{"id":"C1927A00021","name":"Supplementary Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1925-26","slug":"supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1925-26","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"21 of 1927","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3436,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1927A00021-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supplementary Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1925-26","content":"THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nSUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION\n\n(WORKS AND BUILDINGS) 1925-26.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNo. 21 of 1927.\n\nAn Act to appropriate a further sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ended the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and twenty-six for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.\n\n\\[Assented to 8th April, 1927.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows :—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Supplementary Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1925-26.\n\nAppropriation of £20,741.\n\n2. The sum of Twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and forty-one pounds which has been issued from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ended the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and twenty-six shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the passing of the Act No. 9 of 1925 for the purposes and services expressed in the Schedule to this Act.\n\nF.5817.—Price 3d. .......... SCHEDULE.\n\n \n\nSCHEDULE.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nABSTRACT.\n\n| PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth. | £ |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------ |\n| PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.......................... | 5,845 |\n| ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT....................... | 3,252 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE............................... | 2,785 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.................... | 181 |\n| DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND RAILWAYS................... | 603 |\n| TOTAL PART I..................... | 12,666 |\n| PART II.—Business Undertakings. | |\n| COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS............................. | 17,075 |\n| TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC......... | 29,741 |\n\n \n\n```html\n

PART I—Departments and Services other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.

£

PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Prime Minister’s Department.

Division No. 1a.

Subdivision No. 1.

No. 1. London Offices.................................

77

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways.

Division No. 1b.

Subdivision No. 1.

5,768

No. 1. Purchase of properties and sites.......................

Total Prime Minister’s Department............

5,845

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ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways.

Division No.1c.

Subdivision No. 1.

No. 1. Purchase of properties and sites.......................

3,252

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.

MUNITIONS SUPPLY BRANCH.

Under Control of Department of DefenCe.

Division No. 7.

FACTORIES, MUNITIONS SUPPLY BRANCH.

Subdivision No. 1.

No. 1. Machinery and plant for manufacture of munitions not now produced in Australia—Towards cost

2,616

3. Machinery and plant for Commercial Explosives Testing Station.

50

\"\"Total Under Control of Department of Defence

2,666

Carried forward..............

9,097

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£

Brought forward.............

9,097

Department of Defence

MUNITIONS SUPPLY BRANCH—continued.

Brought forward.............

2,666

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways.

Division No. 7a.

Subdivision No. 1.

No. 1. Lithgow Machine Gun Factory...........................

119

Total Department of Defence...........

2,785

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DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS.

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways.

Division No. 9.

Subdivision No. 1a.

VICTORIA.

No. 1. Erection of shelter sheds at Mercantile Marine Offices...........

87

Subdivision No. 1b.

QUEENSLAND.

No. 1. Erection of shelter sheds at Mercantile Marine Offices...........

94

Total Department of Trade and Customs....................

181

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DEPARTMENT OF WORKS AND RAILWAYS.

Under Control of Department of Works and Railways.

Division No. 9a.

Subdivision No. 1.

No. 1. Installation of equipment for printing and reproduction of plans.....

603

TOTAL PART 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth

12,666

\n```\n\n \n\n| PART 2—Business Undertakings. | £ |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |\n| COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS. | |\n| Division No. 11a. | |\n| Subdivision No. 1. | |\n| No. 1. Port Augusta—Oodnadatta Railway........................ | 16,821 |\n| 2. Federal Territory Railway.............................. | 254 |\n| Total Part 2—Business Undertakings.......... | 17,075 |\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nPrinted and Published for the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia by H. J.Green, Government Printer for the State of Victoria.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2173},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose: appropriating a specific supplementary sum for capital works and buildings for the 1925-26 financial year. The schedule details precise allocations without expanding beyond this core appropriation function."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative section (section 2) appropriating a fixed monetary sum","No definitions section or interpretive provisions","Straightforward tabular schedule listing specific allocations without conditions","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple retrospective validation with no exceptions, qualifications, or discretionary powers"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act is a budget “top‑up” for 1925–26 that retroactively authorizes £29,741 of capital expenditure already paid from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. It validates extra spending across several departments—largest for Commonwealth Railways (Port Augusta–Oodnadatta and Federal Territory lines), with smaller amounts for the Prime Minister’s, Attorney‑General’s, Defence, Trade and Customs, and Works and Railways—ensuring those urgent or over‑budget projects are legally sanctioned."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Act does not broaden executive powers or create new policy; it retrospectively ratifies and fixes specific financial authorisations for 1925–26 by deeming prior issues to be appropriated and allocating them by line item (s.2; Schedule). Its effect is validation and allocation, not a change in the original substantive scope of departmental functions."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, single-purpose appropriation statute with limited operative text (short title s.1; appropriation s.2).","Retrospective legal effect: deems amounts already issued to be appropriated as from an earlier Act (s.2) — requires attention to dates and prior authorisations.","Detailed numeric schedule allocating small sums across many divisions and subdivisions (Schedule), increasing bookkeeping detail though not legal complexity.","Repeated assignment of control to the Department of Works and Railways for many items (Schedule) introduces administrative‑responsibility mapping.","Apparent typographical/numeric discrepancy in printed heading (\"Appropriation of £20,741\") versus the operative text and Schedule totalling £29,741 (s.2; Schedule), creating potential interpretive awkwardness for users."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act retrospectively treats £29,741 drawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the 1925–26 year as properly appropriated to pay for specified additions, new works and buildings. It allocates those sums by line item across Commonwealth departments and the Commonwealth Railways (s.2; Schedule).\n\nWho pays: the Commonwealth (Consolidated Revenue Fund). Who decides and implements: the named departments and the Department of Works and Railways as the controlling authority for many items. The practical effect is to validate past disbursements and fix line‑item funding and administrative responsibility."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1925-26","history":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1925-26/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1925-26/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1925-26/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1925-26/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1925-26/documents"}}