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Part 5 – Financial Information

The MRT and the RRT are prescribed as a single agency, the 'Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal' for the purposes of the FMA Act. The operations of the tribunals are funded through Appropriation Acts.

The following two tables are provided consistent with guidelines set out in Requirements for annual reports for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies, issued by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in June 2012. The tables do not form part of the audited financial statements, which are set out from page 75.

Agency resource statement 2011–12

		Actual Available appropriation 2011–12 $'000	Payments made 2011–12 $'000	Balance remaining 2011–12 $'000
		(a)	(b)	(a) – (b)
Ordinary annual services1
Departmental appropriation2		57,395	50,050	7,345
Total		57,395	50,050	7,345
Administered expenses
Outcome 1		4,481	4,481	-
Total		4,481	4,481	-
Total ordinary annual services	A	61,876	54,531	7,345
Departmental non-operating
Equity injections		263	-	263
Total		263	-	263
Total other services	B	263	-	263
Total Available Annual Appropriations and payments A+B		62,139	54,531	7,608
Total net resourcing and payments for the MRT-RRT A+B		62,139	54,531	7,608

1.Appropriation Bill (No.1) 2011–12 and Appropriation Bill (No.3) 2011–12, prior years unspent departmental appropriation and Section 31 relevant agency receipts. $5.616m of prior years' appropriations meet criteria for a formal reduction in appropriations but at law this had not occurred before the end of the reporting period.

2.Includes an amount of $1.659m in 2011–12 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as 'contributions by owners'.

Expenses and resources for outcome 1

Outcome 1: To provide correct and preferable decisions for visa applicants and sponsors through independent, fair, just, economical, informal and quick merits reviews of migration and refugee decisions.	Budget* 2011–12 $'000	Actual expenses 2011–12 $'000	Variation 2011–12 $'000
	(a)	(b)	(a)-(b)
Program 1.1: Final independent merits review of decisions concerning refugee status and the refusal or cancellation of migration and refugee visas.
Administered expenses
Special Appropriations	8,300	6,232	2,068
Departmental expenses
Departmental Appropriation1	46,972	53,332	(6,360)
Total for Program 1.1	55,272	59,564	(4,292)
Total expenses for Outcome 1	55,272	59,564	(4,292)
	2010–11	2011–12
Average Staffing Level (number)	319	348

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2011–12 Budget.

1. Departmental Appropriation combines “Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Bill No. 1)” and “Revenue from independent sources (s31)”.

Financial statements

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