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The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1990–91 authorises an extra $3.88 billion from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (raising total authorisations to $6.8 billion) for the second half of 1990–91, enabling federal departments, State/Territory grants and programs to be funded. It includes capital works, major state payments (notably hospital and care grants), a $140 million advance for urgent needs, and technical corrections to the earlier Supply Act. It provides the constitutional authority for these expenditures.
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Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1990-91
No. 99 of 1990
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1991, and for related purposes
[Assented to 6 December 1990]
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 $3 881 341 000
16267/90 Cat. No. 90 5446 3
Appropriation of $6 807 728 000
(a) by section 3 of the Supply Act (No. 2) 1990-91 as that Act is to be treated as having effect by virtue of a provision of this Act (other than the sums authorised by a Division or a unit of a Division in Schedule 2 to that Act specified in an item in Schedule 3); and
(b) by section 3 of this Act;
being sums that amount in the aggregate, as appears in Schedule 1, to the sum of $6 807 728 000, are appropriated, and are taken to have been appropriated, as from 1 July 1990, for the services expressed in Schedule 4 in respect of the financial year that commenced on that date.
Payments to States
"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.
(2) Payments out of such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in the Division, or unit of a Division, in Schedule 4 that is specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 opposite to an item number listed in column 1 of Schedule 2, being payments that are made to a State for a purpose specified in column 3 opposite that item number must be made:
(a) on such terms and conditions (if any) as are from time to time determined, in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts, by the Minister specified in column 4 opposite to that item number, being terms and conditions applicable to payments under such Acts to a State for that purpose; and
(b) in such amounts and at such times as are determined, in writing, by the Minister specified in column 5 opposite to that item number.
(3) Payments to a State out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in Division 977 in Schedule 4 must be made in accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.
(4) Nothing in this section limits, by implication, the power of the Commonwealth to make payments to a Territory, a local Government body, a body corporate, an organisation or a natural person for any purposes for which money is appropriated under Appropriation Acts:
(a) on such terms and conditions; and
(b) in such amounts and at such times; as the Commonwealth determines.
Money appropriated for a program
(a) the purpose of payments (including advances) under Acts administered as part of the program; and
(b) other purposes of the program, being purposes for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act.
Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
(a) subdivision 2 of Division 805 in Schedule 2 to that Act were omitted from that Act; and
(b) there were substituted for Division 811 in that Schedule the following Division:
"Division 811.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
| 1.—Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment....... | 16 248 000 |
|---|---|
| 2.—Cocos (Keeling) Islands—Home Island Development Plan.... | 604 000 |
| 5.—Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service—For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975 | 3 300 000 |
| 6.—Australian National Gallery—For expenditure under the National Gallery Act 1975 | 655 000 |
| Total: Division 811 | 20 807 000"; and |
(c) all payments made to the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology out of money appropriated under Division 805 for that purpose had been made out of money appropriated under Division 811 for that purpose.
Department of Community Services and Health
8. The Supply Act (No. 2) 1990-91 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect as if:
(a) there were substituted for subdivision 1 of Division 831 in Schedule 2 to that Act the following subdivision:
| "1.—Health Advancement........................... | 37 897 000"; and |
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(b) there were substituted for subdivision 3 of Division 831 in that Schedule the following subdivision:
| "3.—Health Care Access............................ | 1 682 508 000". |
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Department of Transport and Communications
9. The Supply Act (No. 2) 1990-91 has the effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) there were substituted for item 8 of Division 975 in Schedule 2 to that Act the following item:
| "01.—Road safety improvement package................ | 26 650 000"; and |
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(b) all payments made out of money appropriated under item 8 of Division 975 had been made out of money appropriated under item 1 of that Division.
SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
SUMS AUTHORISED TO BE ISSUED OUT OF THE
CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND
| $ | |
|---|---|
| By the Supply Act (No 2) 1990-91............ | 2 926 387 000 |
| By this Act........................... | 3 881 341 000 |
| Total............................. | 6 807 728 000 |
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 812 | Payment to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for payment to Queensland for day-today management in relation to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.Assistance for management of Tasmanian World Heritage areas. | Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories |
| 2 | Subdivision 1 of Division 831 | National Campaign Against Drug Abuse. | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | Minister for Community Family and Health Services |
| 3 | Subdivision 1 of Division 831 | Contributions towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.Women's health screening.National Better Health Program.Women's Health Program. | Minister for Community Services and Health | Minister for Community Services and Health |
| 4 | Subdivision 3 of Division 831 | Hospital Funding Grants.Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of health services.Hospital Enhancement Program.Innovative health services for homeless youth. | Minister for Community Services and Health | Minister for Community Services and Health |
| 5 | Subdivision 4 of Division 831 | Subsidy for the provision of private rental, housing stock.Supplementary Funding for Deposit Assistance. | Minister for Community Services and Health | Minister for Community Services and Health |
| 6 | Subdivision 4 of Division 831 | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program.Crisis Accommodation. | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services |
| 7 | Subdivision 5 of Division 831 | Child Care Fee Relief.Other Services for Families with Children. | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services |
| 8 | Subdivision 6 of Division 831 | Home and Community Care. | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |
| 9 | Subdivision 7 of Division 831 | Nursing Homes. Hostels. | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services |
| 10 | Division 865 | Natural disaster relief and restoration.Termination of the Gordon River Power Development, Stage Two. | Minister for Finance | Minister for Finance |
| 11 | Division 916 | National Industry Extension Service. | Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce | Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce |
| 12 | Division 931 | Sugar industry assistance.Provision of capital items for the Torres Strait Fisheries Program.National Afforestation Program.National Soil Conservation Program.Natural Resources Management Strategy in the Murray-Darling Basin.Commonwealth/Tasmania Forest Industry Package.South East Forests Package.Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.Export Research Grants.Exotic Disease Preparedness Program. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |
SCHEDULE 3 Section 4
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Division, &c. | Amount |
| $ | ||
| 1. | Subdivision 3 of Division 805............................... | 230 000 |
| 2. | Subdivision 10 of Division 806............................... | 1 000 000 |
| 3. | Subdivision 9 of Division 812............................... | 875 000 |
| 4. | Subdivision 1 of Division 818............................... | 9 765 00 |
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