Part 5 – Financial Information

The MRT and the RRT are prescribed as a single agency, the ‘Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal’ (the MRT-RRT) for the purposes of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (FMA Act).

The operations of the MRT-RRT 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 May 2014. The tables do not form part of the audited financial statements set out in this report.

Table 15 – Agency resource statement 2013–14
  Actual Available appropriation for 2013-14 $’000 (a) Payments made 2013-14 $'000 (b) Balance $'000 (a) – (b)
Ordinary annual services1    
Departmental appropriation2 102,971 73,807 29,164
Total 102,971 73,807 29,164
Administered expenses    
Outcome 1 6,365 6,365 -
Total 6,365 6,365 -
Total ordinary annual services 109,336 80,172 29,164
Total Available Annual Appropriations and payments 109,336 80,172 29,164
1. Appropriation Act (No.1) 2013-14 and Appropriation Act (No.3) 2013-14. Includes $24.905m in Prior Year departmental appropriation and $84k in S.31 agency receipts. 2. Includes an amount of $2.367m in 2013-14 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
Table 16 – 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* 2013-14 $’000 Actual expenses 2013-14 $’000 Variation 2013-14 $’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 9,333 (1,033)
Departmental expenses    
Departmental Appropriation1 84,268 72,249 12,019
Total for Program 1.1 92,568 81,582 10,986
Total expenses for Outcome 1 92,568 81,582 10,986
2012-13 2013-14
Average Staffing Level (number) 420 418
* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2013-14 Budget. 1. Departmental Appropriation combines "Ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act No. 1)"and "Revenue from independent sources (s31)".
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