Cat. No. 91 4554 5
30399 Cat. No. 91 4554 5
Appropriation of $ 7 930 090 000
- The following sums amounting in the aggregate, as appears in Schedule 1, to $7 930 090 000 are appropriated, and are taken to have been appropriated as from 1 July 1991, for the services expressed in Schedule 4 in respect of the year that commenced on that day:
(a) the sum appropriated by section 3 of the Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 as that Act is affected by this Act (being the sum appropriated by that section as originally in force less the amounts specified in Schedule 3, which are the amounts by which the amounts originally appropriated under the Subdivisions in the Schedule to that Act that are specified in Schedule 3 were reduced by this Act); and
(b) the sum specified in section 3 of this Act.
Payments to States
- (1) In this section and in determinations for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) or (b):
"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 an item in Schedule 2, being payments that are made to a State for a purpose specified in column 3 of that item, 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 of that item, as 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 of that item.
(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
- Where money is appropriated by this Act for a particular program, that money is taken to be appropriated for:
(a) the purpose of payments (including advances) under Acts administered as part of the program; and
(b) any other purposes of the program.
Department of Administrative Services
- (1) Section 6 of the Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if all the words from and including "Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1991-92" were omitted and the following words and paragraphs were substituted:
(a) Subdivision 2 of Division 805 in Schedule 2 has effect, at and after the time when that trust account is established, as if the reference in that subdivision to relevant trust accounts were a reference to the Department of Administrative Services Trust Account (in this section called the "Business Services Trust Account"); and
(b) unrequired cash assets of the business trust accounts superseded by the Business Services Trust Account are taken to have been appropriated for the purposes of the Business Services Trust Account and the Minister for Finance is authorised to issue and apply those assets to the Business Services Trust Account.".
(2) The Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the amount appropriated under Subdivision 2 of Division 805 in Schedule 2 to that Act for making advances and loans, and each amount that included that amount, were reduced by $30 515 000.
Attorney-General's Department
- (1) The Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the amount appropriated under Subdivision 3 of Division 818 in Schedule 2 to that Act for expenditure under the Australian Securities Commission Act 1989, and each amount that included that amount, were reduced by $1 568 000.
(2) The Supply Act (No.2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if Division 819 in the Schedule to that Act were omitted and the following Division were subtituted:
| "Division 819.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY | ||
|---|---|---|
| 03. Human Rights — Payments under cooperative arrangements with the States | 431 000 | — |
| A. Other purposes previously approved by Parliament.... | 110 562 000 | 190 232 000 |
| Total: Division 819 | 110 993 000 | 190 232 000". |
(3) Any payment that:
(a) was made before the commencement of this section out of money appropriated under Division 819 in the Schedule to the Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92; and
(b) would have been made out of money appropriated under Item 03 of that Division in the Schedule to that Act if this section had then been in force;
is taken, for all purposes, to have been made out of money appropriated under Item 03 of that Division in the Schedule to that Act.
Department of Employment, Education and Training
- The Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the amount appropriated under Subdivision 2 of Division 848 in Schedule 2 to that Act for expenditure under the University of Canberra Act 1989, and each amount that included that amount, were reduced by $3 160 000.
Department of Health, Housing and Community Services
- The Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) each reference in that Act to the Department of Community Services and Health were a reference to the Department of Health, Housing and Community Services; and
(b) each reference in the Schedule to that Act to Division 830 or 831 were a reference to Division 885 or 886 respectively.
Department of Veterans' Affairs
- The Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if each reference to Division 839 or 840 were a reference to Division 895 or 896 respectively.
Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce
- The Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the amount appropriated under Subdivision 1 of Division 915 in Schedule 2 to that Act for making payments for buildings, works, plant and equipment for the Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce, and each amount that included that amount, were reduced by $512 000.
Department of Transport and Communications
- The Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the amount appropriated under Subdivision 1 of Division 973 in Schedule 2 to that Act for making payments to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for capital works and services, and each amount that included that amount, were reduced by $3 086 000.
Department of the Treasury
- (1) The Supply Act (No.2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if Division 977 in the Schedule to that Act were omitted and the following Division were substituted:
| "Division 977.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY | ||
|---|---|---|
| 01. Tasmanian banks merger — compensation to the Tasmanian Government | 14 000 000 | — |
| A. Other purposes previously approved by Parliament.... | 343 155 000 | 559 738 000 |
| Total: Division 977 | 357 155 000 | 559 738 000". |
(2) Any payment that:
(a) was made before the commencement of this section out of money appropriated under Division 977 in the Schedule to the Supply Act (No. 2) 1991-92; and
(b) would have been made out of money appropriated under Item 01 of that Division in the Schedule to that Act if this section had then been in force;
is taken, for all purposes, to have been made out of money appropriated under Item 01 of that Division in the Schedule to that Act.