Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Bills Bills Appropriation Bill 2022 Appropriation Bill 2022 Appropriation Bill 2022 Second Reading Second Reading The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Attorney-General Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:45): I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading explanation and explanation of clauses inserted in Hansard without my reading them. The Hon. F. PANGALLO Legislative Council The Hon. F. PANGALLO: No; I ask that it be read. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Leave is not granted. The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. MAHER: The Appropriation Bill 2022 reflects the Treasurer's budget that was tabled in this house on budget day, June 2022. By way of explanation of clauses: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This clause is formal. 2—Commencement This clause provides for the bill to operate retrospectively to 1 July 2022. 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. Subclause (2) makes it clear that the appropriation authority provided by the Supply Act is superseded by this bill. 5—Application of money if functions or duties of agency are transferred This clause is designed to ensure that where parliament has appropriated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 $150 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 2023 Debate adjourned on motion of Hon. N.J. Centofanti.