{"id":"C1940A00043","name":"Supplementary Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1938-39","slug":"supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1938-39","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"43 of 1940","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3934,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1940A00043-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supplementary Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1938-39","content":"THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n---\n\nSUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION \n(WORKS AND BUILDINGS) 1938-39.\n\n---\n\nNo. 43 of 1940.\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 thirty-nine, for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.\n\n\\[Assented to 4th June, 1940.\\]\n\n\\[Date of commencement, 2nd July, 1940.\\]\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 1938–39.\n\nAppropriation of £91, 368.\n\n2. The sum of Ninety-one thousand three hundred and sixty-eight 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 thirty-nine, shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the date of the commencement of the Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1938–39 for the purposes and services expressed in the Schedule to this Act.\n\nTHE\n\nF.3632.—Price 5d.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE. Sec. 2.\n\n```html\n

ABSTRACT.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH

£

34,729

II.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS...........................

54,178

III.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH...............

2,461

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.....

91,368

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PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

PARLIAMENT.

£

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 1.

1. Buildings, works, sites, fittings and furniture.......................

5,427

PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Prime Minister’s Department.

Division No. 1a.

1. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Buildings, works and sites...

160

2. Purchase of polar exploration ship..............................

4,694

4,854

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 2.

1. Buildings, works, sites, fittings and furniture.......................

49

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

4,903

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.

Under Control of Department of the Treasury.

Division No. 4.

1. Government Printing Office, Canberra—Purchase of machinery and additional equipment

9

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 5.

1. Buildings, works, sites, fittings and furniture.......................

910

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

919

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PART I.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

£

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 7.

5. Governor-General’s establishments—Buildings, works, sites, fittings and furniture

11,075

8. Fittings and furniture......................................

255

Total Department of the Interior...................

11,330

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE.

NAVAL.

Under Control of Department of Defence.

Division No. 12.

4. Equipment for port defence.................................

6,650

MILITARY.

Read—

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 16.

£

1. Defence works, Darwin....................................

7,800

In lieu of—

Under Control of Department of Defence.

Division No. 16.

1. Defence works, Darwin....................................

7,800

..

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 17.

1. Buildings, works, sites, fittings and furniture......................

5,500

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

12,150

TOTAL PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH

34,729

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PART II.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

£

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 31.

3. Central Australia Railway..................................

12,174

POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of the Postmaster-General’s Department.

Division No. 32.

3. Telegraph and miscellaneous services..........................

36,155

4. National Broadcasting service................................

5,849

Total Postmaster-General’s Department

42,004

TOTAL PART II.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS

54,178

PART III.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 34.

3. Forestry..............................................

2,461

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC.

91,368

\n```\n\n---\n\nBy Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":5513},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act maintains its original narrow scope of providing supplementary funding for specific capital works and buildings for the 1938-39 financial year."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 2) containing only a deeming formula and appropriation amount","No definitions section or interpretation provisions","Simple tabular schedule listing lump-sum allocations by department without conditional provisions","Standard retrospective mechanism for validating already-incurred expenditure"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorises £91,368 of additional government capital expenditure for the year ended 30 June 1939, retrospectively validating sums already spent from the Consolidated Revenue Fund. It covers public works and equipment for government departments, rail and communications upgrades by business undertakings, and territorial forestry in the ACT, thereby back‑dating legal authority for unplanned capital outlays."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1938-39","history":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1938-39/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1938-39/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1938-39/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1938-39/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-buildings-act-1938-39/documents"}}