Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Bills Appropriation Bill 2016 Appropriation Bill 2016 Appropriation Bill 2016 Introduction and First Reading Introduction and First Reading Received from the House of Assembly and read a first time. Second Reading Second Reading The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (17:32): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I would like to take the opportunity to note that the Treasurer's budget speech was tabled in this house on Budget Day, 7 July. I seek leave to have the explanation of clauses incorporated into Hansard without my reading them. Leave granted. Explanation of Clauses Explanation of Clauses 1—Short title This clause is formal. 2—Commencement This clause provides for the Bill to operate retrospectively to 1 July 2016. Until the Bill is passed, expenditure is financed from appropriation authority provided by the Supply Act. 3—Interpretation This clause provides relevant definitions. 4—Issue and application of money This clause provides for the issue and application of the sums shown in Schedule 1 to the Bill. Subsection (2) makes it clear that the appropriation authority provided by the Supply Act is superseded by this Bill. 5—Application of money if functions or duties of agency are transferred This clause is designed to ensure that where Parliament has appropriated funds to an agency to enable it to carry out particular functions or duties and those functions or duties become the responsibility of another agency, the funds may be used by the responsible agency in accordance with Parliament's original intentions without further appropriation. 6—Expenditure from Hospitals Fund This clause provides authority for the Treasurer to issue and apply money from the Hospitals Fund for the provision of facilities in public hospitals. 7—Additional appropriation under other Acts This clause makes it clear that appropriation authority provided by this Bill is additional to authority provided in other Acts of Parliament, except, of course, in the Supply Act. 8—Overdraft limit This sets a limit of $50 million on the amount which the Government may borrow by way of overdraft. Schedule 1—Amounts proposed to be expended from the Consolidated Account during the financial year ending 30 June 2017 Debate adjourned on motion of Hon. D.W. Ridgway.