{"id":"C2004A04728","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94","slug":"appropriation-act-no-4-1993-94","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"52 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":38607,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A04728-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.png)\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94\n\nNo. 52 of 1994\n\nAn Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sums appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1994, and for related purposes\n\n\\[Assented to 7 April 1994\\]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nShort title\n\n1\\. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94.\n\nCommencement\n\n2\\. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nIssue and application of $165 851 000\n\n3\\. The Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1994, the sum of $165 851 000.\n\n53752 Cat. No. 94 4347 1\n\n \nAppropriation of $165 851 000\n\n4\\. The sum authorised by this Act to be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated, and is taken to have been appropriated as from 1 July 1993, for the services specified in Schedule 2 in respect of the year that commenced on that day.\n\nPayments to States\n\n5. (1) In this section and in determinations for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) or (b):\n\n“Appropriation Act” means an Act appropriating money for expenditure in respect of a financial year and includes an Act appropriating money, by way of interim provision, for such expenditure.\n\n(2) Payments out of such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in the Division, or unit of a Division, in Schedule 2 that is specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1, being payments that are made to a State for a purpose specified in column 3 of that item, must be made:\n\n(a) on the terms and conditions (if any) that are from time to time determined, in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts, by the Minister specified in column 4 of that item, as being terms and conditions applicable to payments under those Acts to a State for that purpose; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times that are determined, in writing, by the Minister specified in column 5 of that item.\n\n(3) Payments to a State out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in Division 977 in Schedule 2 must be made in accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.\n\n(4) Nothing in this section limits, by implication, the power of the Commonwealth to make payments to a Territory, a local Government body, a body corporate, an organisation or a natural person for any purposes for which money is appropriated under Appropriation Acts:\n\n(a) on the terms and conditions; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times;\n\nthat the Commonwealth determines.\n\n \nMoney appropriated for a program\n\n6\\. If money is appropriated by this Act for a particular program, that money is taken to be appropriated for:\n\n(a) the purpose of payments (including advances) under Acts administered as part of the program; and\n\n(b) any other purposes of the program.\n\nDepartment of Primary Industries and Energy\n\n7\\. The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if there were inserted in item 2 of Subdivision 2 of Division 931 in Schedule 4 to that Act “and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992” after “1988”.\n\n![](image.002.png) \nSCHEDULE 1 Section 5\n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |\n| -------- | ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |\n| 1 | Division 865 | Payments to Tasmania in relation to the termination of the Gordon River Power Development. Stage Two. | Minister for Finance | Minister for Finance |\n| 2 | Subdivision 2 of Division 886 | Blood Transfusion Service. Reducing waiting times for elective surgery. Medicare Agreements -other health services. | Minister for Health | Minister for Health |\n| 3 | Subdivision 3 of Division 886 | Residential Care for Older People. | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services |\n| 4 | Subdivision 4 of Division 886 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement - transfer to States. | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services |\n| 5 | Subdivision 3 of Division 931 | Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.Exotic Disease Preparedness Program - Feral animal control. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2 Sections 3 and 4\n\nABSTRACT\n\n| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |\n| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| | | $ |\n| 10 | Department of Administrative Services........................... | 120 000 |\n| 11 | Attorney-General’s Department................................ | 997 000 |\n| — | Department of Communications and the Arts....................... | — |\n| 12 | Department of Employment, Education and Training.................. | 11 425 000 |\n| 13 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories................. | 53 675 000 |\n| 14 | Department of Finance...................................... | 236 000 |\n| 15 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.......................... | 2 160 000 |\n| 16 | Department of Human Services and Health......................... | 23 394 000 |\n| — | Department of Veterans’ Affairs................................ | — |\n| 17 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs...................... | 280 000 |\n| — | Department or Industrial Relations.............................. | — |\n| 18 | Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development.......... | 29 800 000 |\n| 19 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy....................... | 24 289 000 |\n| 21 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet...................... | 7 457 000 |\n| 22 | Department of Social Security................................. | 7 361 000 |\n| 23 | Department of Tourism...................................... | 70 000 |\n| 24 | Department of Transport..................................... | 250 000 |\n| 25 | Department of the Treasury................................... | 4 337 000 |\n| | Total................................................ | 165 851 000 |\n\nDEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES\n\nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94, Light figures\n\n| Departments and Services | Capital Works and Services | Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory | Other Services | Total |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------- |\n| | $ | $ | $ | $ |\n| Department of Administrative Services..... | 120 000 | — | — | 120 000 |\n| | 307 575 000 | — | — | 307 575 000 |\n| Attorney-General’s Department.......... | 497 000 | 500 000 | — | 997 000 |\n| | 55 488 000 | 254 475 000 | 22 000 000 | 331 963 000 |\n| Department of Communications and the Arts. | — | — | — | — |\n| | 347 014 000 | — | 37 928 000 | 384 942 000 |\n| Department of Employment, Education and Training | 7 745 000 | — | 3 680 000 | 11 425 000 |\n| | 5 493 000 | 11 779 000 | 35.030 000 | 52 302 000 |\n| Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories | 1 429 000 | 50 000 000 | 2 246 000 | 53 675 000 |\n| | 54 276 000 | 63 926 000 | — | 118 202 000 |\n| Department of Finance (a).............. | — | 236 000 | — | 236 000 |\n| | 3 152 000 | 70 100 000 | 55 000 000 | 128 252 000 |\n| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.... | — | — | 2 160 000 | 2 160 000 |\n| | 15 381 000 | — | 40 390 000 | 55 771 000 |\n| Department of Human Services and Health... | — | 11 072 000 | 12 322 000 | 23 394 000 |\n| | 50 246 000 | 1 295 629 000 | 29 420 000 | 1 375 295 000 |\n| Department of Veterans’ Affairs.......... | — | — | — | — |\n| | 10 876 000 | 41 626 000 | 335 000 | 52 837 000 |\n| Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | — | — | 280 000 | 280 000 |\n| | 7 626 000 | 363 000 | — | 7 989 000 |\n| Department of Industrial Relations........ | — | — | — | — |\n| | — | — | 1 970 000 | 1 970 000 |\n| Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development | — | 4 600 000 | 25 200 000 | 29 800 000 |\n| | 75 848 000 | 15 624 000 | 11 360 000 | 102 832 000 |\n| Department of Primary Industries and Energy. | — | 22 635 000 | 1 654 000 | 24 289 000 |\n| | 43 535 000 | 162 025 000 | 205 107 000 | 410 667 000 |\n| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | — | — | 7 457 000 | 7 457 000 |\n| | 685 000 | — | 2 695 000 | 3 380 000 |\n| Department of Social Security........... | — | — | 7 361 000 | 7 361 000 |\n| | 49 843 000 | 146 137 000 | — | 195 980 000 |\n| Department of Tourism............... | 70 000 | — | — | 70 000 |\n| | 1 399 000 | — | 2 000 000 | 3 399 000 |\n| Department of Transport............... | — | 250 000 | — | 250 000 |\n| | 644 419 000 | 30 200 000 | 1 000 000 | 675 619 000 |\n| Department of the Treasury............. | — | 44 000 | 4 293 000 | 4 337 000 |\n| | 78 461 000 | 736 453 000 | 26 880 000 | 841 794 000 |\n| TOTAL....................... | 9 861 000 | 89 337 000 | 66 653 000 | 165 851 000 |\n| | 1 751 317 000 | 2 828 337 000 | 471 115 000 | 5 050 769 000 |\n\n(a) Does not include appropriation under Division 868 — Advance to the Minister for Finance, $140 000 000 in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94.\n\n \nSCHEDULE 2 — continued\n\nDEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES\n\n```html\n

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$

$

$

Division 805.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

02. Departmental buildings and works...............

120 000

3 928 000

8 060 421

Total: Department of Administrative Services.........

120 000

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$

$

$

Division 811— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

02. Construction of Departmental facilities............

497 000

12 948 000

105 381 539

Division 812.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

02. Payments for the provision of legal aid............

500 000

120 288 000

117 809 372

Total: Attorney-General’s Department..............

997 000

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$

$

$

Division 818.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Plant and Equipment

01. Computer equipment........................

5 245 000

5 493 000

5 110 423

02. Contribution towards the development of library facilities for the John Curtin International Centre for Regional Co-operation

2 500 000

—

5 500 000

Total: Division 818

7 745 000

Division 820.— OTHER SERVICES

07. Restructuring the Australian Education Centre Network.

3 680 000

—

—

Total: Department of Employment, Education and Training

11 425 000

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$

$

$

Division 848 — CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

02. Territories Program.........................

1 429 000

31 887 000

13 393 349

Division 849.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

11.— Assistance to New South Wales for capital works associated with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

50 000 000

—

—

Division 850.— OTHER SERVICES

01.Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Property: Ex Gratia payment to Benders Pty Ltd

2 246 000

—

303 755

Total: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

53 675 000

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$

$

Division 865.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

02. Payments to Tasmania in relation to the termination of the Gordon River Power Development, Stage Two

236 000

100 000

29 301 819

Total: Department of Finance................

236 000

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$

$

$

Division 874.— OTHER SERVICES

03. United Nations Mission in Haiti................

32 000

—

—

04. United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia........

67 000

—

—

05. United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia........

906 000

—

—

06. United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda.......

1 155 000

—

Total: Division 874

2 160 000

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

2 160 000

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$

$

Division 886.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

2.— Health Care Access

01. Blood Transfusion Service....................

4 485 000

48 065 000

37 238 598

05. Reducing waiting times for elective surgery.........

5 375 000

12 375 000

48 339 000

09. Medicare Agreements - other health services........

217 000

110 319 000

—

10 077 000

3.—- Residential Care for Older People.............

895 000

33 359 000

31 519 659

4.— Assistance for People with Disabilities

02. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transfer to States

100 000

222 320 000

94 206 000

Total: Division 886

11 072 000

Division 887.— OTHER SERVICES

04. Australian Government Health Service (including payment to the Australian Government Health Service Trust Account)

3 342 000

4 095 000

10. Grant to the National Brain Injury Foundation for the treatment of severely brain injured persons

80 000

11. Private health sector reform...................

8 900 000

—

—

Total: Division 887

12 322 000

Total: Department of Human Services and Health..

23 394 000

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$

$

Division 904.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Development of onshore English language testing arrangement for special residence categories

280 000

—

—

Total: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

280 000

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$

$

$

Division 916.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Enterprise Development Program...............

4 600 000

13 724 000

13 134 001

Division 918.— AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

2.— Other Services

01. Compensation for defendants and others in the Midford Paramount case

25 200 000

—

—

Total: Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development

29 800 000

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$

$

Division 931.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

1.— Industries Development

01. Payment to the Northern Territory in lieu of uranium...

30 000

1 360 000

1 573 275

2.— Infrastructure and Support

02. Rural adjustment under the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992

20 658 000

53 200 000

168 977 000

06. Payment of loan to Victoria for Superannuation arrangements for former Victorian Meat Inspectors

781 000

320 000

—

21 439 000

3.— Research and Assessment

01. Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign

1 108 000

2 892 000

5 894 592

02. Exotic Disease Preparedness Program — Feral animal control

58 000

179 000

212 321

1 166 000

Total: Division 931

22 635 000

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$

$

Division 932.— OTHER SERVICES

03. Payment for community service obligations (for payment to the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service Trust

9 000

43 611 000

—

14. Lead Abatement: Ethanol Research and Development..

1 595 000

—

—

15. Grant to Winegrape Growers’ Council of Australia....

50 000

—

—

Total: Division 932

1 654 000

Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy

24 289 000

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$

$

Division 939.— OTHER SERVICES

02. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs — Strategic initiatives

187 000

2 445 000

—

Division 940.— ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMISSION

1.— For expenditure under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission Act 1989

01. Assistance for native title claims................

7 270 000

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

7 457 000

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$

$

$

Division 949 — OTHER SERVICES

01. Assistance to persons affected by New South Wales bushfire disaster

7 309 000

—

—

02. Supplementation of shortfall in trust account balance — (for payment to Services for Other Governments and Non-departmental Bodies Trust Account)

12 000

—

—

03. Ex Gratia payment to May Therese Asmar in lieu of Age Pension

40 000

—

—

Total: Division 949

7 361 000

Total: Department of Social Security...........

7 361 000

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$

$

Division 960.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

02. Construction of Australian Pavilion at Expo 92 — Seville, Spain

70 000

—

1 233 000

Total: Department of Tourism................

70 000

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$

$

$

Division 972.— PAYMENT TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

03. Tasmania — Compensation payment in respect of the Bass Strait passenger service

250 000

—

—

Total: Department of Transport...............

250 000

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$

$

Division 977.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

02. Northern Territory — Payment of interest on Northern Territory Debt Sinking Fund balances

21 000

14 000

24 660

08. Western Australia — Assistance for Wholesale Sales Tax exemption

23 000

1 400 000

2 109 308

Total: Division 977

44 000

Division 978.— OTHER SERVICES

05. Grants to assist owners and residents of contaminated land in Armidale (including for payment to the relevant trust accounts)

4 293 000

—

—

Total: Department of the Treasury.............

4 337 000

\n```\n\n\\[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 8 February 1994\n\nSenate on 2 March 1994\\]\n\nPrinted by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (10/94)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1965},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly focused on its original purpose of providing supplementary appropriations for the 1993-94 financial year. The inclusion of the technical amendment in section 7 regarding the Rural Adjustment Act 1992 is minor and directly related to ensuring the appropriation mechanism functions correctly."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive tabular schedules detailing appropriations across 16 government departments","Cross-reference to prior appropriation legislation (Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94)","Defined term 'Appropriation Act' used in section 5 for payments to States mechanism","Technical amendment provision (section 7) inserting reference to Rural Adjustment Act 1992 into previous legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act provides about $166 million in supplementary 1993–94 federal funding to top up the main budget, covering shortfalls across health, environment/sport (including Sydney 2000 support), foreign affairs peacekeeping, social security disaster relief, primary industries assistance, and other legal and migration-related payments. \n\nFunds are drawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund; ministers may set timing and conditions for state payments, and the Act makes a technical fix to authorize rural adjustment payments under existing statutes."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. In addition to providing an extra $165,851,000, s.7 expressly amends Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94 by inserting the Rural Adjustment Act 1992 into item 2 of Subdivision 2 of Division 931 in Schedule 4, thereby extending the earlier Act's coverage to include payments under that Act and altering the scope of appropriated programs."},"complexity_factors":["Single appropriation sum divided across many departments and program lines in dense schedules (Schedule 2) increases bookkeeping complexity.","Ministerial discretion over terms/conditions and payment timing (Schedule 1 and s.5) requires administrative determinations rather than automatic disbursements.","Retroactive deeming of the appropriation as from 1 July 1993 (s.4) affects accounting and audit treatments.","Cross-reference and amendment of a prior appropriation Act to add the Rural Adjustment Act 1992 (s.7) links this instrument to other legislation.","Mixture of payment types (capital works, payments to States, other services, ex gratia grants) requires different delivery and compliance processes."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises the Commonwealth to issue and appropriate $165,851,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the departmental programs and payments listed in Schedule 2, and treats that money as having been appropriated from 1 July 1993. It prescribes that specified Ministers (and the Treasurer for certain items) determine the written terms, conditions, amounts and timing for payments to States and other recipients, so taxpayers fund the programs while ministers control allocation and timing."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1993-94","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1993-94/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1993-94/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1993-94/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1993-94/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1993-94/documents"}}