validate expenditure under Vote Parliamentary Service that may have been outside the scope or purpose of an appropriation or other enactment; and
(b)
provide an interim meaning of the term funding entitlements for parliamentary purposes as used in the Parliamentary Service Act 2000.
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Interpretation
In sections 3 to 5, unless the context otherwise requires,—
appropriation means any of the appropriations under Vote Parliamentary Service that were authorised by or under an appropriation Act for any of the financial years 1989/90 to 2006/07
expenditure—
(a)
includes the spending of public money and the incurring of any expense or cost; but
(b)
excludes any expenses incurred on or after the day on which this Act comes into force.
Validation of expenditure and interim meaning of funding entitlements for parliamentary purposes
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Validation of expenditure under Vote Parliamentary Service
To the extent that any expenditure under Vote Parliamentary Service was outside the scope of an appropriation or was not made in relation to an appropriation,—
(a)
the expenditure is validated; and
(b)
the expenditure is deemed not to constitute or to have constituted a breach of any of the following Acts or any instruments made under those Acts:
