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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
The Act appropriates $2.38 billion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for 1985–86 (bringing total parliamentary funding with earlier Supply to $4.14 billion) to finance departments’ capital and operating costs and specified programs. It also funds conditional payments to States/Territories, establishes the Home and Community Care program by amending existing laws, corrects technical references in prior Acts, and authorizes a $130 million advance for urgent unforeseen expenses.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1985-86.
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Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1985-86
No. 139 of 1985
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1985
[Assented to 28 November 1985]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title
Commencement
Issue and application of $2 382 801 500
$2 382 801 500.
Appropriation of $4 135 269 000
16426/85 Cat. No. 85 7666 X
Payments to States and Northern Territory, &c.
“Appropriation Act” means an Act appropriating money for expenditure in respect of a financial year and includes an Act appropriating money, by way of interim provision, for such expenditure;
“person” includes—
(a) a State;
(b) a Territory;
(c) a local government body; and
(d) an organisation.
(2) Payments out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in the Division, or unit of a Division, in Schedule 3 specified in column 2 in an item in Schedule 2 made to or for a person for a purpose specified in column 3 in that item shall be made—
(a) on such terms and conditions (if any) as are from time to time determined, by instrument in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts by the Minister specified in column 4 in that item as being terms and conditions applicable to payments under such Acts to or for that person for that purpose; and
(b) in accordance with any determinations, by instrument in writing, of the Minister specified in column 5 in that item as to the amounts and times of payments.
(3) Payments to a State or the Northern Territory out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in Division 977 in Schedule 3 shall be made in accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.
South-West Tasmania World Heritage Area
Home and Community Care Program
“7. Payments (including advances) under this Act shall be made out of money appropriated from time to time by the Parliament for the purpose.”.
(2) The States Grants (Paramedical Services) Act 1969 has effect, and shall be taken to have had effect on and after 1 July 1985, as if there were substituted for section 9 of that Act the following section:
“9. Payments (including advances) under this Act shall be made out of money appropriated from time to time by the Parliament for the purpose.”.
(3) The Delivered Meals Subsidy Act 1970 has effect, and shall be taken to have had effect on and after 1 July 1985, as if there were substituted for section 10 of that Act the following section:
“10. Payments (including advances) under this Act shall be made out of money appropriated from time to time by the Parliament for the purpose.”.
(4) The States Grants (Home Care) Act 1969 has effect, and shall be taken to have had effect on and after 1 July 1985, as if there were substituted for section 17 of that Act the following section:
“17. Payments (including advances) under this Act shall be made out of money appropriated from time to time by the Parliament for the purpose.”.
(5) Payments (including advances) under an Act referred to in sub-section (1), (2), (3) or (4) are payments under the Home and Community Care Program.
(6) Payments (including advances) under an Act referred to in sub-section (1), (2) or (3) made on or after 1 July 1985 and before the commencement of this Act shall be taken to have been made out of amounts issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund by the Minister for Finance by virtue of sub-section 3(1) of the Supply Act (No. 2) 1985-86.
(7) The Home and Community Care Program, as well as providing for payments under the Acts referred to in sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) (in this sub-section referred to as the “specified Acts”), may provide for—
(a) payments under another Act, or other Acts, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act; and
(b) subject to any Act, other than a specified Act, payments otherwise than under an Act, including payments for a purpose for which payments may be made under a specified Act or another Act.
National Measurement Act
River Murray Waters
SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
SUMS AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND
| $ | |
|---|---|
| By the Supply Act (No. 2)1985-86................. | 1 752 467 500 |
| By this Act............................... | 2 382 801 500 |
| Total................................ | 4 135 269 000 |
SCHEDULE 2 Section 5
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |
| 1 | Division 819 | Grants to supplement voluntary and community legal aid schemes.Payments for the provision of legal aid. | Attorney-General | Attorney-General |
| 2 | Division 841 | Home and community care not being for the purpose of another Act. | Minister for Community Services | Minister for Community Services |
| 3 | Sub-division 2 of Division 855 | Technical and Further Education building projects which provide infra-structure assistance for steel regions. | Minister for Education | Minister for Education |
| 4 | Division 861 | Projects which provide infra-structure assistance for the steel regions. | Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations | Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations |
| 5 | Division 865 | Natural disaster relief and restoration.Payments in relation to termination of the Gordon River Power Development, Stage Two. | Minister for Finance | Minister for Finance |
| 6 | Division 882 | Transfer of Nurse Education to Colleges of Advanced Education. | Minister for Health | Minister for Health |
| 7 | Division 932 | Special research.Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.Contribution to Victoria for the eradication of fowl plague.Australian Agricultural Council sponsored projects.Extensions to fishing port facilities or for construction of the grain handling terminal at Port Kembla, as the case may be, which provide infra-structure assistance for the steel regions.Adjustment assistance to the wine industry.Soil conservation.Exotic disease preparedness. | Minister for Primary Industry | Minister for Primary Industry |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |
| Plant genetic resources storage facilities.Dried vine fruits adjustment assistance.Provision of capital items for the Torres Strait Fisheries Program. | ||||
| 8 | Sub-division 2 of Division 943 | Federal Water Resources Assistance Program in the Northern Territory. | Minister for Resources and Energy | Minister for Finance |
| 9 | Division 957 | Subsidise diesel fuel costs of Great Barrier Reef island tourist resorts.Tourism projects which provide infra-structure assistance for the steel regions. | Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism | Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism |
| 10 | Division 966 | Support for the America’s Cup defence. | Minister for Trade | Minister for Trade |
| 11 | Division 973 | Construction of the Second Hobart Bridge.Road projects which provide infrastructure assistance for the steel regions. | Minister for Transport | Minister for Transport |
| 12 | Division 985 | Home help services.Joint ventures for the care and welfare of veterans, war widows and dependants. | Minister for Veterans’ Affairs | Minister for Veterans’ Affairs |
SCHEDULE 3 Sections 3 and 4
ABSTRACT
| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 10 | Department of Aboriginal Affairs................................. | 40 880 000 |
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