{"id":"C1954A00027","name":"Supplementary Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1952-53","slug":"supplementary-appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"27 of 1954","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":14750,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1954A00027-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Supplementary Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1952-53","content":"THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n![](image.001.png)SUPPLEMENTARY APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1952-53.\n\n![](image.002.png)No. 27 of 1954.\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 fifty-three, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and Other Services involving Capital Expenditure.\n\n\\[Assented to 20th April, 1954.\\]\n\n\\[Date of commencement, 18th May, 1954.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen'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 Services) Act 1952-53.\n\nAppropriation of £1,035,415.\n\n2. The sum of One million and thirty-five thousand four hundred and fifteen 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 fifty-three, shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-two, for the purposes and services expressed in the Schedule to this Act.\n\nTHE\n\nF.1930.—Price 5d.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE. Section 2.\n\n![](image.003.png)ABSTRACT.\n\n```html\n

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

£

674,065

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

335,503

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

25,847

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

1,035,415

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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. 2.

1. Australian High Commissioner in United Kingdom—Equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residences

2,339

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 2k.

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................

34,420

Total Prime Minister's Department...........................

36,759

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 9.

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................

104

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 10.

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

1,188

Total Attorney-General's Department.........................

1,292

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.

Under Control of Department of Civil Aviation.

Division No. 15.

1. Airways services, including power and lighting plant and equipment.............

75,994

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

Under Control of Department of Health.

Division No. 20.

1. Tuberculosis Act 1948—Re-imbursement of expenditure to State Governments......

192,332

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 21.

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................

89,253

Total Department of Health...............................

281,585

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE.

Under Control of Department of Commerce and Agriculture.

Division No. 25.

3. Buildings, equipment and furniture for overseas establishments................

4,403

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 25k.

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................

3

Total Department of Commerce and Agriculture..................

4,406

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 28.

1. Acquisition of sites and buildings....................................

59,844

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

DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.

£

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 30.

1. Ship construction

£

£

Read..................................

3,764,857

In lieu of...............................

4,000,000

Cr. 235,143

Less amount recoverable from sale of ships—

Read..................................

2,365,233

In lieu of...............................

2,800,000

Dr. 434,768

199,625

3. Lighthouse steamers—Purchase and installation of equipment.................

2,771

Total Department of Shipping and Transport....................

202,396

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 38.

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

5,389

AUSTRALIAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.

Under Control of Department of the Treasury.

Division No. 45k.

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

6,400

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

674,065

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PART II.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.

COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.

£

Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.

Division No. 46.

5. Working advance (for payment to the credit of Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account)

50,000

POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.

Division No. 47.

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

12,530

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 49.

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

272,973

Total Postmaster-General's Department.......................

285,503

TOTAL PART II.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.............

335,503

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PART III.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

NORTHERN TERRITORY.

£

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 56.

2. Plant and equipment.............................................

6,396

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.

Under Control of Department of the Interior.

Division No. 58.

6. Acquisition of land and compensation for improvements on resumed leases........

310

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 59.

2. Engineering works..............................................

14,423

DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.

Under Control of Department of Works.

Division No. 60.

2. Plant and equipment.............................................

3,511

Total Australian Capital Territory...........................

18,244

TERRITORY OF PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.

Under Control of Department of Territories.

Division No. 62.

2. Coastal and Inter-island Shipping Service—Plant and equipment...............

1,207

TOTAL PART III.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH

25,847

TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

1,035,415

\n```\n\n![](image.006.png)By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2527},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of supplementary funding for capital works and services for the 1952-53 financial year. The scope covers exactly what the title suggests: additional appropriation for works and services, with no expansion into unrelated policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative section with straightforward appropriation formula","Retrospective validation mechanism only (deeming appropriation effective from 1 July 1952)","Detailed tabular schedule showing expenditure breakdowns and accounting adjustments (e.g., ship construction debits/credits) but no legal conditional logic","No interpretation section, defined terms, or cross-references to other Acts"],"plain_english_summary":"This budget Act retroactively authorises an extra £1,035,415 for the 1952–53 financial year to validate capital spending already incurred. It covers departmental buildings, equipment and infrastructure, capital needs of government business undertakings (notably rail and postal/telegraph services), and works in territories.\n\nWhy it matters: it regularises past expenditure so those projects—ships, offices, land and equipment—are formally appropriated and legally ratified."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act does not change the substantive scope of Commonwealth power; it retrospectively authorises and records a specific charge on the Consolidated Revenue Fund for 1952–53 as set out in the Schedule (s.2). It provides legal appropriation authority only, not new programmatic or regulatory powers."},"complexity_factors":["Single, simple operative appropriation clause (s.2) — low legal complexity.","Extensive Schedule with many departmental divisions and line items — increases administrative and bookkeeping complexity.","Historic accounting notations in Schedule (Cr./Dr., 'Read', 'In lieu of') require reconciliation with departmental ledgers.","Allocations reference multiple controllers and trust/accounting mechanisms (e.g. Railway Plant and Stores Suspense Trust Account) — coordination required across agencies.","No new substantive powers or regulatory obligations — scope limited to authorising past/retrospective expenditure.","Presentation in tabular historic format (pounds sterling, printed schedules) makes machine parsing and modern audit mapping slightly more onerous."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act formally treats £1,035,415 withdrawn from the Consolidated Revenue Fund as having been appropriated from 1 July 1952 for capital expenditure on additions, new works and other services listed in its Schedule (s.2). It allocates specific sums to Commonwealth departments, business undertakings and Territories so those entities may legally charge the identified capital items to public funds.\n\nWho pays and who decides: taxpayers fund the Consolidated Revenue Fund; Parliament authorised the charge and the named departments control execution and accounting. The Act is procedural—it creates legal accounting authority rather than new policy."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53","history":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53/history","analysis":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/supplementary-appropriation-works-and-services-act-1952-53/documents"}}