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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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.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 authorizes the Australian Government to spend £41.3 million in 1948–49 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund on capital projects across federal departments, government trading enterprises, and Commonwealth territories.
Major allocations fund veterans’ War Service Homes, civil aviation (airports, navigation, and airline capital), immigration hostels and ship conversions, public works and housing projects, and defence infrastructure—making it a broad investment in post‑war infrastructure and services.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1948-49.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1948-49.
No. 41 of 1948.
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-nine for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure and to appropriate the Supplies granted by the Parliament for that year.
[Assented to 30th October, 1948.]
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 £31,550,000.
4. All
F.6074.—Price 1s.
Appropriation of supply £41,347,000.
4. All sums granted by this Act and the other Act mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, amounting as appears by that Schedule in the aggregate to the sum of Forty-one million three hundred and forty-seven thousand pounds, are appropriated and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, for the purposes and services expressed in the Second Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine.
THE SCHEDULES.
THE FIRST SCHEDULE.
GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.
| £ |
|---|
| Act No. 33 of 1948............................ | 9,797,000 |
| Under this Act................................ | 31,550,000 |
| 41,347,000 |
Capital Works and Services.
THE SECOND SCHEDULE.
ABSTRACT.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:101.6%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:23.1pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:47.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Pag</span><span>e</span></p><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Reference.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:122pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>—</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:50pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">1948-49.</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:113pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1947-48.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:53.5pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Increase on Expenditure, 1947-48.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:52.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Decrease on Expenditure, 1947-48.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:21.75pt"><td style="width:50pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Vote.</span></p></td><td style="width:59pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Expenditure.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:47.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:122pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>ANNU</span><span>AL </span><span>VOTES.</span></p></td><td style="width:50pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:50pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:59pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:47.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:21.6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:122pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Part </span><span>I.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Departments and Services</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">other than Business Undertakings</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">and</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Territories of the Commonwealth</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>27,594,000</span></p></td><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>19,297,000</span></p></td><td style="width:59pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>12,661,073</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>14,932,927</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:47.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:21.6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>16</span></p></td><td style="width:122pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Part</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span>II.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Business</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Undertakings</span><span style="width:14.29pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>10,760,000</span></p></td><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>8,442,000</span></p></td><td style="width:59pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>8,407,646</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,352,354</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:47.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:21.6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>18</span></p></td><td style="width:122pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Part </span><span>III.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Territories of the Commonwealth</span><span style="width:4.77pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,993,000</span></p></td><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,228,000</span></p></td><td style="width:59pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1,399,860</span></p></td><td style="width:53.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>1,593,140</span></p></td><td style="width:52.7pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>..</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:47.5pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:122pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify; font-size:11pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">TOTAL </span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold; font-variant:small-caps">ADDITIONS</span><span style="font-weight:bold">,</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">NEW WORKS</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">AND</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">OTHER SERVICES</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">INVOLVING CAPITAL</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">EXPENDITURE</span><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:50pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>41,347,000</span></p></td><td style="width:50pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; font-size
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