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Commonwealth act
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This Act appropriates $138.5 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for 1984–85 as supplementary funding for Commonwealth departments, conditional state and territory grants, and targeted programs. It backs major health, transport, energy and primary-industry measures, funds inquiries and relief efforts, and directly affects federal agencies, state/territory governments and institutions that receive these allocations.
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1984‑85
No. 37 of 1985
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sum appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1984‑85, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1985, and for other purposes.
[Assented to 28 May 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 $138,493,000
Appropriation
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Payments to States and Northern Territory, etc.
(a) on such terms and conditions as are from time to time determined by the Minister for Community Services as being terms and conditions applicable to payments to or for the States, a Territory, a person (including a local government body) or an organization, as the case may be, for consultation with providers and users of services under the Home and Community Care Program; and
(b) in accordance with any determinations of the Minister for Community Services as to the amounts and times of payments.
(2) Payments to a State or the Northern Territory out of such of the moneys appropriated by this Act as are specified in item 12 of Division 932 in the Schedule shall be made—
(a) on such terms and conditions as are from time to time determined by the Minister for Primary Industry as being terms and conditions applicable to payments to or for the States or the Northern Territory for dried vine fruits adjustment assistance; and
(b) in accordance with any determinations of the Minister for Primary Industry as to the amounts and times of payments.
(3) Payments to a State out of such of the moneys appropriated by this Act as are specified in Division 977 in the Schedule shall be made in accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.
Australian Capital Territory Health Authority
(a) a reference in the Schedule to that Act to the Capital Territory Health Commission included a reference to the Australian Capital Territory Health Authority; and
(b) a reference in that Schedule to the Health Commission Ordinance 1975 included a reference to the Health Services Ordinance 1975.
SCHEDULE Section 4
ABSTRACT
| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 4 | Department of Aboriginal Affairs........................... | 995 000 |
| 4 | Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment................... | 202 000 |
| 4 | Attorney‑General's Department...................... | 698 000 |
| 5 | Department of Communications............................ | 775 000 |
| 5 | Department of Community Services.......................... | 4 021 000 |
| 6 | Department of Education................................. | 543 000 |
| 6 | Department of Finance................................... | 3 000 000 |
| 7 | Department of Foreign Affairs.............................. | 440 000 |
| 7 | Department of Health................................... | 71 032 000 |
| 8 | Department of Housing and Construction...................... | 1 619 000 |
| 8 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs................... | 200 000 |
| 8 | Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce............... | 540 000 |
| 9 | Department of Local Government and Administrative Services........ | 551 000 |
| 9 | Department of Primary Industry............................. | 6 746 000 |
| 10 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet................... | 901 000 |
| 11 | Department of Resources and Energy........................ | 9 284 000 |
| 11 | Department of Science................................... | 2 437 000 |
| 12 | Department of Social Security.............................. | 35 000 |
| 12 | Department of the Special Minister of State..................... | 1 264 000 |
| 12 | Department of Territories................................. | 8 067 000 |
| 13 | Department of Trade.................................... | 1 064 000 |
| 13 | Department of Transport................................. | 16 010 000 |
| 13 | Department of the Treasury............................... | 7 386 000 |
| 13 | Department of Veterans' Affairs............................ | 683 000 |
| Total......................................... | 138 493 000 |
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:122pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Additional appropriation for 1984</span><span>‑</span><span>85</span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1984</span><span>‑</span><span>85</span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Expenditure for 1983</span><span>‑</span><span>84</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>$</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS</span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Division 805.—</span><span>PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY</span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:36pt; text-indent:-36pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.—</span><span style="font-weight:bold">For the purpose of the </span><span style="font-weight:bold; font-style:italic">States Grants (Aboriginal Assistance) Act 1976</span><span style="width:15.37pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:62pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">795 000</span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>38 001 000</span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>36 486 296</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Division 806.—</span><span>OTHER SERVICES</span></p></td><td style="width:62pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-left:7.2pt; margin-bottom:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:21.6pt; text-indent:-21.6pt; text-align:justify"><span>01.</span><span> </span><span>Royal</span><span> </span><span>Commission</span><span> </span><span>into</span><span> </span><span>British</span><span> </span><span>Nuclear</span><span> </span><span>Tests</span><span> </span><span>in Australia</span><span>—Aboriginal surveys</span><span style="width:19.5pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:62pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">200 000</span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>..</span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:255.45pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:36pt; text-indent:-36pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">Total:</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> Department of Aboriginal Affairs</span><span style="width:79.8pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-weight:bold; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></div></td><td style="width:62pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">995 000</span></p></td><td style="width:64.35pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:0.7pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:53.65pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt;
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