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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act authorises an extra $723.8 million from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to top up Australian Government spending for the year ending 30 June 1991, supplementing earlier appropriation Acts. It reallocates funds across departments and agencies (notably Defence, Employment/Education and Veterans’ Affairs), makes technical budget adjustments and is retrospective to 1 July 1990. It matters because it legally enables government programs and departmental operations to continue.
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1990-91
No. 64 of 1991
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sums appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 and the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1990-91, for the service of the year ending on 30 June 1991, and for related purposes
[Assented to 6 June 1991]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1990-91.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Issue and application of $723 842 000
3. The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1991, the sum of $723 842 000.
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Appropriation of $723 842 000
4. The sum authorised to be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated and is taken to have been appropriated, as from 1 July 1990, for the services expressed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year that commenced on that day.
Additional appropriation in respect of increases in salaries
5. Section 5 of the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 has effect, on and from the commencement of this Act, as if the reference in that section to Schedule 3 to that Act included a reference to the Schedule to this Act.
Money appropriated for a program
6. 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) other purposes of the program, being purposes for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act.
Net annotated appropriations
7. Where the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item, subdivision or Division of the Schedule concludes with the words "(net appropriation — see section 7)", that Schedule is taken, for the purposes of this Act and the Audit Act 1901, to provide that all money received:
(a) from the sale, leasing or hiring out of, or other dealing with, goods or other personal property; or
(b) from the sale of real property used for the purpose of providing staff residential accommodation or from the leasing of real property for that purpose; or
(c) from the provision of services;
may be credited to that item, subdivision or Division, to such extent as is, and on such conditions as are, agreed between the Minister responsible for the Department, statutory authority, or other body for which the appropriation is made and the Minister for Finance.
Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
(a) the amount appropriated under subdivision 1 of Division 144 in Schedule 3 to that Act for expenditure under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 were reduced by $650 000; and
(b) there were included in that Schedule, after Division 139, the following Division:
"Division 140.—AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG AGENCY
| 1.—For expenditure under the Australian Sports Drug Agency Act 1990 . | 650 000 | — | — | "; and |
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(c) all payments made out of money appropriated for expenditure under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1989 that are referable to the operation of the Australian Sports Drug Agency had been made out of money appropriated under Division 140.
Department of Community Services and Health
9. (1) The Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) the amount appropriated under item 4 of subdivision 4 of Division 200 in Schedule 3 to that Act for making payments for health research, and each amount specified in that Act that included that amount, were reduced by $500 000; and
(b) there were included in that Schedule, in subdivision 3 of Division 500, the following item:
| "10. — Families, Work and Living Standards Study - for payment to the Australian Institute of Family Studies.. | 500 000 | — | — | "; and |
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(c) each amount specified in that Act that included amounts appropriated to purposes specified in subdivision 3 of Division 500 were increased by $500 000; and
(d) all payments made out of money appropriated for health research that are referable to the conduct of the Families, Work and Living Standards Study had been made out of money appropriated under item 10 of subdivision 3 of Division 500.
(2) The Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) the amount appropriated under item 5 of subdivision 8 of Division 200 in Schedule 3 to that Act, and each amount specified in that Act that included that amount, were reduced by $13 697 818; and
(b) there were included in that Schedule, in subdivision 4 of Division 380, the following item:
| "05. — Assistance to the pharmaceutical industry.... | 13 697 818 | — | — | "; and |
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(c) each amount specified in that Act that included amounts appropriated to purposes specified in subdivision 4 of Division 380 were increased by $13 697 818; and
(d) all payments made after 1 January 1991 out of money appropriated under item 5 of subdivision 8 of Division 200 had been made out of money appropriated under item 5 of subdivision 4 of Division 380.
Department of Employment, Education and Training
10. (1) The Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) item 14 of subdivision 8 of Division 270 in Schedule 3 to that Act were omitted; and
(b) each amount specified in that Act that included amounts appropriated to purposes specified in subdivision 4 of Division 380 were reduced by $2 180 000; and
(c) there were included in that Schedule, in subdivision 3 of Division 500, the following item:
| "11. —Reconciliation process between the Commonwealth and Aboriginals | 2 180 000 — — "; and |
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(d) each amount specified in that Act that included amounts appropriated to purposes specified in subdivision 3 of Division 500 were increased by $2 180 000; and
(e) all payments made out of money appropriated under item 14 of subdivision 8 of Division 270 had been made out of money appropriated under item 11 of subdivision 3 of Division 500.
(2) The Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) the amount appropriated under subdivision 1 of Division 272 in Schedule 3 to that Act for expenditure under the Australian National University Act 1946, and each amount specified in that Act included that amount, were reduced by $2 238 000; and
(b) the amount appropriated under subdivision 1 of Division 277 in Schedule 3 to that Act for expenditure under the Canberra Institute of the Arts Ordinance 1988, and each amount specified in that Act included that amount, were increased by $2 238 000.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
(a) the amount appropriated under item 1 of subdivision 5 of Division 317 in Schedule 3 to that Act, and each amount specified in that Act that included that amount, were reduced by $907 000; and
(b) the amount appropriated under item 2 of subdivision 4 of Division 317 in Schedule 3 to that Act, and each amount specified in that Act that included that amount, were increased by $907 000; and
(c) all payments made out of money appropriated under item 1 of subdivision 5 of Division 317 that are referable to the conduct of the Thailand Pilot Equity Scheme had been made out of money appropriated under item 2 of subdivision 4 of Division 317.
References to Government Business Enterprises
12. The Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if:
(a) each reference to the Australian Telecommunications Commission appearing in Divisions 220 and 560 were a reference to the Australian Telecommunications Corporation; and
(b) the reference to the Australian Postal Commission appearing in Division 560 were a reference to the Australian Postal Corporation; and
(c) the reference to the Australian Telecommunications Commission appearing in Division 667 were a reference to the Australian Telecommunications Authority.
Act to be subject to Loan Act, if enacted
13. If an Act to be cited as the Loan Act 1991 is enacted before 30 June 1991, this Act, the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91 and the Appropriation Act (No. 3) 1990-91 have effect subject to that Act.
SCHEDULE Sections 3 and 4
ABSTRACT
| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 12 | Department of Administrative Services...................... | 30 175 000 |
| 15 | Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 31 143 000 |
| 20 | Attorney-General's Department............................ | 24 883 000 |
| 25 | Department of Community Services and Health................. | 21 170 000 |
| 25 | Department of Veterans' Affairs........................... | 73 272 000 |
| 30 | Department of Defence................................. | 278 220 000 |
| 33 | Department of Employment, Education and Training............. | 88 427 000 |
| 36 | Department of Finance................................. | 3 932 000 |
| 38 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade..................... | 23 495 000 |
| 41 | Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs.... | 12 827 000 |
| 43 | Department of Industrial Relations......................... | 3 747 000 |
| 46 | Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce.............. | 68 185 000 |
| 50 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy.................. | 13 071 000 |
| 53 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.................. | 4 318 000 |
| 56 | Department of Social Security............................ | 5 736 000 |
| 58 | Department of Transport and Communications................. | 11 701 000 |
| 61 | Department of the Treasury.............................. | 29 540 000 |
| Total........................................ | 723 842 000 |
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES
Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 1990-91, Heavy figures
Appropriation Acts (Nos. 1 and 3) 1990-91, Light figures *
| Departments and Services | Running Costs | Other Services | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | $ | |
| Department of Administrative Services......... | 4 267 000 | 25 908 000 | 30 175 000 |
| 201 385 000 | 244 019 000 | 445 404 000 | |
| Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories | 2 504 000 | 28 639 000 | 31 143 000 |
| 177 397 000 | 511 875 000 | 689 272 000 | |
| Attorney-General's Department.............. | 12 201 000 | 12 682 000 | 24 883 000 |
| 449 188 000 | 332 943 000 | 782 131 000 | |
| Department of Community Services and Health... | 2 491 000 | 18 679 000 | 21 170 000 |
| 202 289 000 | 1 331 755 182 | 1 534 044 182 | |
| Attorney-General's Department.............. | — | 73 272 000 | 73 272 000 |
| 166 136 300 | 1 155 342 700 | 1 321 479 000 | |
| Department of Defence................... | 32 243 000 | 245 977 000 | 278 220 000 |
| 4 085 722 000 | 4 548 263 000 | 8 633 985 000 | |
| Department of Employment, Education and Training | 84 000 | 88 343 000 | 88 427 000 |
| 485 704 800 | 2 572 880 200 | 3 058 585 000 | |
| Department of Finance (a)................. | 1 130 000 | 2 802 000 | 3 932 000 |
| 110 859 400 | 59 919 600 | 170 779 000 | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade........ | 10 694 700 | 12 800 300 | 23 495 000 |
| 364 253 800 | 1 109 646 200 | 1 473 900 000 | |
| Department of Immigration, Local Government and Eihnic Affairs | 8 013 000 | 4 814 000 | 12 827 000 |
| 168 347 000 | 143 477 000 | 311 824 000 | |
| Department of Industrial Relations............ | 1 165 000 | 2 582 000 | 3 747 000 |
| 68 737 000 | 232 199 000 | 300 936 000 | |
| Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce | 4 682 600 | 63 502 400 | 68 185 000 |
| 337 046 200 | 1 193 357 618 | 1 530 403 818 | |
| Department of Primary Industries and Energy..... | 6 250 000 | 6 821 000 | 13 071 000 |
| 310 547 000 | 130 085 000 | 440 632 000 | |
| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.... | 3 296 000 | 1 022 000 | 4 318 000 |
| 64 301 700 | 31 583 300 | 95 885 000 | |
| Department of Social Security............... | 5 658 000 | 78 000 | 5 736 000 |
| 767 100 300 | 182 519 700 | 949 620 000 | |
| Department of Transport and Communications.... | 60 000 | 11 641 000 | 11 701 000 |
| 157 167 000 |
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