{"id":"C1999A00025","name":"Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1998-99","slug":"appropriation-act-no-4-1998-99","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"25 of 1999","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2639,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1999A00025-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"1 Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1998‑99.\n\n","sortOrder":0},{"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":1},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"3 Definitions\n\nIn this Act:\n\nAgency has the same meaning as in the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.\n\n \n\n","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Issue and application of $ 254 977 000","content":"4 Issue and application of $ 254 977 000\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 1999, the sum of $ 254 977 000.\n\n(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).\n\n","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments to or for the States","content":"5 Payments to or for the 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\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\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 or for 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 or for a State for the purpose specified in column 3 of that item; and\n\n(b) in the amounts and at the times that are determined, in writing, by the Minister specified in column 5 of mat item.\n\n(3) 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":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"Money appropriated for a program","content":"6 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":"7","sectionType":"section","heading":"Payments to Agencies out of The Comcover Reserve","content":"7 Payments to Agencies out of The Comcover Reserve\n\nUnder section 11 of the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1998‑99, as it has effect because of section 11 of the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1998‑99, amounts received by an Agency out of The Comcover Reserve during the year ending on 30 June 1999 may be credited to an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2 to this Act.\n\n","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"8","sectionType":"section","heading":"Certain amounts taken to be appropriated","content":"8 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 that description credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the financial year ending on 30 June 1999 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":7},{"sectionNumber":"9","sectionType":"section","heading":"Advance to Minister for Finance and Administration","content":"9 Advance to Minister for Finance and Administration\n\nSection 9 of the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99 has effect, on and from the commencement of this Act, as if the reference in that section to Schedule 2 to that Act also included a reference to Schedule 2 to this Act.\n\n","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"10","sectionType":"section","heading":"Department of Finance and Administration","content":"10 Department of Finance and Administration\n\nIf a body known as ComSuper, or as ComSuper Limited, is established by legislation or under the provisions of the Corporations Law before 1 July 1999, this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Department of Finance and Administration under item 03 of Division 862 in Schedule 2 were:\n\n(a) an appropriation for payment to the body of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister to be required for the purposes of the body in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1999; and\n\n(b) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department for the purpose stated in that item.\n\n","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"11","sectionType":"section","heading":"Consolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year","content":"11 Consolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year\n\n(1) An amount appropriated under section 4 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1999.\n\n(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1999:\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 \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\n \n\n \nPayments to or for the States\n\n","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Sch 1","sectionType":"schedule","heading":null,"content":"Schedule 1\n\nSchedule 1 — Payments to or for the States\n\nNote: See 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 | Subdivision 2 of Division 931 | Rural adjustment under the Stales Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992.Payments to State rural assistance authorities for administration costs associated with exceptional circumstances.Farm business and community programs.Payment to Western Australia for Wyndham Port loading facility. | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |\n| 2 | Subdivision 3 of Division 931 | Remote sensing land coverage. | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry | Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry |\n| 3 | Division 849 | Payment to Queensland for the Sugar Coast Environment Rescue Package. | Minister for the Environment and Heritage | Minister for the Environment and Heritage |\n| 4 | Subdivision 1 of Division 949 | Commonwealth/State Disability Agreements. | Minister for Family and Community Services | Minister for Family and Community Services |\n| 5 | Subdivision 2 of Division 949 | Childcare assistance. | Minister for Family and Community Services | Minister for Family and Community Services |\n| 6 | Subdivision 3 of Division 949 | Supported accommodation assistance program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994). | Minister for Family and Community Services | Minister for Family and Community Services |\n| 7 | Subdivision 4 of Division 949 | Social housing subsidy program. | Minister for Family and Community Services | Minister for Family and Community Services |\n| 8 | Subdivision 1 of Division 891 | National Public Health. | Minister for Health and Aged Care | Minister for Health and Aged Care |\n| 9 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Services. | Minister for Health and Aged Care | Minster for Health and Aged Care |\n\n \n\n \nServices for which money is appropriated\n\n","sortOrder":11},{"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 4\n\nAbstract\n\n| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |\n| -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |\n| | | $ |\n| 15 | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry................. | 35 228 000 |\n| 17 | Attorney‑General's Department........................ | 8 424 000 |\n| 18 | Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.... | 8 795 000 |\n| — | Department of Veterans' Affairs............................. | — |\n| 19 | Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs............... | 253 000 |\n| — | Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business.... | — |\n| 20 | Department of the Environment and Heritage..................... | 1 923 000 |\n| 21 | Department of Family and Community Services................... | 21 058 000 |\n| 23 | Department of Finance and Administration...................... | 102 842 000 |\n| — | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade....................... | — |\n| 24 | Department of Health and Aged Care.......................... | 4 529 000 |\n| — | Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs............... | — |\n| 25 | Department of Industry, Science and Resources................... | 17 145 000 |\n| 27 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.................... | 100 000 |\n| 28 | Department of Transport and Regional Services................... | 35 237 000 |\n| 30 | Department of the Treasury................................ | 19 443 000 |\n| | Total............................................ | 254 977 000 |\n\n \n\n \n\nDEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES\n\n \n\n \n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) — 1998‑99, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2) — 1998‑99, 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

$

$

$

$

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

800 000

21 808 000

12 620 000

35 228 000

9 815 000

168 630 000

4 018 000

182 463 000

Attorney‑General's Department..

173 000

8 251 000

—

8 424 000

42 237 000

56 754 000

62 751 000

161 742 000

Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

7 795 000

1 000 000

—

8 795 000

38 318 000

—

127 245 000

165 563 000

Department of Veterans' Affairs........

—

—

—

—

5 659 000

12 736 000

—

18 395 000

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs

—

—

253 000

253 000

—

10 375 000

23 027 000

33 402 000

Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business

—

—

—

—

52 400 000

—

—

52 400 000

Department of the Environment and Heritage

—

1 923 000

—

1 923 000

17 297 000

19 683 000

—

36 980 000

Department of Family and Community Services

14 580 000

4 299 000

2 179 000

21 058 000

64 359 000

1 614 396 000

3 578 000

1 682 333 000

Department of Finance and Administration (*)

967 000

—

101 875 000

102 842 000

95 536 000

39 000 000

98 381 000

232 917 000

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade..

—

—

—

—

3 950 000

—

7 631 000

11 581 000

Department of Health and Aged Care....

—

4 529 000

—

4 529 000

30 874 000

830 911 000

29 289 000

891 074 000

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

—

—

—

—

44 000

143 000

—

187 000

Department of Industry, Science and Resources

17 100 000

—

45 000

17 145 000

78 464 000

33 584 000

2 695 000

114 743 000

* Does not include appropriation in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99 under Division 870 ‑ Advance to the Minister for Finance and Administration, $215 000 000.

\n```\n\n \n\nAppropriation Act (No. 4) — 1998‑99, Heavy figures\n\nAppropriation Act (No. 2)— 1998‑99\\. 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 the Prime Minister and Cabinet | — | — | 100 000 | 100 000 |\n| | 282 000 | — | — | 282 000 |\n| Department of Transport and Regional Services | 1 573 000 | 33 414 000 | 250 000 | 35 237 000 |\n| | 142 335 000 | 40 337 000 | 250 000 | 182 922 000 |\n| Department of the Treasury.......... | — | — | 19 443 000 | 19 443 000 |\n| | 29 910 000 | 1S9 80S 000 | — | 189 715 000 |\n| Total...................... | 42 988 000 | 75 224 000 | 136 765 000 | 254 977 000 |\n| | 611 480 000 | 2 986 354 000 | 358 865 000 | 3 956 699 000 |\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 930.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

04. Loxton irrigation scheme — Replacement of south rising main and associated works for Loxton East development

800 000

—

—

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

2.— Infrastructure and Support

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

16 180 000

41 722 000

81 906 392

04. Payments to State rural assistance authorities for administration costs associated with exceptional circumstances

1 091 000

221 000

337 000

09. Farm business and community programs.........

3 954 000

3 383 000

—

10. Payment to Western Australia for Wyndham Port loading facility

550 000

—

—

21 775 000

3.— Research and Assessment

02. Remote sensing of land coverage...............

33 000

81 000

683 946

Total: Division 931

21 808 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry— continued\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 932.— OTHER SERVICES

02. Pork Industry Development Group Grant........

1 904 000

3 807 000

—

04. Payment for delivery of exceptional circumstances payments

1 000 000

211 000

55 000

05. Tuberculosis freedom assurance program........

1 317 000

—

—

06. Sugar Industries Package..................

2 799 000

—

—

07. Pigmeat processing grants program............

5600 000

—

—

Total: Division 932

12 620 000

Total: Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

35 228 000

\n```\n\n \n\nATTORNEY‑GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 805.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

01. Departmental plant and equipment...........

27 000

561 000

98 976

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

146 000

3 433 000

523 872

Total: Division 805

173 000

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

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

8 251 000

48 837 000

91 678 019

Total: Attorney‑General's Department

8 424 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, INFORMATION\n\nTECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 810.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

01. Refurbishment and fitout of the Old Parliament House

3 516 000

2 557 000

2 718 167

02. National Museum of Australia — Construction of new building

762 000

1 100 000

3 662 592

Total: Division 810

4 278 000

Division 811.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES — BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION

2.— Provision and installation of radio and television transmitters and ancillary buildings, works and technical equipment for national broadcasting

3 517 000

22 338 000

17 649 208

Division 813.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

01. Contemporary music — Pilot projects...........

1 000 000

—

——

Total: Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts

8 795 000

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

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 832.— OTHER SERVICES

03. Emergency assistance for school term hostels..

253 000

—

——

Total: Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs

253 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

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

4.— Payment to Queensland for the Sugar Coast Environment Rescue Package

1 923 000

2 000 000

77 650

Total: Department of the Environment and Heritage.

1 923 000

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

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 948.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

01. Departmental computer equipment.............

14 580 000

27 519 000

48 462 000

Division 949.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

1.— Assistance for People with Disabilities

01. Commonwealth/State Disability Agreements......

122 000

338 064 000

316 867 000

2.— Services for Families with Children (including expenditure under the Child Care Act 1972)

01. Childcare assistance......................

3 533 000

11967 000

14 405 361

3.— Housing and Crisis Accommodation

01. Supported accommodation assistance program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994) ……………………………………..

482 000

128 808 000

125 342 000

4.—Other

02. Social housing subsidy program...............

162 000

2 130 000

1 749 158

Total: Division 949

4 299 000

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

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 950.— OTHER SERVICES

03.Ex‑Gratia payments to income tested pensioners resident in nursing homes whose social security payments are to be increased due to the exemption of specified forms of income or assets from 6 November 1997

51 000

—

186

04. Business and Community Sector Partnerships.....

500 000

1 800 000

—

06. Ex‑Gratia payment to pensioners identified under section 15 of the Ombudsman Act 1997 concerning departure certificates

180 000

—

—

07. Ex‑Gratia payment to former AUSTUDY recipients whose payments were unintentionally reduced by the Youth Allowance legislation

201 000

—`

—

08. Ex‑Gratia payment to young Disability Support Pension recipients whose payments were unintentionally limited by the Youth Allowance legislation

287 000

—

—

09. Domestic violence — Pilot programs..........

960 000

—

—

Total: Division 950

2 179 000

Total: Department of Family and Community Services

21 058 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 860.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

02. Overseas property services — Instalment purchases of sites and buildings

967 000

7 497 000

—

Division 862.— OTHER SERVICES

03. Administration of Commonwealth superannuation pensions and preserved benefits (including for payment to the ComSuper Commercial Activities Fund)

1 100 000

4 381 000

—

04. Grant to Brimbank Council for restoration of Harricks Cottage

100 000

—

—

05. Grant to St Peter's Church, East Melbourne.......

350 000

—

—

06. Payments of superannuation surcharge liability in relation to the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Scheme

250 000

—

—

07. Ex‑Gratia payment to the administrator of Cobar Mines Pty Ltd for distribution to the company's unsecured creditors

75 000

—

—

08. Payments to assist people and small business affected by the interruption to the Victorian gas supply

100 000 000

—

—

Total: Division 862

101 875 000

Total: Department of Finance and Administration

102 842 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGED CARE\n\n

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

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

1.— Health Advancement

01. National Public Health....................

1 743 000

147 528 000

113 787 000

2.— Health Care Access

03. Blood Transfusion Services.................

2 786 000

59 200 000

—

Total: Division 891

4 529 000

Total: Department of Health and Aged Care....

4 529 080

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

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 915.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

1.— Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

02. Major national research facilities program........

570 000

9 647 000

20 870 000

03. Australian Geological Survey Organisation — Plant and equipment

199 000

1 581 000

2 406 708

04. Australian Geological Survey Organisation — New building construction

1 319 000

725 000

34 290 055

05. Sydney‑Moomba Pipeline easement — Payments for easement rectification

12 000

—

15 860

2 100 000

5.— Advances, Equity and Loans

01. Grant to IIF Investments Pty Ltd for the Innovation Investment Fund program

11 000 000

14 000 000

4 042 667

02. Loan to IIF (CM) Investments Pty Ltd for the Innovation Investment Fund program

4 000 000

—

—

15 000 000

Total: Division 915

17 100 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Industry, Science and Resources — continued\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 917 — OTHER SERVICES

03. Grant to IIF Investments Pty Ltd for operating expenses

24 000

15 000

—

04. Grant to IIF (CM) Investments Pty Ltd for operating expenses

21 000

—

—

Total: Division 917

45 000

Total: Department of Industry, Science and Resources

17 145 000

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

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 939 — OTHER SERVICES

01. Flood Relief — Wollongong..............

100 000

—

—

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

100 000

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

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 970.— CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

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

01. Second Sydney Airport land acquisition and works.

106 000

7 379 000

512 454

04. Territories program......................

1 267 000

19 704 000

7 446 050

1 373 000

2.— Equity, Advances and Loans

02. Loan to the Norfolk Island Government — Cascade Cliff safety project

200 000

2 800 000

—

Total: Division 970

1 573 000

Division 971.— PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

02. Payment to Tasmanian Government for track upgrading

616 000

998 000

1 386 228

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

400 000

—

9 600 000

06. Bass Strait Passenger Vehicle Equalisation Scheme.

2 398 000

11 202 000

12 845 470

07. Payment to South Australia — Payment for runway extension at Adelaide Airport

20 000 000

—

—

08. Northern Territory Indigenous Health Infrastructure.

10 000 000

—

10 000 000

Total: Division 971

33 414 000

\n```\n\n \n\nDepartment of Transport and Regional Services — continued\n\n

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 972.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Public awareness campaign for second Sydney Airport

250 000

250 000

—

Total: Department of Transport and Regional Services

35 237 000

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

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

Additional appropriation for 1998‑99

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998‑99

Expenditure for 1997‑98

$

$

$

Division 978.— OTHER SERVICES

01. Community education and information programme on the tax system

19 443 000

—

57 194

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

19 443 000

\n```\n\n\\[Minister's second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 3 December 1998\n\nSenate on 25 March 1999\\]\n\n","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"23471","sectionType":"section","heading":"Cat. No. 99 1010 9 ISBN 0642 400741","content":"23471 Cat. No. 99 1010 9 ISBN 0642 400741\n\n![](image.004.png)\n\n![](image.005.png)Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (192/98)","sortOrder":13}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2105},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original scope as a supplementary appropriation act for the 1998-99 financial year, specifically appropriating $254.977 million for departmental services and state payments as detailed in Schedules 1 and 2. It functions as additional supply to the main budget appropriations."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to three related Appropriation Acts (Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of 1998-99) for technical provisions like the Advance to the Minister for Finance","Detailed appropriation schedules listing 12 departments with specific allocations across capital works, state payments and operational services","Conditional provisions regarding ComSuper (the superannuation administration body) that apply only if it is established before 1 July 1999","Technical provisions governing the Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Comcover Reserve (the government's self-insurance scheme)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **supplementary budget law** (the fourth for the 1998-99 financial year) that authorises the Australian Government to spend **$254.977 million** from the national treasury (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) on top of earlier budget allocations.\n\n**What the money is for:**\nThe Act splits funding across federal government departments for specific programs:\n\n* **Emergency relief**: $100 million to help Victorian businesses and households affected by the interruption to gas supplies\n* **Agriculture**: Rural adjustment assistance, drought relief (exceptional circumstances payments), and industry development for pork and sugar industries\n* **Community services**: Disability support agreements, childcare assistance, public housing subsidies, and crisis accommodation\n* **Health**: Blood transfusion services and public health programs\n* **Infrastructure**: Second Sydney Airport planning, Adelaide Airport runway extension, and Northern Territory Indigenous health infrastructure\n* **Other**: Legal aid to states, museum construction, innovation investment funds, and tax system community education\n\n**Key rules:**\n* **Use it or lose it**: The money must be spent by 30 June 1999 (the end of the financial year)\n* **Payments to States**: Specific grants to state governments (including NT and ACT) must follow conditions set by the relevant ministers\n* **Accounting flexibility**: Allows for corrections to accounting errors after the financial year closes, but doesn't allow new spending"},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"retroactive_impossibility","section":"Section 10","severity":"medium","reasoning":"The phrase 'this Act has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect' is triggered by an event that may or may not occur after the Act's commencement. The fiction that the Act 'at all times' had a different effect is applied retroactively to a period before the Act existed. While retrospective deeming provisions are common in Australian legislation, the formulation here requires the Act to notionally override its own legal non-existence prior to Royal Assent. If ComSuper is established between 14 May and 30 June 1999, the Act would purport to have operated differently from, say, 1 July 1998 — before it was even introduced. This is a recognised drafting absurdity in appropriation law, though courts tend to read it charitably.","confidence":0.72,"description":"Retroactive impossibility: Section 10 purports to make the Act operate retrospectively ('is taken at all times to have had effect') conditional on a future event (ComSuper being established 'before 1 July 1999'). However, the Act received Royal Assent on 14 May 1999, meaning that by the time the Act commenced, there were only approximately 47 days in which ComSuper could be established for the retrospective deeming to activate. The provision purports to retroactively rewrite the appropriation back to a time before the Act existed — before it had even passed Parliament — which is a logical impossibility. An Act cannot 'at all times have had effect' before it was enacted."},{"type":"self_contradicting","section":"Section 11(1) and Section 8","severity":"medium","reasoning":"Section 8 authorises the Minister to issue and apply amounts equal to credited payments 'during the financial year ending on 30 June 1999'. The ministerial authority under section 8 is not explicitly time-limited. Section 11(1) then hard-stops any debit after 30 June 1999. While section 11(2) provides a narrow carve-out for error corrections and fund balancing, it does not extend to section 8 issuances. The tension is real: section 8 creates an authorisation to act, section 11 revokes the practical ability to give effect to that authorisation after year-end.","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 11(1) prohibits debiting the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1999. However, section 8 deems certain amounts to have been appropriated for the financial year ending 30 June 1999, and authorises the Minister to 'issue and apply those amounts accordingly'. If the Minister becomes aware of a creditable payment after 30 June 1999 (which is plausible given retrospective accounting), section 8 authorises issuance but section 11(1) prohibits the debit from the Fund needed to effect that issuance — creating a provision that authorises action that another provision simultaneously prohibits."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 — Department of Health and Aged Care (Total line)","severity":"low","reasoning":"1,743,000 + 2,786,000 = 4,529,000, which matches the Division 891 total. Yet the Department total reads 4,529,080. This $80 surplus appears nowhere in any line item. The Abstract table at the head of Schedule 2 correctly shows $4,529,000 for the department. The discrepancy of $80 in a $4.5M appropriation appears to be a typographical or transcription error in the Schedule, creating an internal inconsistency within the Act's own schedules. A law with an erroneous figure in a schedule creates genuine uncertainty about the legal amount appropriated.","confidence":0.92,"description":"Arithmetic inconsistency in the totals: The individual line items in Division 891 for the Department of Health and Aged Care sum to $4,529,000 (National Public Health $1,743,000 + Blood Transfusion Services $2,786,000 = $4,529,000). The 'Total: Division 891' row correctly shows $4,529,000. However, the 'Total: Department of Health and Aged Care' row in the detailed Schedule 2 table shows $4,529,080 — a discrepancy of $80. This internal arithmetic error means the Schedule is self-inconsistent."},{"type":"other","section":"Section 7","severity":"low","reasoning":"A reader of this Act has no way to understand what section 7 does without obtaining the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1998-99 and the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1998-99. The provision authorises something — the crediting of Comcover Reserve receipts — but the actual conditions, limits and mechanics are entirely housed in external Acts. This is a drafting curiosity rather than a strict absurdity, but it makes the section practically opaque as a standalone instrument.","confidence":0.78,"description":"Daisy-chain cross-referencing: Section 7 operates via a double cross-reference — it invokes 'section 11 of the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1998-99, as it has effect because of section 11 of the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1998-99'. This creates a chain where the operative rule is: No. 4's section 7 → No. 3's section 11 → No. 1's section 11. The meaning of this Act's provision thus depends on reading three separate Acts in sequence. While not strictly absurd, the provision contains no self-standing operative content whatsoever — it is entirely parasitic on two other Acts neither of which is reproduced or summarised."},{"type":"other","section":"Schedule 2 — Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Division 932, item 07)","severity":"low","reasoning":"Every other multi-digit dollar figure in Schedule 2 uses a space as a thousands separator (e.g. '1 904 000', '1 317 000'). Item 07 reads '5600 000', which is technically ambiguous — it could be read as $5,600,000 or as a malformed number. In the context of a legally operative appropriation schedule, formatting inconsistencies can cause interpretive disputes, though the arithmetic context (division total of $12,620,000 = 1,904 + 1,000 + 1,317 + 2,799 + 5,600) confirms the intended figure is $5,600,000.","confidence":0.85,"description":"Minor typographical error creating potential legal ambiguity: Item 07 'Pigmeat processing grants program' shows an appropriation of '5600 000' (without the space separator used consistently throughout the schedule for all other six-digit figures, e.g. '5 600 000'). While the intended figure is almost certainly $5,600,000, the inconsistent formatting creates a drafting defect."}],"contradictions":[{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 4(1)","section_b":"Section 11(1)","confidence":0.7,"description":"Section 4(1) authorises the Minister to 'issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply' the sum of $254,977,000 'for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1999'. Section 11(1) then provides that amounts appropriated under section 4 'may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1999'. The appropriation power in section 4 is stated without a time limit on its exercise, yet section 11 imposes a hard cut-off. A Minister who has not yet drawn on part of the section 4 appropriation by 30 June 1999 loses the ability to access funds Parliament has authorised — potentially defeating the purpose of the appropriation."},{"severity":"medium","section_a":"Section 8(b)","section_b":"Section 11(1)","confidence":0.65,"description":"Section 8(b) provides that 'the Minister is authorised to issue and apply' amounts equal to credited payments during the financial year ending 30 June 1999. This ministerial authority is stated in the present tense without an expiry date. Section 11(1) prohibits any debit from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1999 for amounts appropriated under section 4. If the section 8 deemed appropriations are treated as falling within section 4 (which section 8(a) implies by deeming them 'appropriated'), then section 11(1) extinguishes the Minister's section 8(b) authority on 30 June 1999. The carve-out in section 11(2) for error corrections and fund balancing does not explicitly preserve section 8(b) issuances, leaving the scope of the Minister's residual authority unclear."},{"severity":"low","section_a":"Section 5(2) — Schedule 1 items 8 and 9 (Division 891)","section_b":"Schedule 2 — Department of Health and Aged Care (Division 891)","confidence":0.55,"description":"Schedule 1 items 8 and 9 identify Division 891 (subdivisions 1 and 2) as containing payments 'to or for a State' subject to the ministerial determination regime in section 5. However, in the detailed Schedule 2 tables for Division 891, the subdivision for Blood Transfusion Services (subdivision 2 per item 9 of Schedule 1) is listed under program heading '2 — Health Care Access' at item 03, not item 02 as might be expected for subdivision 2. The subdivision numbering convention in Schedule 1 does not precisely match the subdivision/item structure visible in Schedule 2, creating potential cross-referencing ambiguity about which specific item lines in Schedule 2 are subject to the Schedule 1 conditions."}]},"summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act is a standard supplementary appropriation measure with a tightly bounded purpose: authorising additional spending for a single financial year (1998-99) beyond what was approved in Appropriation Act (No. 2). Its scope is entirely consistent with the original and ongoing purpose of Commonwealth appropriation legislation — to obtain parliamentary authorisation for government expenditure as required by section 83 of the Constitution. There is no evidence of scope creep; all provisions are ancillary mechanics supporting that core function (e.g., conditions on State payments, error-correction rules, the Comcover crediting mechanism). The contingency clause for ComSuper is a narrow, time-limited provision rather than an expansion of the Act's fundamental purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Short operative body (11 sections) with straightforward purpose — appropriating a fixed dollar sum","Cross-references to multiple other Acts: Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1998-99, Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1998-99, Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1998-99, Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, and several program-specific Acts","Two detailed schedules requiring interpretation alongside the operative sections — particularly the 5-column Schedule 1 linking divisions, purposes, and ministerial responsibilities","Conditional logic in section 10 (ComSuper establishment trigger) creating a retrospective 'taken to have had effect' scenario","Section 8's 'notional payments' mechanism adds conceptual complexity around what counts as an appropriation","Section 7 creates a layered cross-reference: section 11 of Act No. 1, as modified by section 11 of Act No. 3, then applied to Schedule 2 of this Act","Dual-column format in Schedule 2 showing both new and prior-year figures requires careful reading to distinguish what is actually being appropriated","Small number of defined terms (only 'Agency' and 'Appropriation Act' defined formally)"],"plain_english_summary":"This supplementary appropriation authorises an extra $254.98 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the 1998–99 year, allowing additional Commonwealth spending across multiple departments and payments to States and Territories. It provides Parliament’s legal approval for emergency and program funding (notably a $100 million payment to Victorians after the Longford gas crisis) and ensures the amounts are available only within that financial year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1998-99","history":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1998-99/history","analysis":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1998-99/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1998-99/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1998-99/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/appropriation-act-no-4-1998-99/documents"}}