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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This appropriation act authorizes £68,705,000 for capital projects in the year ending 30 June 1951, consolidating earlier parliamentary approvals and empowering the Treasurer to release funds.
It finances major nation‑building works—housing for migrants, the Snowy Mountains hydro scheme, airports, research facilities and other infrastructure—across many departments, shaping Australia’s post‑war reconstruction and long‑term capital investment.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Appropriation (Works and Services) Act 1950-51.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1950‑51.
No. 36 of 1950.
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 fifty‑one, 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 13th December, 1950.]
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 £25,113,000.
4. All
F.6458.—Price Is.
Appropriation of supply £68,705,000.
THE SCHEDULES.
Section 4. FIRST SCHEDULE.
GRANTS OUT OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND.
| £ | £ |
|---|
| Act No. 1 of 1950................ | .. | 25,000,000 |
| Act No. 9 of 1950................ | .. | 18,592,000 |
| Under this Act................... | 29,858,000 | |
| Less amount authorized under Act No. 1 of 1950 for Defence Services | 4,745,000 | |
| 25,113,000 | ||
| 68,705,000 |
Capital Works and Services.
SECOND SCHEDULE Section 4.
ABSTRACT.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:18.15pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:50pt; 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>Page Reference.</span></p></td><td rowspan="2" style="width:183.2pt; 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:66.35pt; 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">1950</span><span style="font-weight:bold">‑</span><span style="font-weight:bold">51</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:135.9pt; 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>1949</span><span>‑</span><span>50.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:21.75pt"><td style="width:65.55pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:middle"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Vote.</span></p></td><td style="width:66.35pt; 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"><p style="text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>Expenditure.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:50pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:183.2pt; 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:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="text-align:justify; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:66.35pt; 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:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:65.55pt; 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:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td><td style="width:66.35pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; text-align:center; background-color:#ffffff"><span>£</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-right:21.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:183.2pt; 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"><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:6pt; 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 and</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Territories</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">of</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">the</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Commonwealth</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"></span></p></div></td><td style="width:66.35pt; 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="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>36,026,000</span></p></td><td style="width:65.55pt; 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="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>58,854,000</span></p></td><td style="width:66.35pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>52,980,729</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-right:21.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>15</span></p></td><td style="width:183.2pt; 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"><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:6pt; 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>II.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Business Undertakings</span><span style="width:52.79pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">........</span></p></div></td><td style="width:66.35pt; 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="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>27,879,000</span></p></td><td style="width:65.55pt; 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="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>17,540,000</span></p></td><td style="width:66.35pt; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>17,205,869</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:12pt; margin-right:21.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>17</span></p></td><td style="width:183.2pt; 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"><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:6pt; 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>III.</span><span>—</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Territories</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">of the</span><span style="font-variant:small-caps"> </span><span style="font-variant:small-caps">Commonwealth</span><span style="width:7.27pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-variant:small-caps; display:inline-block">.</span></p></div></td><td style="width:66.35pt; 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-top:6pt; margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>4,800,000</span></p></td><td style="width:65.55pt; 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-top:6pt; margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>2,899,000</span></p></td><td style="width:66.35pt; 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-top:6pt; margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span>3,081,162</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:50pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:right; background-color:#ffffff"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:183.2pt; 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"><div style="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:14.4pt; text-indent:-14.4pt; text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">TOTAL ADDITIONS, NEW WORKS AND OTHER SERVICES INVOLVING</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">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:66.35pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>68,705,000</span></p></td><td style="width:65.55pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:1.62pt; padding-left:1.62pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>79,293,000</span></p></td><td style="width:66.35pt; 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:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-right:3.6pt; margin-bottom:12pt; text-align:right; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span>73,267,760</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Capital Works and Services.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; margin-right:auto; margin-left:auto; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:1pt"><td colspan="5" style="width:447.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align:center; font-size:11pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-weight:bold">PART I.—Departments and Services—other than Business</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">Undertakings</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">Territories</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">of</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">the Commonwealth</span><span style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:bold">.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td col
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