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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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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 $68.36 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the 1988–89 year, funding capital works, equipment and computer systems across 14 departments, payments to States (health, training, legal aid, conservation, forestry), UN peacekeeping contributions, and Territory grants for the ACT. The Finance Minister may issue funds as needed; the appropriation is backdated to 1 July 1988. It also corrects minor errors in the earlier Appropriation Act.
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1988-89
No. 44 of 1989
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sum appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1988-89, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1989, and for other purposes
[Assented to 2 June 1989]
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 $68,359,000
Appropriation
13527/89 Cat. No. 89 4683 1
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 of the 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 in an item in Schedule 1, being payments that are made to a State 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, 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 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 in 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 shall be made in accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.
(4) Nothing in this section shall be taken to limit, 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.
Australian Capital Territory Trust Account
Department of Administrative Services—plant and equipment
(a) the item described as item 7 of subdivision 7 of Division 805 of Schedule 4 to that Act had been described as item 6 of that subdivision;
(b) the item described as item 6 of that subdivision had been described as item 7 of that subdivision;
(c) any money that was issued and applied before the commencement of this subsection for the purposes of the item described as item 6 of that subdivision had been properly issued and applied for those purposes under item 7 of that subdivision; and
(d) any money that was issued and applied before the commencement of this subsection for the purposes of the item described as item 7 of that subdivision had been properly issued and applied for those purposes under item 6 of that subdivision.
Defence Service Homes Corporation
(a) subdivision 3 of Division 842 of Schedule 4 to that Act were omitted from that Act; and
(b) any amount that is specified in that Act and that incorporates the sum of $40,500,000, appropriated under that subdivision were reduced by that amount.
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 | Subdivision 3 of Division 831 | Grants for provision of health services | Minister for Community Services and Health | Minister for Community Services and Health |
| 2 | Subdivision 1 of Division 931 | National Soil Conservation program Contribution of plant genetic resources—Contribution to upgrading of storage facilities | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |
| 3 | Item 12 of Subdivision 1 of Division 931 | Commonwealth/ Tasmania Forest Industry Package | Minister for Resources | Minister for Resources |
SCHEDULE 2 Section 4
ABSTRACT
| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 8 | Department of Administrative Services....................... | 15 682 000 |
| 9 | Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories. | 4 211 000 |
| 10 | Attorney-General's Department............................. | 307 000 |
| 11 | Department of Community Services and Health.................. | 6 328 000 |
| 12 | Department of Veterans Affairs............................ | 659 000 |
| 13 | Department of Employment, Education and Training.............. | 612 000 |
| 14 | Department of Aboriginal Affairs........................... | 325 000 |
| 15 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade...................... | 9 956 000 |
| 16 | Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs..... | 2 873 000 |
| 17 | Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce............... | 8 747 000 |
| 18 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy................... | 14 958 000 |
| 19 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet................... | 214 000 |
| 20 | Department of Transport and Communications.................. | 60 000 |
| 21 | Department of the Treasury............................... | 3 427 000 |
| Total........................................ | 68 359 000 |
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES
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text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:252.5pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Division 805.—</span><span>CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES</span></p></td><td style="width:62.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:62.1pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:58.6pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:252.5pt; 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; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">1.—</span><span style="font-weight:bold">Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—Departmental</span></p></div></td><td style="width:62.25pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:62.1pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:58.6pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:1.45pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:252.5pt; 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