This appendix contains a table summarising the total resources of the AAT, and the total payments made by the AAT, during 2015-16 and a table showing the total expenses for the AAT’s outcome. We have one outcome in the Portfolio Budget Statements and are a single programme agency.
Resource Statement
Table A3.1 AAT resource statement 2015-16
verage Staffing Level (number)
Actual
available
appropriation for 2015-16
$’000 |
Payments
made 2015-16
$’000 |
Balance
remaining 2015-16
$’000 |
|
| |
(a) |
(b) |
(a) - (b) |
| Ordinary annual services 1 |
|
|
|
| Departmental appropriation 2 |
223,008 |
156,182 |
66,826 |
| Total available annual appropriations 3 and payments |
223,008 |
156,182 |
66,826 |
| Special appropriations |
|
|
|
| Special appropriations limited by criteria/entitlement |
|
|
|
| Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 - s77 |
|
5,343 |
|
| Total special appropriations |
|
5,343 |
|
| Total net resourcing and payments for Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
223,008 |
161,525 |
|
1 Appropriation Act (No. 1) 2015-16 and Appropriation Act (No. 3) 2015-16. Includes $17.469m from prior periods, $44.284m in section 75 transfers and $19.681m in section 74 retained revenue receipts.
2 Includes an amount of $4.633m in 2015-16 for the Departmental Capital Budget. For accounting purposes this amount has been designated as ‘contributions by owners’.
3 Includes appropriation of $44.284m for the Migration Review Tribunal and Refugee Review Tribunal which merged with the AAT pursuant to the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 (Cth) on 1 July 2015. Cash and receivable of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal, the other amalgamating tribunal, will be recognised on completion of a section 75 determination in 2016-17.
Expenses by Outcome
Table A3.2 Expenses for Outcome
| Outcome 1: Access to a fair, just, economical, informal and quick review mechanism for applicants through reviews of government administrative decisions, including dispute resolution processes and independent formal hearings. |
Budget* 2015-16
$’000 |
Actual
expenses 2015-16
$’000 |
Variation 2015-16
$’000 |
| |
(a) |
(b) |
(a) - (b) |
| Programme 1.1: Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
|
|
|
| Administered expenses |
|
|
|
| Special appropriations |
6,400 |
5,256 |
1,144 |
| Departmental expenses1 |
|
|
|
| Departmental appropriation2 |
138,106 |
124,932 |
13,174 |
| Expenses not requiring appropriation in the Budget year |
7,050 |
8,963 |
(1,913) |
| Total expenses for Programme 1 |
151,556 |
139,151 |
12,405 |
| Total expenses for Outcome 1 |
151,556 |
139,151 |
12,405 |
| |
2014-15 |
2015-16 |
|
| Average Staffing Level (number) |
157 |
530 |
|
*Full year budget, including any subsequent adjustment made to the 2015-16 Budget at Additional Estimates.
1 Departmental expenses for 2015-16 reflect the operations of the amalgamated AAT.
2 Departmental appropriation combines ordinary annual services (Appropriation Act Nos. 1 and 3) and retained revenue receipts under section 74 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.