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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This 1956 Appropriation Act authorizes the Treasurer to withdraw £15,305,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund as a supplementary budget for the 1956–57 year. It redirects additional funds mainly to defence, war and repatriation, miscellaneous public services (including disaster relief and Olympic support), and the Post Office, and permits contributions to a government investment reserve. Affected parties include government departments, veterans, public servants (temporary and permanent), and citizens receiving grants like flood relief.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (No. 2) 1956-57.
No. 17 of 1957.
An Act to grant and apply additional sums out of the (Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth .day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, and to appropriate those sums.
[Assented to 29th May, 1957.]
BE 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:—
Short title.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Issue, application and appropriation of £15,305,000.
3.—(1.) The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to .Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the-thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, the sum of Fifteen million three hundred and five thousand pounds.
(2.) The sum granted by the last preceding sub-section is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-six, for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven.
4.—(1.) In
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Further issue, application and appropriation.
4.—(1.) In addition to the sum referred to in the last preceding section, the Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, such sums as the Treasurer from time to time determines.
(2.) The sums granted by the last preceding sub-section are appropriated for the purposes of the Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve established by the Loan Consolidation and Investment Reserve Act 1955.
Section 3. THE SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
| — | Total. |
|---|
| part 1.—departments and services—other than business undertakings and territories of the commonwealth— | £ |
| Parliament................................................... | 19,500 |
| Prime Minister’s Department....................................... | 57,800 |
| Department of External Affairs...................................... | 88,000 |
| Department of the Treasury........................................ | 118,000 |
| Attorney-General’s Department..................................... | 1,600 |
| Department of the Interior......................................... | 76,400 |
| Department of Works............................................ | 184,000 |
| Department of Civil Aviation....................................... | 240,900 |
| Department of Customs and Excise................................... | 25,200 |
| Department of Health............................................ | 4,800 |
| Department of Trade............................................. | 69,000 |
| Department of Primary Industry..................................... | 2,000 |
| Department of Social Services...................................... | 45,800 |
| Department of Shipping and Transport................................. | 700 |
| Department of Immigration........................................ | 34,900 |
| Department of Labour and National Service............................. | 17,400 |
| Department of National Development.................................. | 3,200 |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization................ | 12,400 |
| Defence Services............................................... | 5,614,000 |
| Miscellaneous Services........................................... | 2,617,400 |
| War and Repatriation Services...................................... | 4,204,000 |
| Total Part 1........................................ | 13,437,000 |
| PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS— |
| Commonwealth Railways......................................... | 72,000 |
| Postmaster-General’s Department.................................... | 781,000 |
| Broadcasting and Television Services.................................. | 37,000 |
| Total Part 2........................................ | 890,000 |
| PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH— |
| Northern Territory.............................................. | 186,000 |
| Australian Capital Territory........................................ | 88,000 |
| Norfolk Island................................................. | 1,000 |
| Papua and New Guinea........................................... | 7,000 |
| Total Part 3........................................ | 282,000 |
| PART 5.—SELF-BALANCING ITEMS— |
| Department of the Treasury........................................ | 696,000 |
| Total.......................................... | 15,305,000 |
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PARLIAMENT.</span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:352.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Division No. </span><span>1.</span><span>—SENATE.</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:352.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">A.—Salaries and Payments in the nature of Salary—</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:352.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:36pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1. Salaries and allowances</span><span>—</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:352.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:57.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Allowances to officers performing duties of a higher class</span><span style="width:32.64pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>600</span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:352.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:57.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Salaries of officers on retirement leave and payments in lieu</span><span style="width:23.18pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...</span></p></td><td style="width:32.75pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>870</span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:389.55pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1,470</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:389.55pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">B.</span><span style="font-weight:bold">—General Expenses</span><span style="width:254.89pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>520</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:389.55pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:3pt; margin-left:21.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">C.</span><span style="font-weight:bold">—Other Services—</span></p></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:389.55pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-left:36pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:28.8pt; text-indent:-28.8pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span>1. Standing and Select Committees</span><span>—Expenses</span><span style="width:138.77pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....................</span></p></div></td><td style="width:57.9pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4,000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:389.55pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-left:36pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="ma
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