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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act authorises an extra $127.6 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for 1986–87, providing supplementary appropriations beyond earlier budget bills. Funding targets disaster relief, Pacific aid and foreign affairs, health and hospital programs, resources and energy support, Parliament House construction, veterans’ facilities, and other government services and projects.
It also makes minor technical corrections to prior budget laws and program references to ensure legal and administrative accuracy.
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1986-87
No. 30 of 1987
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sum appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1986-87, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1987, and for other purposes
[Assented to 2 June 1987]
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 $127 608 000
$127 608 000.
Appropriation
13835/87 Cat. No. 87 4617 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 2 specified in column 2 in an item in Schedule 1 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 the Northern Territory out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in Division 977 in Schedule 2 shall be made in accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.
Rehabilitation Service
(a) the reference in item 2 of sub-division 1 of Division 839 in Schedule 4 to that Act to “Rehabilitation services” were a reference to “Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service”; and
(b) the reference in item 6 of Division 841 in that Schedule to “Rehabilitation Service—for payment to the Rehabilitation Service Trust Account” were a reference to “Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service (including payment to the Rehabilitation Service Trust Account)”.
(2) Notwithstanding Division 839 in Schedule 4 to the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1986-87, the purposes for which money specified in item 6 of Division 841 in that Schedule is appropriated include expenditure on plant and equipment, or other capital works and services, relating to the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service.
Cultivation Machines and Equipment
National Fisheries Adjustment Program
(a) “National” were inserted before “Fisheries” (first occurring);
(b) “$4 694 007” were omitted and “$4 730 066.37” were substituted; and
(c) “$726 007” were omitted and “$762 066.37” were substituted.
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Murray-Darling Basin Salinity Mitigation Program
Australian Government Publishing Service
SCHEDULE 1 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 | Commonwealth/State Scheme for Co-operative Companies and Securities Regulations—Fee sharing agreement. | Attorney-General | Attorney-General |
| 2 | Division 865 | Natural disaster relief and restoration. | Minister for Finance | Minister for Finance |
| 3 | Division 932 | Australian Agricultural Council sponsored projects.Dried vine fruits industry adjustment assistance. | Minister for Primary Industry | Minister for Primary Industry |
SCHEDULE 2 Section 4
ABSTRACT
| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 8 | Department of Aboriginal Affairs............................... | 72 000 |
| 8 | Department of Arts, Heritage and Environment...................... | 972 000 |
| 8 | Attorney-General’s Department................................. | 425 000 |
| 8 | Department of Aviation...................................... | 289 000 |
| 9 | Department of Communications................................ | 3 989 000 |
| 9 | Department of Community Services.............................. | 7 637 000 |
| 10 | Department of Education..................................... | 2 240 000 |
| 10 | Department of Employment and Industrial Relations................... | 35 000 |
| 10 | Department of Finance...................................... | 16 000 000 |
| 11 | Department of Foreign Affairs................................. | 15 031 000 |
| 11 | Department of Health....................................... | 15 510 000 |
| 12 | Department of Housing and Construction.......................... | 9 022 000 |
| 12 | Department of Local Government and Administrative Services............ | 36 000 |
| 13 | Department of Primary Industry................................ | 9 138 000 |
| 14 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet....................... | 279 000 |
| 14 | Department of Resources and Energy............................. | 13 307 000 |
| 15 | Department of Science....................................... | 4 081 000 |
| 15 | Department of the Special Minister of State......................... | 1 489 000 |
| 16 | Department of Territories..................................... | 6 107 000 |
| 16 | Department of Trade........................................ | 80 000 |
| 17 | Department of the Treasury................................... | 14 321 000 |
| 18 | Department of Veterans’ Affairs................................ | 7 548 000 |
| Total............................................. | 127 608 000 |
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES
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padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:72.5pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:62.45pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:236.5pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Division 804.</span><span>—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES</span></p></td><td style="width:68pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; 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