by $429,000 to $66.021 million for 2015/16, due to:
- a decrease of $500,000 owing to a transfer to other appropriations administered by the Ministry of Justice to fund priorities, address cost pressures, and to adjust the allocation of overheads in the 2015/16 financial year, and
- a decrease of $136,000 for funds returned to the Crown as a contribution to the share of costs for Budget 2015 whole-of-government initiatives.
Offset by:
- an increase of $164,000 for additional capital charge on the revaluation of land and buildings as at 30 June 2015, and
- an increase of $43,000 funded from revenue received for employees seconded to other government agencies.
District Court Services
The category has decreased by $652,000 to $229.364 million for 2015/16, due to:
- a decrease of $1.550 million owing to a transfer to 2016/17 to fund the second phase of the Stronger Response to Domestic Violence work programme, and
- a decrease of $479,000 for funds returned to the Crown as a contribution to the share of costs for Budget 2015 whole-of-government initiatives.
Offset by:
- an increase of $1.129 million for additional capital charge on the revaluation of land and buildings as at 30 June 2015
- an increase of $143,000 funded from revenue received for employees seconded to other government agencies, and
- an increase of $105,000 to fund the on-going programme for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment pilot.
Higher Court Services
The category has increased by $672,000 to $73.710 million for 2015/16, due to:
- an increase of $596,000 for additional capital charge on the revaluation of land and buildings as at 30 June 2015, and
- an increase of $232,000 funded from revenue received for employees seconded to other government agencies.
Offset by:
- a decrease of $156,000 for funds returned to the Crown as a contribution to the share of costs for Budget 2015 whole-of-government initiatives.
Specialist Courts, Tribunals and Other Authorities Services
The category has increased by $536,000 to $91.040 million for 2015/16, due to:
- an increase of $312,000 funded from revenue received for employees seconded to other government agencies
- an increase of $232,000 for additional capital charge on the revaluation of land and buildings as at 30 June 2015
- an increase of $120,000 owing to a transfer from the non-departmental other expenses appropriation for Tribunal Related Fees and Expenses to fund work by Weathertight Homes adjudicators assisting the Legal Complaints Review Officer, and
- an increase of $65,000 owing to a transfer from the non-departmental other expenses appropriation for Judicial Review Costs to fund specialist application hearings set down under the Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993.
Offset by:
- a decrease of $193,000 for funds returned to the Crown as a contribution to the share of costs for Budget 2015 whole-of-government initiatives.