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Short title
- This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Works and Buildings) Act 1944-45.
Commencement.
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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act authorises the Treasurer to withdraw £6,277,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to finance capital construction in 1944–45. It funds government buildings, transport and communications undertakings (railways, postal/telephone networks), and infrastructure in the Northern Territory and Canberra. As a supply measure, it legally enables those capital works and fixes spending limits approved by Parliament, while noting some projects carry estimated further liabilities requiring future appropriation.
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Commencement.
Issue and application of £6,277,000.
Appropriation.
F.6297.—Price 8d.
THE SCHEDULE. Sec. 4.
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ABSTRACT.
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border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1943-44.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Increase on Expenditure,</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1943-44.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:12.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Decrease on Expenditure, 1943-44.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:29.75pt"><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Vot</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">e.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Expenditure.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:16.15pt"><td style="width:9.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:29.8%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:36.45pt"><td style="width:9.72%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">3</span></p></td><td style="width:29.8%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:22.15pt; text-indent:-13.15pt; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
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APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND BUILDINGS) 1944-45.
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No. 27 of 1944.
An Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five, for the purposes of Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c., and to appropriate that sum.
[Assented to 6th October, 1944.]
Preamble.
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows :—
Short title.
Commencement.
Issue and application of £6,277,000.
Appropriation.
F.6297.—Price 8d.
Additions, New Works, Buildings, &c.
THE SCHEDULE. Sec. 4.
––––––
ABSTRACT.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:103.5%; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:25.9pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:9.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Page Reference.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:29.8%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">––</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1944-45.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1943-44.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Increase on Expenditure,</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"> </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">1943-44.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:12.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Decrease on Expenditure, 1943-44.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:29.75pt"><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Vot</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">e.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:10pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Expenditure.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:16.15pt"><td style="width:9.72%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:29.8%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:36.45pt"><td style="width:9.72%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">3</span></p></td><td style="width:29.8%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:22.15pt; text-indent:-13.15pt; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">Part I.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">1,940,000</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">1,159,000</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">1,405,100</span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">534,900</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:3.5pt"><td style="width:9.72%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">9</span></p></td><td style="width:29.8%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:22.15pt; text-indent:-13.15pt; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">Part </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps; background-color:#ffffff">II.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">—Business Undertakings</span><span style="width:28.32pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">3,650,000</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">3,392,000</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">3,030,692</span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">619,308</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:3.5pt"><td style="width:9.72%; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">11</span></p></td><td style="width:29.8%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-left:22.15pt; text-indent:-13.15pt; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">Part </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps; background-color:#ffffff">III.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">—Territories of the </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">C</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-variant:small-caps">ommonwealth</span><span style="width:14.25pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">687,000</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">319,000</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">241,486</span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">445,514</span></p></td><td style="width:12.1%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:43.2pt"><td style="width:9.72%; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td><td style="width:29.8%; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; margin-left:13.15pt; text-indent:-13.15pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold; background-color:#ffffff">TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS, BUILDINGS, ETC</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">.</span></p></td><td style="width:12.08%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:2.25pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-left:0.12pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">6,277,000</span></p></td><td style="width:12.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:2.25pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:0.5pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:7.2pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; background-color:#ffffff">4,87
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