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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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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 additional $399,214,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for expenditure in 1994–95 to meet the departmental and program items set out in Schedule 2. It covers payments to Commonwealth departments, transfers to States and specified program grants. The Act leaves ministers (or the Treasurer for some items) to set terms, amounts and timing for State payments (s.4) and treats money appropriated for a program as available for payments under Acts administered as part of that program (s.5).
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1994‑95
No. 28 of 1995
An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1995, and for related purposes
[Assented to 7 April 1995]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
Short title
Commencement
Issue and application of $ 399 214 000
73165 Cat. No. 95 4767 3 ISBN 0644 435611
(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).
Payments to States
4. (1) In this section and in determinations for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) or (b):
"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 the amounts and at the times determined by the Treasurer.
(4) Payments to a State out of such of the money appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1994‑95 as is specified in Item 1 of Division 861 in Schedule 2 to that Act (being payments for the purpose of natural disaster relief and restoration) must be made:
(a) on the terms and conditions (if any) determined, in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts, by the Minister for Finance, as the terms and conditions applicable to payments under those Acts to a State for that purpose; and
(b) in the amounts and at the times determined, in writing, by the Minister for Finance.
(5) 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 an individual 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
5. 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.
SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Division. &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |
| 1 | Division 821 | Transfer of Repatriation General Hospitals. | Minister for Veterans' Affairs | Minister for Veterans' Affairs |
| 2 | Division 849 | Payment to Queensland for the Cape York land use study. | Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories | Minister for the Environment. Sport and Territories |
| 3 | Subdivision 1 of Division 891 | Contribution towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.Women's Health Program.Innovative health services for homeless youth.National Childhood Immunisation Program. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |
| 4 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of health services (including payments made under the Health Insurance Act 1973).Medicare Agreements ‑other health services.Commonwealth Dental Program for Health Card Holders. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |
| 5 | Subdivision 4 of Division 891 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement ‑ transfer to States. | Minister for Human Services and Health | Minister for Human Services and Health |
| 6 | Subdivision 5 of Division 891 | Child Care Fee Relief. | Minister for Family Services | Minister for Family Services |
| 7 | Division 931 | Tasmanian wheat freight subsidy ‑capital works.National Landcare Program ‑Payment to the States for the purpose of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992.National Forest Policy Program. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |
SCHEDULE 2 Section 3
ABSTRACT
| Page Reference | Departments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| $ | ||
| 9 | Attorney‑General's Department........................... | 1 273 000 |
| 10 | Department of Communications and the Arts........................ | 64 234 000 |
| 11 | Department of Veterans' Affairs................................. | 23 028 000 |
| 12 | Department of Employment, Education and Training................... | 8 384 000 |
| 13 | Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.................. | 2 086 000 |
| 14 | Department of Finance....................................... | 115 000 |
| 15 | Department of Administrative Services............................ | 42 070 000 |
| 17 | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.......................... | 3 900 000 |
| 18 | Department of Housing and Regional Development.................... | 140 000 |
| 19 | Department of Human Services and Health......................... | 27 954 000 |
| 21 | Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs....................... | 370 000 |
| 22 | Department of Industrial Relations............................... | 819 000 |
| 23 | Department of Industry, Science and Technology..................... | 807 000 |
| 24 | Department of Primary Industries and Energy....................... | 77 091 000 |
| — | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet....................... | — |
| — | Department of Social Security.................................. | — |
| — | Department of Tourism...................................... | — |
| 25 | Department of Transport..................................... | 84 814 000 |
| 26 | Department of the Treasury................................... | 62 129 000 |
| Total.................................................. | 399 214 000 |
DEPARTMENTS
SCHEDULE 2 — continued
Appropriation Act (No. 4) — 1994‑95, Heavy figures
Appropriation Act (No. 2) — 1994‑95, Light figures
| Departments | Capital Works and Services | Payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory | Other Services | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Attorney‑General's Department.... | 1 123 000 | — | 150 000 | 1 273 000 |
| 48 035 000 | 254 823 000 | — | 302 858 000 | |
| Department of Communications and the Arts. | 550 000 | — | 63 684 000 | 64 234 000 |
| 324 601 000 | — | 12 000 000 | 336 601 000 | |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs.......... | — | 15 028 000 | 8 000 000 | 23 028 000 |
| 11 824 000 | 18 020 000 | — | 29 844 000 | |
| Department of Employment, Education and Training | — | 80 000 | 8 304 000 | 8 384 000 |
| 81 398 000 | 6 147 000 | 98 403 000 | 185 948 000 | |
| Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories | 2 085 000 | 1 000 | — | 2 086 000 |
| 59 610 000 | 109 430 000 | 20 350 000 | 189 390 000 | |
| Department of Finance (a).............. | 115 000 | — | — | 115 000 |
| 2 127 000 | 45 000 000 | 74 515 000 | 121 642 000 | |
| Department of Administrative Services..... | 25 636 000 | — | 16 434 000 | 42 070 000 |
| 279 665 000 | — | — | 279 665 000 | |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.... | 3 900 000 | — | — | 3 900 000 |
| 6 115 000 | — | — | 6 115 000 | |
| Department of Housing and Regional Development | 140 000 | — | — | 140 000 |
| 9 995 000 | 389 071 000 | 29 986 000 | 429 052 000 | |
| Department of Human Services and Health... | 5 747 000 | 17 207 000 | 5 000 000 | 27 954 000 |
| 27 878 000 | 1 310 216 000 | 32 831 000 | 1 370 925 000 | |
| Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | — | — | 370 000 | 370 000 |
| 1 158 000 | 374 000 | — | 1 532 000 | |
| Department of Industrial Relations........ | — | — | 819 000 | 819 000 |
| — | — | 844 000 | 844 000 | |
| Department of Industry, Science and Technology | 57 000 | — | 750 000 | 807 000 |
| 75 851 000 | 24 326 000 | 12 390 00 |
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