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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Appropriation Act authorises the Commonwealth to spend up to $5,013,781,000 in the 1994–95 financial year as a second appropriation, giving legal authority for additional federal spending. It funds a wide range of public services and programs that affect virtually all Australians.
The Act includes a $175 million advance to the Finance Minister for urgent or omitted needs and temporarily overrides an Industry Commission reporting requirement so the government can make multi‑year wine industry grants.
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Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95
No. 89 of 1994
An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1995, and for related purposes
[Assented to 24 June 1994]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Short title
Commencement
Issue and application of $ 5 013 781 000
55001 Cat. No. 94 4808 9
(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).
Payments to States
4. (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 2 that is specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1, being payments that are made to a State for a purpose specified in column 3 of that item, must be made:
(a) on the terms and conditions (if any) that 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 those Acts to a State for that purpose; and
(b) in the amounts and at the times that 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 2 must be made in the amounts and at the times determined by the Treasurer.
(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 an individual for any purposes for which money is appropriated under Appropriation Acts:
(a) on the terms and conditions; and
(b) in the amounts and at the times;
that 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) any other purposes of the program.
Department of Primary Industries and Energy
Note: The Commonwealth proposes under the program to provide financial assistance to winemakers during the financial years 1994‑95, 1995‑96 and 1996‑97.
(2) In spite of section 10 of the Industry Commission Act 1989, the Minister for Primary Industries and Energy may make payments by way of cash grants to winemakers out of money appropriated, for the purposes of the program, under this Act or any future Appropriation Act, even though the Minister administering the Industry Commission Act 1989 has not received any report of the Industry Commission about the provision of financial assistance to the wine industry.
Note: The effect of subsections 10(1) and 11(1) of the Industry Commission Act 1989 (the Act) is to preclude any action “in respect of the provision of financial assistance for over 2 years by the Commonwealth Government to an industry” unless the action is taken within 12 months after the Minister administering the Act has received a report of the Industry Commission in relation to the matter.
SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 Minister determining | Column 5 Minister determining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | conditions | payments |
| 1 | Division 821 | Transfer of Repatriation General Hospitals.Improving delivery of veterans’ care via community‑based facilities in Victoria. | Minister for Veterans’ Affairs | Minister for Veterans’ Affairs |
| 2 | Division 849 | Australian Heritage Commission ‑ For payment under the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975.Payment to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority for payment to Queensland for the day‑to‑day management in relation to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.Payments to the States for the management of World Heritage Properties.Assistance for water and sewerage services.Payment to compensate for the effects of national capital influences on the cost of providing municipal services.Payments to the States and the Northern Territory for the reimbursement of expenses incurred in the administration of the Sea Installations Act 1987.Assistance for World Heritage Nominations.Payment to Queensland for the Cape York land use study.Payment to Queensland for structural adjustment assistance for Fraser Island.Assistance to New South Wales for capital works associated with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories |
SCHEDULE 1 — continued
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 Minister determining | Column 5 Minister determining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | conditions | payments |
| 2 | Division 849 (cont) | Australian Nature Conservation Agency — For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975: Assistance to the States to acquire, repair and restore properties transferred from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.Payment to Queensland for the Daintree Rescue Strategy. | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories |
| 3 | Subdivision 1 of Division 881 | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1989).Crisis Accommodation.Social Housing Subsidy Program.Referral services for women escaping domestic violence in rural and remote areas. | Minister for Housing and Regional Development | Minister for Housing and Regional Development |
| 4 | Subdivision 2 of Division 881 | Payment to Western Australia for sewerage and water quality infrastructure.Payment to Western Australia for urban and recreation facilities. | Minister for Housing and Regional Development | Minister for Housing and Regional Development |
| 5 | Subdivision 1 of Division 891 | National Drug Strategy. Contribution towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.Women’s Health Program.Innovative health services for homeless youth.National program for early detection of breast cancer.Organised approach to cervical cancer screening.Contribution towards immunisation against Haemophilus influenza type b disease.National Mental Health Program. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |
SCHEDULE 1 — continued
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 Minister determining | Column 5 Minister determining |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | conditions | payments |
| 6 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of health services (including payments made under the Health Insurance Act 1973).Alternative General Practice Funding arrangements.Reducing waiting times for elective surgery.Bone marrow and organ donor register.Medicare Agreements other health services.Commonwealth Dental Program for Health Card Holders.Development and distribution of public patients’ hospital charter. Palliative Care. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |
| 7 | Subdivision 3 of Division 891 | Residential Care for Older People. |
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