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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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 $277,064,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the 1991–92 year and formally appropriates it (treated as from 1 July 1991) to the departments and programs listed in Schedule 2. It also adjusts how some earlier appropriations operate and sets rules for Commonwealth payments to States, including that certain Ministers and the Treasurer may determine conditions, amounts and timing. The Commonwealth pays; ministers and the Treasurer decide; departments and recipient States must follow new administrative conditions.
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1991-92
No. 40 of 1992
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sums appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1991-92, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1992, and for related purposes
[Assented to 5 June 1992]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Short title
Commencement
Issue and application of $277 064 000
33825 Cat. No. 92 4610 6
Appropriation of $277 064 000
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 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 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 of 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 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 accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.
(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 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) any other purposes of the program.
Department of Administrative Services
Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories
(a) the appropriation of an amount to the Department of the Arts, Sport the Environment, Tourism and Territories under item 3 of subdivision 1 of Division 811 in Schedule 4 to that Act were:
(i) an appropriation to that Department of so much of that amount as is equal to the total of the payments made before 27 December 1991 out of money appropriated under that item; and
(ii) the appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department of Tourism for the purpose specified in that item; and
(b) the appropriation of an amount to the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories:
(i) under an item (other than the item referred to in paragraph ister for (a)) of a subdivision of a Division in Schedule 4 to that Act; or
(ii) if a subdivision of a Division in that Schedule is not further divided into items — under that Subdivision;
were:
(iii) an appropriation to that Department of so much of that amount as is equal to the total of the payments made before 27 December 1991 out of money appropriated under that item or subdivision; and
(iv) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories for the purposes specified in that item or subdivision.
Attorney-General's Department
9. If a body to be known as the Australian Transactions Reports and Analysis Centre is established by legislation during the year ending on 30 June 1992, the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1991-92 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if the appropriation of an amount to the Attorney-General's Department under item 5 in subdivision 1 of Division 818 in Schedule 4 to that Act were:
(a) an appropriation to that body of so much of that amount as is determined, in writing, by the Minister for Finance to be required for the purposes of that body in respect of the period commencing on the establishment of the body and ending on 30 June 1992; and
(b) an appropriation of the balance of that amount to the Department for the purpose of meeting expenses for acquisitions, buildings, works, plant and equipment (as the case may be) incurred by the Department preparatory to the establishment of the body.
SCHEDULE 1 Section 5
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |
| 1 | Division 812 | Assistance for management of Tasmanian World Heritage areas.Payment to South Australia for restoration of the Onkaparinga Estuary.Assistance for restoration of Heritage Properties. | Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories | Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories |
| 2 | Subdivision 3 of Division 886 | Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of Health Services.Hospital Enhancement Program. | Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services | Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services |
| 3 | Subdivision 5 of Division 886 | Child Care Fee Relief. Other Services for Families with Children. | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services | Minister for Aged, Family and Health Services |
| 4 | Subdivision 8 of Division 886 | Payment to Western Australia for Sewerage and Water Quality Infrastructure. | Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services | Minister for Health, Housing and Community Services |
| 5 | Division 931 | National Soil Conservation Program.Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |
SCHEDULE 2 Sections 3 and 4
ABSTRACT
| Page Reference | Departments and Services | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 12 | Department of Administrative Services............................ | 8 962 000 |
| 13 | Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories............ | 21 979 000 |
| 14 | Attorney-General's Department................................. | 3 436 000 |
| 15 | Department of Employment, Education and Training................... | 1 797 000 |
| 16 | Department of Finance...................................... | 4 235 000 |
| 17 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.......................... | 341 000 |
| 18 | Department of Health, Housing and Community Services................ | 26 430 000 |
| 19 | Department of Veterans' Affairs................................ | 63 000 |
| 20 | Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs......... | 600 000 |
| — | Department of Industrial Relations............................... | — |
| 21 | Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce................... | 4 610 000 |
| 22 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy....................... | 74 201 000 |
| — | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet....................... | — |
| — | Department of Social Security................................. | — |
| 24 | Department of Tourism...................................... | 1 280 000 |
| 25 | Department of Transport and Communications....................... | 122 250 000 |
| 26 | Department of the Treasury................................... | 6 880 000 |
| Total................................................. | 277 064 000 |
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES
Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 1991-92, Heavy figures
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1991-92, Light figures *
| Departments and Services | Capital Works and Services | Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory | Other Services | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Department of Administrative Services | 7 485 000 | — | 1 477 000 | 8 962 000 |
| 281 856 000 | — | 336 280 000 | 618 136 000 | |
| Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment | — | 21 740 000 | 239 000 | 21 979 000 |
| 49 282 000 | 79 986 000 | 1 900 000 | 131 168 000 | |
| Attorney-General's Department....... | 65 000 | 1 385 000 | 1 986 000 | 3 436 000 |
| 144 627 000 | 239 756 000 | 8 335 000 | 392 718 000 | |
| Department of Employment, Education and Training | 1 797 000 | — | — | 1 797 000 |
| 7 340 000 | 17 348 000 | 51 671 000 | 76 359 000 | |
| Department of Finance (a).......... | — | — | 4 235 000 | 4 235 000 |
| 4 534 000 | 121 686 000 | 22 811 000 | 149 031 000 | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade | — | — | 341 000 | 341 000 |
| 3 750 000 | — | 17 521 000 | 21 271 000 | |
| Department of Health, Housing and Community Services | — | 11 780 000 | 14 650 000 | 26 430 000 |
| 114 604 000 | 4 579 069 000 | 4 370 000 | 4 698 043 000 | |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs....... | 63 000 | — | — | 63 000 |
| 27 396 000 | — | 1 928 000 | 29 324 000 | |
| Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs | — | — | 600 000 | 600 000 |
| 3 034 000 | 676 000 | — | 3 710 000 | |
| Department of Industrial Relations..... | — | — | — |
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