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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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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 the Commonwealth to issue and appropriate $165,851,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the departmental programs and payments listed in Schedule 2, and treats that money as having been appropriated from 1 July 1993. It prescribes that specified Ministers (and the Treasurer for certain items) determine the written terms, conditions, amounts and timing for payments to States and other recipients, so taxpayers fund the programs while ministers control allocation and timing.
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94
No. 52 of 1994
An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sums appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1994, and for related purposes
[Assented to 7 April 1994]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Issue and application of $165 851 000
3. The Minister may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1994, the sum of $165 851 000.
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Appropriation of $165 851 000
4. The sum authorised by this Act to be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated, and is taken to have been appropriated as from 1 July 1993, for the services specified in Schedule 2 in respect of the year that commenced on that day.
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 the terms and conditions (if any) that 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 those Acts to a State for that purpose; and
(b) in the amounts and at the times that 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 the terms and conditions; and
(b) in the amounts and at the times;
that the Commonwealth determines.
Money appropriated for a program
6. If 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) any other purposes of the program.
Department of Primary Industries and Energy
7. The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94 has effect, and is taken at all times to have had effect, as if there were inserted in item 2 of Subdivision 2 of Division 931 in Schedule 4 to that Act “and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992” after “1988”.
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 865 | Payments to Tasmania in relation to the termination of the Gordon River Power Development. Stage Two. | Minister for Finance | Minister for Finance |
| 2 | Subdivision 2 of Division 886 | Blood Transfusion Service. Reducing waiting times for elective surgery. Medicare Agreements -other health services. | Minister for Health | Minister for Health |
| 3 | Subdivision 3 of Division 886 | Residential Care for Older People. | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services |
| 4 | Subdivision 4 of Division 886 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement - transfer to States. | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services | Minister for Housing, Local Government and Human Services |
| 5 | Subdivision 3 of Division 931 | Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.Exotic Disease Preparedness Program - Feral animal control. | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 10 | Department of Administrative Services........................... | 120 000 |
| 11 | Attorney-General’s Department................................ | 997 000 |
| — | Department of Communications and the Arts....................... | — |
| 12 | Department of Employment, Education and Training.................. | 11 425 000 |
| 13 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories................. | 53 675 000 |
| 14 | Department of Finance...................................... | 236 000 |
| 15 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.......................... | 2 160 000 |
| 16 | Department of Human Services and Health......................... | 23 394 000 |
| — | Department of Veterans’ Affairs................................ | — |
| 17 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs...................... | 280 000 |
| — | Department or Industrial Relations.............................. | — |
| 18 | Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development.......... | 29 800 000 |
| 19 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy....................... | 24 289 000 |
| 21 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet...................... | 7 457 000 |
| 22 | Department of Social Security................................. | 7 361 000 |
| 23 | Department of Tourism...................................... | 70 000 |
| 24 | Department of Transport..................................... | 250 000 |
| 25 | Department of the Treasury................................... | 4 337 000 |
| Total................................................ | 165 851 000 |
DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES
SCHEDULE 2 — continued
Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1993-94, Heavy figures
Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1993-94, 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..... | 120 000 | — | — | 120 000 |
| 307 575 000 | — | — | 307 575 000 | |
| Attorney-General’s Department.......... | 497 000 | 500 000 | — | 997 000 |
| 55 488 000 | 254 475 000 | 22 000 000 | 331 963 000 | |
| Department of Communications and the Arts. | — | — | — | — |
| 347 014 000 | — | 37 928 000 | 384 942 000 | |
| Department of Employment, Education and Training | 7 745 000 | — | 3 680 000 | 11 425 000 |
| 5 493 000 | 11 779 000 | 35.030 000 | 52 302 000 | |
| Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories | 1 429 000 | 50 000 000 | 2 246 000 | 53 675 000 |
| 54 276 000 | 63 926 000 | — | 118 202 000 | |
| Department of Finance (a).............. | — | 236 000 | — | 236 000 |
| 3 152 000 | 70 100 000 | 55 000 000 | 128 252 000 | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.... | — | — | 2 160 000 | 2 160 000 |
| 15 381 000 | — | 40 390 000 | 55 771 000 | |
| Department of Human Services and Health... | — | 11 072 000 | 12 322 000 | 23 394 000 |
| 50 246 000 | 1 295 629 000 | 29 420 000 | 1 375 295 000 | |
| Department of Veterans’ Affairs.......... | — | — | — | — |
| 10 876 000 | 41 626 000 | 335 000 | 52 837 000 | |
| Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | — | — | 280 000 | 280 000 |
| 7 626 000 | 363 000 | — | 7 989 000 | |
| Department of Industrial Relations........ | — | — | — | — |
| — | — | 1 970 000 | 1 970 000 | |
| Department of Industry, Technology and Regional Development | — | 4 600 000 | 25 200 000 | 29 800 000 |
| 75 848 000 | 15 624 000 | 11 360 000 | 102 832 000 | |
| Department of Primary Industries and Energy. | — | 22 635 000 | 1 654 000 | 24 289 000 |
| 43 535 000 | 162 025 000 | 205 107 000 | 410 667 000 | |
| Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | — | — | 7 457 000 | 7 457 000 |
| 685 000 | — | 2 695 000 | 3 380 000 | |
| Department of Social Security........... | — | — | 7 361 000 | 7 361 000 |
| 49 843 000 | 146 137 000 | — | 195 980 000 | |
| Department of Tourism............... | 70 000 | — | — | 70 000 |
| 1 399 000 | — | 2 000 000 | 3 399 000 | |
| Department of Transport............... | — | 250 000 |
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