Part 1
GENERAL
PART 1—GENERAL
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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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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 is a supplementary appropriation authorising an extra $471,270,776 for the 1996–97 financial year, funding 14 federal departments. Major outlays include a large restructuring payment for the Australian National Railways Commission, loans/grants to Australian Leather Holdings, state disability payments and other health, regional and primary‑industry measures, plus smaller ex‑gratia and victims’ donations. It also limits use of funds for Carmen Lawrence legal costs and contains transitional rules if the new financial management law took effect before 30 June 1997.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996-97.
PART 1—GENERAL
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996‑97.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3 Issue and application of $ 471 270 776
(1) 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 1997, the sum of $ 471 270 776.
(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).
4 Payments to States
(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.
(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) 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.
5 Money appropriated for a program
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.
6 Attorney‑General’s Department
(1) Payments out of such money appropriated by this Act as is specified in subsection (2) must not exceed the balance of the legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission remaining after deduction from those costs of:
(a) any amounts paid or payable to or for Dr Carmen Lawrence by the Government of Western Australia for those costs; and
(b) any amounts paid to or for Dr Carmen Lawrence by the Commonwealth for legal costs in relation to the Marks Royal Commission from money appropriated for that purpose by the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1995‑96.
(2) The money referred to in subsection (1) is the amount of $49,776 appropriated for the purpose specified in item 02 of Division 807 in Schedule 2, namely, Legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission.
(3) No money that has been, or is, appropriated (whether by this Act or any other Act) out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund on or after 1 July 1996 is to be taken to be available for either of the following purposes:
(a) meeting legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission;
(b) meeting the legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to proceedings in a court concerning that Royal Commission;
unless the money has been, or is, appropriated expressly for that purpose.
(4) In this Act, any reference to legal costs incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to the Marks Royal Commission does not include legal costs (however constituted) incurred by, or on account of acting for, Dr Carmen Lawrence for or in relation to proceedings in a court concerning that Royal Commission.
7 Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year
Despite section 36 of the Audit Act 1901, the Minister may take action after 30 June 1997:
(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the official accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or
(b) to balance the Consolidated Revenue Fund, the Trust Fund or the Loan Fund;
if the action does not result in an amount being debited from one of those Funds otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another of those Funds.
Note: Section 36 of the Audit Act 1901 provides that (except in a particular case provided for in that section) every appropriation out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of a financial year lapses and ceases to have effect at the end of that year (the unspent balance of any appropriated amount lapsing) and that the accounts of the year are then closed.
Part 2 — Special application of Act
8 Definitions
In this Part:
Financial Management and Accountability Act means the Act to be cited as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
item means an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2.
operative day means the day on which the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences.
9 Application of Part
This Part applies if the Financial Management and Accountability Act commences before 1 July 1997.
10 Act to have effect subject to modifications
This Act has effect on and after the operative day subject to the modifications set out in the following sections.
11 Modification relating to the appropriation of certain amounts
After section 5 the following sections are inserted:
5A Certain amounts taken to be appropriated
If an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2 specifies, or is taken to specify, that payments (whether the word “payments” or “money” or any other word is used) of a certain description may be credited to the item, subdivision or Division:
(a) amounts equal to payments (whether real or notional) of mat description credited to the Consolidated Revenue Fund during the financial year ending on 30 June 1997 are taken to have been appropriated for the purpose or services referred to in mat item, subdivision or Division; and
(b) the Minister is authorised to issue and apply those amounts accordingly.
5B Debiting of expenditure charged to Minister’s advance
Any expenditure:
(a) in excess of a specific appropriation; or
(b) not specifically provided for by appropriation;
may be charged to an item, subdivision or Division in Schedule 2 as the Minister directs but the total expenditure so charged in the year ending 30 June 1997, after deduction of amounts of repayments, must not at any time exceed the amount appropriated for that year under the head “Advance to the Minister for Finance”.
12 Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year
Section 6 is repealed and the following section is substituted:
6 Consolidated Revenue Fund not to be debited after close of financial year
(1) An amount appropriated under section 3 may not be debited from the Consolidated Revenue Fund after 30 June 1997.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the Minister from taking action after 30 June 1997:
(a) to correct errors or mispostings in the financial accounting records of the Commonwealth for the year ending on that day; or
(b) to balance the Funds (within the meaning of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997);
if the action does not result in an amount being debited from a Fund otherwise than for the purpose of being credited to another Fund.
Modifications relating to payment of appropriated amounts into components of the Reserved Money Fund, etc.
(1) If:
(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts appropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and
(b) under a determination by the Minister (under the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Reserved Money Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to that component of the Reserved Money Fund;
the item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Reserved Money Fund.
(2) If:
(a) the description of the purpose of an appropriation set out in an item indicates that amounts apppropriated under the item are to be paid into a particular account, being a Trust Account that was established under section 62A of the Audit Act 1901; and
(b) under a determination by the Minister (under the Financial Management and Accountability Act) establishing a component of the Commercial Activities Fund, amounts of that kind that, immediately before the operative day, were to be placed to the credit of the Trust Account are allowed or required to be transferred from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to that component of the Commercial Activities Fund;
the item is modified by omitting the reference to the Trust Account and substituting a reference to that component of the Commercial Activities Fund.
Payments to States
Schedule 1
Schedule 1 — Payments to States
Note : See 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 849 | Payments to the States for the management of World Heritage Properties. | Minister for the Environment | Minister for the Environment |
| 2 | Subdivision 2 of Division 891 | Blood Transfusion Service. | Minister for Health and Family Services | Minister for Health and Family Services |
| 3 | Subdivision 4 of Division 891 | Commonwealth/State disability agreement —transition payments.Commonwealth/State disability agreement —transfer to States. | ||
| 4 | Subdivision 7 of Division 891 | Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (for expenditure under the Supported Accommodation Assistance Act 1994).Supported Accommodation Assistance Program — National case management and data strategies. | ||
| 5 | Division 916 | Enterprise Development Program.Payment to New South Wales for development of the Gosford International Garden Festival concept. | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism | Minister for Industry, Science and Tourism |
Payments to States
Schedule 1
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item No. | Division, &c. | Purpose | Minister determining conditions | Minister determining payments |
| Subdivision 2 of Division 931 | Rural adjustment under the States Grants (Rural Adjustment) Act 1988 and the Rural Adjustment Act 1992.Payments to State Rural Adjustment Scheme authorities for costs associated with issuing drought exceptional circumstances certificates.National Landcare Program — Payment to the States for the purpose of the Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act 1992. | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy | Minister for Primary Industries and Energy |
Services for which money is appropriated
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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996‑97
No. 36, 1997
Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996‑97
No. 36, 1997
An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1997, and for related purposes
Contents
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background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Short title</span><span style="width:305.51pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..............................................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:56.9pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Commencement</span><span style="width:277.11pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:56.65pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Issue and application of $ 471 270 776</span><span style="width:178.43pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:56.4pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Payments to States</span><span style="width:266.09pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........................................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:56.65pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Money appropriated for a program</span><span style="width:196.48pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:56.65pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Attorney</span><span>‑</span><span>General</span><span>’</span><span>s Department</span><span style="width:168.06pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:56.9pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>7</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-indent:0.25pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Accounting errors etc. may be corrected after close of financial year</span><span style="width:49.36pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.......</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:430.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Part 2 </span><span style="font-weight:bold">— Special application of Act</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:57.6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>8</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:0.25pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Definitions</span><span style="width:299.46pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............................................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:57.1pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>9</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:0.5pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Application of Part</span><span style="width:264.38pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.......................................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:53.05pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>10</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:0.5pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Act to have effect subject to modifications</span><span style="width:161.76pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........................</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:53.3pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>11</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:0.7pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Modification relating to the appropriation of certain amounts</span><span style="width:80.61pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">............</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>5</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:53.5pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>12</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:0.7pt; text-indent:0.25pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Modification relating to the debiting of the Consolidated Revenue Fund after the close of a financial year</span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>6</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:70pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:53.5pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>13</span></p></td><td style="width:356.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:1.2pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Modifications relating to payment of appropriated amounts into components of the Reserved Money Fund, etc</span><span></span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>7</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:430.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Schedule 1 </span><span style="font-weight:bold">— Payments to States</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>8</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="2" style="width:430.65pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">Schedule 2 </span><span style="font-weight:bold">— Services for which money is appropriated</span></p></td><td style="width:16.8pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>11</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996‑97
No. 36 1997
An Act to appropriate money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the money appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1996‑97, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1997, and for related purposes
[Assented to 17 April 1997]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
PART 1—GENERAL
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1996‑97.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Part 1 General
Section 3
3 Issue and application of $ 471 270 776
(1) 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 1997, the sum of $ 471 270 776.
(2) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).
4 Payments to States
(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.
(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) 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 Appropria
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