Appropriation (Supplementary) Bill - H.B. 8, 2022
A supplementary 2022 budget of $851.45 billion — almost matching the entire original 2022 appropriation — led by Finance ($114.1bn), Education ($103.9bn) and Agriculture ($100.7bn).
This Bill applies a further sum for the year ending 31 December 2022, on top of the original 2022 appropriation. The Consolidated Revenue Fund is charged with not more than $851,449,067,000.
The scale is the point: the original 2022 Bill appropriated $858.76 billion, so this mid-year top-up is very nearly a second budget of the same size.
The largest supplementary votes are Finance and Economic Development at $114,148,738,700, Primary and Secondary Education at $103,924,501,000, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development at $100,672,047,300, Defence and War Veterans Affairs at $71,515,581,000, Health and Child Care at $62,210,527,000 and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage at $61,077,103,000.
The usual transfer powers apply: the Minister of Finance may move money between Votes where a service is reassigned, and may release the Unallocated Reserve of Vote 5 to another Ministry for a stated purpose, with unspent amounts returning to the reserve.
What changed
- Consolidated Revenue Fund charged with a further $851,449,067,000 for the year ending 31 December 2022
- The supplementary budget nearly matches the original 2022 appropriation of $858,760,712,000
- Finance and Economic Development receives $114,148,738,700, the largest supplementary vote
- Primary and Secondary Education receives $103,924,501,000
- Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development receives $100,672,047,300
- The Minister of Finance may transfer between Votes and release the Unallocated Reserve of Vote 5
Who this affects
- government ministries receiving supplementary funding
- suppliers and contractors to government
- budget analysts and economists
- civil servants paid from the topped-up Votes
- taxpayers
Plain-language summary — not legal advice. Always read the full instrument.