Part 5 – Financial Information

The MRT and the RRT were prescribed as a single agency, the ‘Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal’ (the MRT-RRT) for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (PGPA Act).

The operations of the MRT-RRT were funded through Appropriation Acts.

The following two tables are provided consistent with guidelines for annual reports. The tables do not form part of the audited financial statements set out in the following pages.

Table 15 - AGENCY RESOURCE STATEMENT 2014-15
Actual Available appropriation for 2014-15
$’000
(a)
Payments made 2014-15
$’000
(b)
Balance
$’000
(a) – (b)
Ordinary annual services
Departmental appropriation1 113,169 68,885 44,284
Total 113,169 68,885 44,284
Administered expenses
Outcome 1 6,571 6,571 -
Total 6,571 6,571 -
Total ordinary annual services 119,740 75,456 44,284
Total Available Annual Appropriations and payments 119,740 75,456 44,284

1 Appropriation Act (No.1) 2014-15 $59,380m and Appropriation Act (No.3) $23,429m and also includes an amount of $1,280m in 2014-15 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this
amount was 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* 2014-15
$’000
(a)
Actual expenses 2014-15
$’000
(b)
Variation 2014-15
$’000
(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 6,085 6,571 (486)
Departmental expenses
Departmental Appropriation1 84,089 68,885 15,204
Total for Program 1.1 90,174 75,456 14,718
Total expenses for Outcome 1 90,174 75,456 14,718

* Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2014-15 Budget.

1 Departmental Appropriation combines ‘Ordinary annual services’ (Appropriation Act No.1 and Appropriation Act No. 3).

  2013-14 2014-15
Average Staffing Level** (number) 418 398

** Average Staffing Level figures include tribunal members and APS staff.

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