Appropriation (2017/18 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2019

1: Title
This Act is the Appropriation (2017/18 Confirmation and Validation) Act 2019.
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 confirm and validate matters relating to the 2017/18 financial year.
4: Interpretation
1: In this Act, 2017/18 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 2018 2019-06-01 Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2018 To be confirmed — see LI 2015/146 for a sample.
6: Confirmation of expenses and capital expenditure incurred in excess of existing appropriations and approved by Minister of Finance
1: The incurring of expenses and capital expenditure approved by the Minister of Finance under section 26B
2: The expenses and capital expenditure are the expenses and capital expenditure 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 and capital expenditure are shown in column 4 of Schedule 1
7: Validation of unappropriated expenses and capital expenditure for 2017/18 financial year
1: The incurring of expenses or capital expenditure by a department in the circumstances set out in subsection (2), (3), (4), (5), or (6) is validated for the purposes of section 26C
2: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2017/18 financial year, the department incurred expenses or capital expenditure in excess, but within the scope, of the existing appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 2
b: the expenses or capital expenditure referred to in paragraph (a) were incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
3: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2017/18 financial year, the department incurred expenses, not within the scope of any existing appropriation, against the category of expenses set out in column 3 of Schedule 3
b: the expenses referred to in paragraph (a) were incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
4: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2017/18 financial year, the department incurred expenses in excess, but within the scope, of the existing 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: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2017/18 financial year, the department incurred expenses or capital expenditure, not within the scope of any existing appropriation, against the categories of expenses or capital expenditure set out in column 3 of Schedule 5
b: the expenses or capital expenditure referred to in paragraph (a) were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
6: The circumstances in this subsection are that,—
a: for the 2017/18 financial year, the department incurred expenses or capital expenditure in advance of the appropriations set out in column 3 of Schedule 6
b: the expenses or capital expenditure referred to in paragraph (a) were not incurred under the authority of an Imprest Supply Act.
7: In this section,— capital expenditure column 4 Schedule 2 5 6 department Schedule 2 3 4 5 6 expenses Schedule 2 3 4 5 6