{"id":"C1997A00036","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996-97","slug":"appropriation-act-no-4-1996-97","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"36 of 1997","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2625,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1997A00036-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"GENERAL","content":"PART 1—GENERAL\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"1 Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996‑97.\n\n","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"2 Commencement\n\nThis Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue and application of $ 471 270 776","content":"3 Issue and application of $ 471 270 776\n\n(1) 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 1997, the sum of $ 471 270 776.\n\n(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments to States","content":"4 Payments to States\n\n(1) In this section and in determinations for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) or (b):\n\nAppropriation Act means an Act appropriating money for expenditure in respect of a financial year.\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 the amounts and at the times determined by the Treasurer.\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 an individual for any purposes for which money is appropriated under Appropriation Acts:\n\n \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","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Money appropriated for a program","content":"5 Money appropriated for a program\n\nIf 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\n","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Attorney‑General’s Department","content":"6 Attorney‑General’s Department\n\n(1) Payments out of such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in subsection (2) must not exceed the balance of the legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission remaining after deduction from those costs of:\n\n(a) any amounts paid or payable to or for Dr Carmen Lawrence by the Government of Western Australia for those costs; and\n\n(b) any amounts paid to or for Dr Carmen Lawrence by the Commonwealth for legal costs in relation to the Marks Royal Commission from money appropriated for that purpose by the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1995‑96.\n\n(2) The money referred to in subsection (1) is the amount of $49,776 appropriated for the purpose specified in item 02 of Division 807 in Schedule 2, namely, Legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission.\n\n(3) No money that has been, or is, appropriated (whether by this Act or any other Act) out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund on or after 1 July 1996 is to be taken to be available for either of the following purposes:\n\n \n\n(a) meeting legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission;\n\n(b) meeting the legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to proceedings in a court concerning that Royal Commission;\n\nunless the money has been, or is, appropriated expressly for that purpose.\n\n(4) In this Act, any reference to legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission does not include legal costs (however constituted) incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to proceedings in a court concerning that Royal Commission.\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year","content":"7 Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year\n\nDespite section 36 of the Audit Act 1901, the Minister may take action after 30 June 1997:\n\n(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the official accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or\n\n(b) to balance the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Trust Fund or the Loan Fund;\n\nif the action does not result in an amount being debited from one of those Funds otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another of those Funds.\n\nNote: Section 36 of the Audit Act 1901 provides that (except in a particular case provided for in that section) every appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of a financial year lapses and ceases to have effect at the end of that year (the unspent balance of any appropriated amount lapsing) and that the accounts of the year are then closed.\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Special application of Act","content":"Part 2 — Special application of Act\n\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"8 Definitions\n\nIn this Part:\n\nFinancial Management and Accountability Act means the Act to be cited as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.\n\nitem means an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2.\n\noperative day means the day on which the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences.\n\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Application of Part","content":"9 Application of Part\n\nThis Part applies if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 1 July 1997.\n\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Act to have effect subject to modifications","content":"10 Act to have effect subject to modifications\n\nThis Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications set out in the following sections.\n\n","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Modification relating to the appropriation of certain amounts","content":"11 Modification relating to the appropriation of certain amounts\n\nAfter section 5 the following sections are inserted:\n\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"5A","sectionType":"section","heading":"Certain amounts taken to be appropriated","content":"5A Certain amounts taken to be appropriated\n\nIf an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2 specifies, or is taken to specify, that payments (whether the word “payments” or “money” or any other word is used) of a certain description may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division:\n\n(a) amounts equal to payments (whether real or notional) of mat description credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the financial year ending on 30 June 1997 are taken to have been appropriated for the purpose or services referred to in mat item, subdivision or Division; and\n\n(b) the Minister is authorised to issue and apply those amounts accordingly.\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"5B","sectionType":"section","heading":"Debiting of expenditure charged to Minister’s advance","content":"5B Debiting of expenditure charged to Minister’s advance\n\nAny expenditure:\n\n(a) in excess of a specific appropriation; or\n\n(b) not specifically provided for by appropriation;\n\nmay be charged to an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2 as the Minister directs but the total expenditure so charged in the year ending 30 June 1997, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head “Advance to the Minister for Finance”.\n\n","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"12","sectionType":"section","heading":"Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year","content":"12 Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year\n\nSection 6 is repealed and the following section is substituted:\n\n6 Consolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year\n\n(1) An amount appropriated under section 3 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1997.\n\n(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1997:\n\n(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the financial accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or\n\n(b) to balance the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997);\n\nif the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.\n\n \n\nModifications relating to payment of appropriated amounts into components of the Reserved Money Fund, etc.\n\n(1) If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts appropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n(b) under a determination by the Minister (under the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Reserved Money Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to that component of the Reserved Money Fund;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Reserved Money Fund.\n\n(2) If:\n\n(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts apppropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and\n\n(b) under a determination by the Minister (under the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Commercial Activities Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to that component of the Commercial Activities Fund;\n\nthe item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Commercial Activities Fund.\n\n \nPayments to States\n\n","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":null,"content":"Schedule 1\n\nSchedule 1 — Payments to States\n\nNote : See section 4\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 849 | Payments to the States for the management of World Heritage Properties. | Minister for the Environment | Minister for the Environment |\n| 2 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Service. | Minister for Health and Family Services | Minister for Health and Family Services |\n| 3 | Subdivision 4 of Division 891 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement —transition payments.Commonwealth/State disability agreement —transfer to States. | | |\n| 4 | Subdivision 7 of Division 891 | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994).Supported Accommodation Assistance Program — National case management and data strategies. | | |\n| 5 | Division 916 | Enterprise Development Program.Payment to New South Wales for development of the Gosford International Garden Festival concept. | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism |\n\n \n\nPayments to States\n\nSchedule 1\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| | Subdivision 2 of Division 931 | Rural adjustment under the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992.Payments to State Rural Adjustment Scheme authorities for costs associated with issuing drought exceptional circumstances certificates.National Landcare Program — Payment to the States for the purpose of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |\n\n \n \nServices for which money is appropriated\n\n","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 2","sectionType":"schedule","heading":"Services for which money is appropriated","content":"Schedule 2 — Services for which money is appropriated\n\nNote : See section 3\n\nAbstract\n\n| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |\n| -------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| | | $ |\n| 17 | Attorney‑General’s Department............................. | 448 776 |\n| 18 | Department of Communications and the Arts.......................... | 3 360 000 |\n| 19 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs.................................. | 415 000 |\n| 20 | Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs........... | 3 818 000 |\n| 21 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.................... | 4 522 000 |\n| — | Department of Finance......................................... | — |\n| 22 | Department of Administrative Services.............................. | 6 574 000 |\n| 23 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade............................ | 6 054 000 |\n| 24 | Department of Health and Family Services........................... | 28 483 000 |\n| — | Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.................... | — |\n| — | Department of Industrial Relations................................. | — |\n| 26 | Department of Industry, Science and Tourism......................... | 32 510 000 |\n| 27 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy.......................... | 14 710 000 |\n| 29 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet......................... | 220 000 |\n| 30 | Department of Social Security.................................... | 5 774 000 |\n| 31 | Department of Transport and Regional Development..................... | 364 380 000 |\n| 32 | Department of the Treasury...................................... | 2 000 |\n| | Total................................................... | 471 270 776 |\n\n \n\n \n\nDEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES\n\n \n\n \n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2) — 1996‑97, Light figures\n\n

Departments

Capital Works and Services

Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory

Other Services

Total

$

$

$

$

Attorney‑General’s Department...

19 000

8 000

421 776

448 776

18 068 000

151 374 000

—

169 442 000

Department of Communications and the Arts

260 000

—

3 100 000

3 360 000

48 678 000

—

39 390 000

88 068 000

Department of Veterans’ Affairs........

—

—

415 000

415 000

6 249 000

28 316 000

3 058 000

37 623 000

Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs

—

2 962 000

856 000

3 818 000

39 683 000

9 427 000

38 540 000

87 650 000

Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

442 000

4 080 000

—

4 522 000

47 379 000

44 676 000

—

92 055 000

Department of Finance (a)............

—

—

—

—

1 817 000

47 812 000

—

49 629 000

Department of Administrative Services....

6 474 000

—

100 000

6 574 000

251 827 000

—

9 392 000

261 219 000

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...

—

—

6 054 000

6 054 000

3 617 000

—

915 000

4 532 000

Department of Health and Family Services..

—

27 283 000

1 200 000

28 483 000

27 364 000

1 455 626 000

34 333 000

1517 323 000

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

—

—

—

—

596 000

213 000

—

809 000

Department of Industrial Relations.......

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Department of Industry, Science and Tourism

885 000

1 625 000

30 000 000

32 510 000

68 791 000

17 155 000

1 300 000

87 246 000

Department of Primary Industries and Energy

1 781 000

9 829 000

3 100 000

14 710 000

84 910 000

243 600 000

3 142 000

331 652 000

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

—

200 000

20 000

220 000

267 000

10 000 000

—

10 267 000

(a) Does not include $175 000 000 appropriated in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97 under Division 864 — Advance to the Minister for Finance.

\n```\n\n \n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) — 1996‑97, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2)— 1996‑97, 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 Social Security......... | 5 336 000 | — | 438 000 | 5 774 000 |\n| | 27 550 000 | 142 577 000 | 8 207 000 | 178 334 000 |\n| Department of Transport and.......... | | | | |\n| Regional Development............. | 6 980 000 | — | 357 400 000 | 364 380 000 |\n| | 128 913 000 | 67 713 000 | 13 000 000 | 209 626 000 |\n| Department of the Treasury........... | — | — | 2 000 | 2000 |\n| | 48 720 000 | 174 180 000 | 8 154 000 | 231 054 000 |\n| Total....................... | 22 177 000 | 45 987 000 | 403 106 776 | 471 270 776 |\n| | 804 429 000 | 2 392 669 000 | 159 431 000 | 3 356 529 000 |\n\n \n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 805.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

19 000

5 740 000

2 592 525

Division 806.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

03. Legal Aid — Grants to supplement voluntary and community legal aid schemes

8 000

15 983 000

13 842 884

Division 807.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Ex gratia payment to the widow of Detective‑Sergeant Bowen

372 000

—

—

02. Legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission

49 776

—

319 927

Total: Division 807

421 776

Total: Attorney‑General’s Department..

448 776

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 810.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

04. Redevelopment of the National Film and Sound Archive Acton accommodation

260 000

—

311 055

Division 812.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Heritage Properties restoration program...........

2 100 000

2 000 000

—

06. Grant for the establishment of an Australian Football Hall of Fame and Museum

1 000 000

—

—

Total: Division 812

3 100 000

Total: Department of Communications and the Arts

3 360 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 822.— OTHER SERVICES

02. Compensation for detriment caused by defective administration

5 000

10 000

—

05. Australian War Memorial — Veterans’ Commemorative Activities

410 000

—

—

Total: Division 822

415 000

Total: Department of Veterans’ Affairs.........

415 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND YOUTH AFFAIRS\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 831— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Advanced English for Migrants Program........

81 000

5 087 000

5 092 000

02. National Asian languages/studies strategy for Australian school

2 881 000

4 340 000

2 077 997

Total: Division 831

2 962 000

Division 832.— OTHER SERVICES

05. Establishment and implementation of the Modem Australian Apprenticeship and Traineeship System

5000

25 745 000

—

06. Quality outcomes — national initiatives in civics and citizenship education, curriculum and teacher professional development and quality schooling to improve student learning outcomes

851 000

—

—

Total: Division 832

856 000

Total: Department of Employment, Education, Training and Youth Affairs

3 818 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, SPORT AND TERRITORIES\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 848.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

2.— Australian Nature Conservation Agency — For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975

442 000

2 146 000

4 563 000

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

3.— Payments to the States for the management of World Heritage Properties

4 080 000

9 100 000

11 053 375

Total: Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories

4 522 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 865.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

02. Commonwealth offices — Major construction and refurbishment

5 674 000

39 359 000

76 840 557

07. Acquisition and development — Old Brisbane Airport terminal site

800 000

5 450 000

527 375

Total: Division 865

6 474 000

Division 866 — OTHER SERVICES

04. Grant‑in‑aid for the Menzies Research Centre

100 000

—

—

Total: Department of Administrative Services....

6 574 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 874.— OTHER SERVICES

02. Compensation for detriment caused by defective administration

54 000

10 000

1 000

Division 875.— AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

01. Payments to multilateral development banks.......

6 000 000

—

—

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade......

6 054 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 891.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

2.— Health Care Access

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

5 576 000

50 187 000

45 653 722

4.— Assistance for People with Disabilities

01. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transition payments

1 275 000

52 817 000

59 625 997

02. Commonwealth/State disability agreement — transfer to States

8 097 000

247 586 000

240 583 147

9 372 000

7.— Housing and Crisis Accommodation

01. Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994)

12 035 000

118 622 000

137 657 000

03. Supported Accommodation Assistance Program — National case management and data strategies

300 000

2 653 000

3 719 103

12 335 000

Total: Division 891

27 283 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Health and Family Services — continued\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 892.— OTHER SERVICES

10. Establishment of musculoskeletal medicine clinics...

1 200 000

—

—

Total: Department of Health and Family Services.

28 483 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND TOURISM\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation an expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 915.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

03. National Space Program — Capital outlays........

85 000

891 000

1 124 000

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

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

1 325 000

14 345 000

17 000 000

05. Payment to New South Wales for development of the Gosford International Garden Festival concept

300 000

—

—

Total: Division 916

1 625 000

Division 917.— OTHER SERVICES

05. Grant to Australian Leather Holdings Limited......

5 000 000

—

—

06. Loan to Australian Leather Holdings Limited......

25 000 000

—

—

Total: Division 917

30 000 000

Division 918.— AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

1.— Capital Works and Services.................

01. Plant and equipment.......................

800 000

5 601 000

978 12

Total: Department of Industry, Science and Tourism

32 510 000

\n```\n\n \n\n

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 930.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

2.—Murray‑Darling Basin Commission — For expenditure under the Murray‑Darling Basin Act 1993 and for a natural resources management strategy

01. Contribution to salinity mitigation works and other constructions and investigations

1 781 000

8 041 000

5 977 173

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 royalties

200 000

1 700 000

1 373 295

2.— Infrastructure and Support

02. Rural adjustment under the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992

6 939 000

123 861 000

114 474 063

07. Payments to State Rural Adjustment Scheme authorities for costs associated with issuing drought exceptional circumstances certificates

100 000

99 000

321 950

08. National Landcare Program — Payment to the States for the purpose of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992

2 590 000

58 352 000

79 555 001

9 629 000

Total: Division 931

9 829 000

\n```\n\n \n\n

Department of Primary Industries and Energy — continued

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 932.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Forest Industry structural adjustment package......

3000 000

1 642 000

—

03. Grants to Coffs Harbour tropical fruit producers to assist the repair of access roads

100 000

—

—

Total: Division 932

3 100 000

Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy

14 710 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 938.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

02. Contribution to the Port Arthur Victims Appeal Fund administered by the Tasmanian Government

200 000

—

—

Division 939.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Contribution to the Gracetown Families Appeal Fund administered by the Augusta‑Margaret River Shire Council

20 000

—

—

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet..

220 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 948.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

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

5 336 000

27 550 000

28 262 580

Division 950.— OTHER SERVICES

05. Payment of Sales Tax for computer mainframe purchase 1997

405 000

—

—

06. Grant to the Braille and Talking Book Library of Victoria

33 000

—

—

Total: Division 950

438 000

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

5 774 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 970.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

2.— Equity, Advances and Loans

02. Australian National Railways Commission — Payment of interest bearing advances

6 980 000

2 120 000

—

Division 972 — OTHER SERVICES

03. Australian National Railways Commmission — Restructuring Australian National Railways Commission

347 400 000

—

—

04. Regional assistance — Impact of Australian National Railways Commission restructuring

10 000 000

—

—

Total: Division 972

357 400 000

Total: Department of Transport and Regional Development

364 380 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1996‑97

Information with respect to previous appropriation an expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97

Expenditure for 1995‑96

$

$

$

Division 978.— OTHER SERVICES

03. Loan Certificate held by the Toowoomba RSL Club.

2000

—

—

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

2000

\n```\n\n\\[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 5 February 1997\n\nSenate on 6 March 1997\\]\n\n(2/97)\n\n","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"88207","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cat. No. 96 7597 3 ISBN 0644 501383","content":"88207 Cat. No. 96 7597 3 ISBN 0644 501383\n\n![](image.004.png)\n\n![](image.005.png)Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (2/97)","sortOrder":18}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act does exactly what its title says: it appropriates additional money for the 1996-97 financial year on top of what was already approved in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996-97. The scope is wholly consistent with the standard form and purpose of supplementary budget appropriation legislation. The Carmen Lawrence provisions and the transitional Part 2 are ancillary but directly related to the Act's core appropriation function. There is no evidence of scope creep beyond the original intent of supplementary budget approval."},"complexity_factors":["Transitional Part 2 provisions that conditionally modify the Act's operation if the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 commences before 30 June 1997 — creating nested conditional logic","Section 6 contains multi-layered carve-outs and exclusions specifically for the Carmen Lawrence/Marks Royal Commission legal costs, with subsections defining what is and is not covered","Cross-references to multiple other Acts including the Audit Act 1901, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996-97, States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988, Rural Adjustment Act 1992, Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992, Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993, and Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994","Two schedules with multi-column tables requiring cross-referencing between Schedule 1 (payments to States) and Schedule 2 (services) via Division/Subdivision numbers","Modification provisions in sections 11-13 effectively insert new sections and substitute existing ones, requiring the reader to mentally reconstruct the amended Act","Section 13 has parallel subsections with near-identical conditional logic for two different fund types (Reserved Money Fund vs Commercial Activities Fund)","Dual-layer appropriation structure — displaying both this Act's figures (bold) and the earlier Appropriation Act No. 2 figures (light) in the same tables, requiring careful reading to distinguish"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a supplementary appropriation authorising an extra $471,270,776 for the 1996–97 financial year, funding 14 federal departments. Major outlays include a large restructuring payment for the Australian National Railways Commission, loans/grants to Australian Leather Holdings, state disability payments and other health, regional and primary‑industry measures, plus smaller ex‑gratia and victims’ donations. It also limits use of funds for Carmen Lawrence legal costs and contains transitional rules if the new financial management law took effect before 30 June 1997."},"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1877},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains within its stated purpose of appropriating additional funds for 1996-97 and related financial management purposes. While Part 2 contains substantial transitional provisions for the Financial Management and Accountability Act, these are properly characterised as 'related purposes' for managing the appropriated funds and do not represent scope creep beyond the Act's original intent."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996-97, Audit Act 1901 and Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997","Conditional commencement provisions in Part 2 that only apply if the FMA Act commences before 1 July 1997","Modification rules for appropriation items to substitute Trust Account references with new Fund components","Specific limitation provisions restricting use of appropriated funds for Dr Carmen Lawrence's legal costs","Detailed schedule-based appropriation structure requiring reference to multiple Divisions and Items"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **supplementary budget law** for the 1996‑97 financial year, authorising the government to spend an additional **$471.27 million** on top of the main budget (Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97).\n\n**What the money is for:**\n\n* **Department of Transport and Regional Development** – $364.4 million (mostly for restructuring the Australian National Railways Commission)\n* **Department of Health and Family Services** – $28.5 million (blood transfusion services, disability support, homeless accommodation programs)\n* **Department of Industry, Science and Tourism** – $32.5 million (including a $25 million loan to Australian Leather Holdings and $5 million grant)\n* **Department of Primary Industries and Energy** – $14.7 million (rural adjustment, drought assistance, Landcare)\n* **Attorney‑General’s Department** – $448,776 (including a specific $49,776 for legal costs incurred by Dr Carmen Lawrence in relation to the Marks Royal Commission, plus an ex‑gratia payment to the widow of Detective‑Sergeant Bowen)\n* **Other departments** – Various amounts for veterans' affairs, education programs, foreign aid, and administrative services.\n\n**Key features:**\n\n* **Payments to States:** Schedule 1 lists specific grants to states for World Heritage management, disability agreements, rural adjustment schemes and health programs.\n* **Accounting flexibility:** Section 7 allows the Finance Minister to correct accounting errors or balance the government’s books after the financial year ends (30 June 1997), even though the Audit Act normally prevents this.\n* **Transitional provisions (Part 2):** If the *Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997* commenced before 1 July 1997, this Act would operate with modified rules about how money is debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and how funds are transferred to new \"Reserved Money Fund\" or \"Commercial Activities Fund\" accounts.\n\n**Special restriction:** No money can be used for Dr Carmen Lawrence’s legal costs in court proceedings related to the Marks Royal Commission unless it is specifically appropriated for that exact purpose."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Section 8 (Definition of 'Financial Management and Accountability Act') and Section 9","severity":"medium","reasoning":"While legally workable in practice (the FMA Act 1997 did eventually receive assent and commence before 1 July 1997), the definition is structurally peculiar: it defines a statute by its future short title rather than by bill number, assent date, or any existing identifier. If the anticipated Act had been given a different short title, the definition would have pointed to nothing. This is a forward-referencing definitional gamble rather than a genuine circular definition, but it borders on one — the Act is defined by the name it will give itself.","confidence":0.75,"description":"The Act defines 'Financial Management and Accountability Act' as 'the Act to be cited as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997' — but at the time of this Act's drafting and commencement (assented to 17 April 1997), that Act did not yet exist as a named, enacted statute. The definition identifies a future Act by its anticipated short title, not by any existing legislative reference. Part 2 then applies only if that Act commences before 1 July 1997, creating a contingent regime built entirely on a piece of legislation identified by a name it had not yet legally acquired."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Section 7 (note referencing Section 36 of the Audit Act 1901)","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Under the conditional regime in Part 2, s.7 (the provision that allows post-30-June corrections 'despite s.36 of the Audit Act 1901') is repealed by s.12 and replaced with a new s.6 that references 'Funds within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997' rather than the Audit Act. 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This means the very section that overrides the Audit Act lapsing rule is itself repealed and replaced before it has any practical operation in the FMA Act scenario — leaving a gap as to whether the Audit Act 1901 override survives into the new regime."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 6(3)","severity":"low","reasoning":"This is not logically absurd — the carve-out for express appropriations is clearly intentional — but it creates an odd structural situation where s.6(3) prohibits a thing and s.6(1)-(2) simultaneously authorises the identical thing. The provision only makes sense when read as limiting *other* Acts, but on its face within this Act it seems to both prohibit and permit the same expenditure. 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The effect is that s.6(4) excludes court costs from the defined term used in s.6(1)-(2) (and Schedule 2 item 02), while s.6(3)(b) separately prohibits those same court costs under a different description. This creates two parallel prohibition regimes covering the same subject matter — one operating through the definitional exclusion, one operating directly — with potential ambiguity about whether s.6(3)(b)'s prohibition is redundant or additive."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 — Department of Primary Industries and Energy, Division 932, item 01","severity":"low","reasoning":"This is almost certainly a typographical/formatting error rather than a substantive drafting flaw, but in an appropriation instrument, ambiguity in the face amount of a line item is a real (if minor) concern. 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