Commonwealth act

Supply Act (No. 1) 1904-5

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

4 of 1904

Collection

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Plain English Summary

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What this law does: This is an interim budget measure (called a "Supply Act") that provides emergency funding to keep the Australian Government operating during the 1904-05 financial year.

Key points:

The money: Authorises spending £120,000 from the government's main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund)
What it's for: Gives the Treasurer cash to pay public servants and cover urgent bills while waiting for the full annual budget to pass Parliament
The catch: This is temporary cash only—any money not spent by 30 June 1905 expires and can't be used
Who decides: The Governor-General must issue warrants (official spending approvals) for the money to be released

Why it matters: Supply Acts are the financial "band-aid" that prevents government shutdowns when Parliament hasn't yet approved the full yearly budget. This particular Act kept the lights on until the proper Appropriation Bills became law.

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Supply Act (No. 1) 1904-5

SUPPLY (No. 1).

No. 4 of 1904.

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 five.

[Assented to 2nd July, 1904.]

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.

This Act may he cited as the Supply Act (No. 1) 1904–5.

Issue and application of £120,000.

There shall and may be issued and applied for or towards making good the supply hereby granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and five the sum of One hundred and twenty thousand pounds out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, for the purposes and services expressed in the Schedule to this Act, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the moneys authorized to be issued and applied.

Sum available for the purposes set forth in Schedule.

The said sum shall be available to satisfy the warrants under the hand of the Governor-General in respect of any purposes and services set forth in the said Schedule.

Limit of period of expenditure.

No moneys shall be expended under the authority of this Act after the thirtieth day of June One thousand nine hundred and five.

SCHEDULE.

ADVANCE TO THE TREASURER.

To enable the Treasurer to make advances to Public Officers and to meet expenditure, particulars of which will afterwards be included in a Parliamentary Appropriation	£120,000

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Supply Act (No. 1) 1904-5