Quarterly appropriation statements

(1) The Minister must table in the House of Representatives a quarterly appropriation statement for each of the first, third and fourth quarters of a financial year.

(2) The quarterly appropriation statement for a quarter must be tabled -

(a) within 2 months after the end of the quarter; or

(b) if the House is not sitting in the last 7 days of the second month after the quarter and the report has not been tabled, within 3 sitting days of the House after the end of that second month.

(3) The quarterly appropriation statement for a quarter of a financial year must include –

(a) for each head of appropriation, a statement specifying the matters set out in subsection (4); and

(b) for the whole of government, a statement specifying the matters set out in subsection (5).

(4) The statement for each head of appropriation must specify the following –

(a) the actual expenditure for the quarter;

(b) the cumulative actual expenditure for the financial year to the end of the quarter (except in the case of the first quarter);

(c) the projected expenditure for the financial year;

(d) the amount appropriated for the financial year, including details of reportable authorisations relating to that head of appropriation;

(e) the budget sector agency administering the appropriation.

(5) The statement for the whole of government must specify the following –

(a) the total actual expenditure for the quarter;

(b) the total cumulative actual expenditure for the financial year to the end of the quarter (except in the case of the first quarter);

(c) the projected total expenditure for the financial year;

(d) the total amount appropriated for the financial year.

(Financial Management Act 2004 s(43))