Appropriation (2018/19 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2020

1: Title
This Act is the Appropriation (2018/19 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2020.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to—
a: confirm and validate matters relating to the 2018/19 financial year; and
b: to validate matters relating to the 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, and 2017/18 financial years.
4: Interpretation
1: In this Act,— 2014/15 financial year 2015/16 financial year 2016/17 financial year 2017/18 financial year 2018/19 financial year
2: Terms or expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Public Finance Act 1989
5: Confirmation of Order in Council directing transfer of amounts between output expense appropriations
The Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2019 2020-05-14 Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2019 See Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2018 (LI 2018/104) – PCO 21472 — for example of confirmation history note.
6: Confirmation of expenses incurred in excess of existing appropriations and approved by Minister of Finance
1: The incurring of expenses approved by the Minister of Finance under section 26B
2: The expenses are the expenses incurred in excess, but within the scope, of the existing appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 1
3: The amounts of the approved expenses are shown in column 4 of Schedule 1
7: Validation of unappropriated expenses for 2018/19 financial year
1: The incurring of expenses by a department in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), (3), or (4) is validated for the purposes of section 26C
2: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2018/19 financial year, the department incurred expenses in excess, but within the scope, of the existing appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 2
b: the expenses referred to in paragraph (a) were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
3: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2018/19 financial year, the department incurred expenses, not within the scope of any existing appropriation, against the categories of expenses set out in column 3 of Schedule 3
b: the expenses referred to in paragraph (a) were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
4: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2018/19 financial year, the department incurred expenses in advance of the appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 4
b: the expenses referred to in paragraph (a) were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
5: In this section,— department Schedule 2 3 4 expenses Schedule 2 3 4
8: Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by New Zealand Defence Force for 2014/15 to 2017/18 financial years
1: The incurring of expenses by the New Zealand Defence Force for Vote Defence Force in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.
2: The circumstances are that,—
a: for a financial year, the New Zealand Defence Force incurred expenses in excess, but within the scope, of an existing appropriation; and
b: the expenses referred to in paragraph (a) were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
3: In this section,— existing appropriation column 2 of Schedule 5 column 4 expenses column 3 of Schedule 5 financial year column 1 of Schedule 5
9: Validation of unappropriated expenses incurred by Ministry of Education for 2014/15 to 2017/18 financial years
1: The incurring of expenses by the Ministry of Education for Vote Education in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) is validated.
2: The circumstances are that—
a: the amount of the expenses is—
i: for the 2014/15 financial year, $2,895,000:
ii: for the 2015/16 financial year, $2,247,000:
iii: for the 2016/17 financial year, $3,401,000:
iv: for the 2017/18 financial year, $2,969,000; and
b: the expenses were incurred in the operation of a school risk management scheme having effect under section 78D
c: the expenses—
i: were not within the scope of any existing appropriation; and
ii: were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.