An Act to make interim provision for the appropriation of money out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1991, and for other purposes
[Assented to 1 June 1990]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Supply Act (No. 2) 1990-91.
Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Issue, application and appropriation of $2 940 195 000
(1) The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 1991, the sum of $2 940 195 000.
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(2) Except where the contrary intention appears in Schedule 2, amounts issued by the Minister for Finance under subsection (1) in respect of services described in Schedule 2 as Capital Works and Services may be applied only for purposes of a kind for which money appropriated in respect of services so described in an Act appropriating money, otherwise than by way of interim provision, for expenditure in respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 1990 could lawfully have been applied.
(3) Except where the contrary intention appears in Schedule 2, amounts issued by the Minister for Finance under subsection (1) in respect of payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory may be applied only in making payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory of a kind that could lawfully have been made out of money appropriated for payments to or for the States, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory in an Act appropriating money, otherwise than by way of interim provision, for expenditure in respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 1990.
(4) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of subsection (1).
Payments to States
4. (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 and includes an Act appropriating money, by way of interim provision, for such expenditure.
(2) Payments out of such of the 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 Schedule 1 opposite to an item number listed in column 1 of Schedule 1, being payments that are made to a State for a purpose specified in column 3 opposite that item number must be made:
(a) on such terms and conditions (if any) as are from time to time determined, in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts, by the Minister specified in column 4 opposite to that item number, as being terms and conditions applicable to payments under such Acts to a State for that purpose; and
(b) in such amounts and at such times as are determined, in writing, by the Minister specified in column 5 opposite to that item number.
(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 accordance with any determinations of the Treasurer as to the amounts and times of payments.
(4) Nothing in this section is taken to limit, by implication, the power of the Commonwealth to make payments to a Territory, a local government body, a body corporate, an organisation or a natural person for any purposes for which money is appropriated under Appropriation Acts:
(a) on such terms and conditions; and
(b) in such amounts and at such times;
as the Commonwealth determines.
National Estate Grants Program
If an Act to amend the Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975 so as to provide for a National Estate Grants Program is enacted before the commencement of the Act to be cited as the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1990-91;
(a) this Act has effect, on and after the commencement of the provisions establishing the Grants Program, as if:
(i) the amounts appropriated under subdivisions 1 and 2 of Division 812 in Schedule 2 to this Act were each reduced by such respective amounts as are determined by the Minister, in writing, for the purpose; and
(ii) the amount in subdivision 1 of Division 812 as so reduced were appropriated not only for the purpose specified in that subdivision but also for the purpose of making grants to the States under the Grants Program; and
(iii) the amount in subdivision 2 of Division 812 as so reduced were appropriated not only for the purpose specified in that subdivision but also for the purpose of making grants to the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory under the Grants Program; and
(iv) each amount in this Act that includes the amount appropriated in subdivision 1 or 2 of Division 812 were reduced by the amount determined by the Minister under subparagraph (a) (i) in respect of that subdivision; and
(b) the Supply Act (No. 1) 1990-91 has effect, on and after the commencement of the provisions establishing the Grants Program, as if:
(i) an amount equal to the total of the amounts determined by the Minister under subparagraph (a) (i) had been appropriated to the Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories under a new subdivision 12 of Division 135 of the Schedule to that Act for the purpose of making grants, otherwise than to States or internal Territories, under the National Estate Grants Program; and
(ii) each amount in that Act that includes the amount appropriated under Division 135 were increased by an amount equal to the total of the amounts so determined.
Money appropriated for a program
6. Where 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) other purposes of the program, being purposes for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act.
SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Item Number
Division, &c.
Purpose
Minister determining conditions
Minister determining payments
1
Subdivision 4 of Division 812
Assistance for management of Tasmanian World Heritage areas.
Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
Minister for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
2
Subdivision 1 of Division 831
National Campaign Against Drug Abuse.Contribution towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.Women’s health screening.National Better Health Program.
Minister for Community Services and Health
Minister for Community Services and Health
3
Subdivision 3 of Division 831
Hospital funding grants.Blood Transfusion Service.Grants for provision of health services.Innovative health services for youth.Hospital Enhancement Program.
Minister for Community Services and Health
Minister for Community Services and Health
4
Subdivision 4 of Division 831
Subsidy for the provision of private rental housing stock.
Minister for Housing and Aged Care
Minister for Housing and Aged Care
5
Subdivision 5 of Division 831
Services for Families with Children.
Minister for Community Services and Health
Minister for Community Services and Health
6
Subdivision 6 of Division 831
Home and Community Care.
Minister for Housing and Aged Care
Minister for Housing and Aged Care
7
Subdivision 7 of Division 831
Residential Care for Older People-Geriatric Assessment.
Minister for Housing and Aged Care
Minister for Housing and Aged Care
8
Division 865
Natural disaster relief and restoration.
Minister for Finance
Minister for Finance
9
Division 916
National Industry Extension Service.
Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce
Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Item Number
Division, &c.
Purpose
Minister determining conditions
Minister determining payments
10
Subdivision 1 of Division 931
Sugar industry assistance.Provision of capital items for the Torres Strait Fisheries Program.Tasmanian wheat freight subsidy.
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
11
Subdivision 2 of Division 931
Commonwealth/ Tasmania Forest Industry Package.National Afforestation Program.Natural Resources Management Strategy in the Murray-Darling Basin.National Soil Conservation Program.
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
12
Subdivision 3 of Division 931
Bovine Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication Campaign.Exotic Disease Preparedness Program.Export Research Grants.
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
Minister for Primary Industries and Energy
SCHEDULE 2 Section 3
ABSTRACT
Page Reference
Departments and Services
Total
9
Department of Administrative Services.......................
$180 757 000
10
Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories
2.—Assistance for People with Disabilities..........................
226 000
3.—Health Care Access.......................................
1 684 446 000
4.—Housing and Crisis Accommodation...........................
58 310 000
5.—Services for Families with Children............................
12 209 000
6.—Home and Community Care.................................
117 540 000
7-—Residential Care for Older People.............................
10 000 000
Total: Division 831
1 918 690 000
Division 832.—OTHER SERVICES
07. National program for early detection of breast cancer.................
3 000 000
Total: Department of Community Services and Health.................
1 962 023 000
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS
$
Division 839.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
1.—Acquisitions, Buildings and Works............................
2 401 000
2.—Plant and Equipment (including payments to relevant Repatriation Hospital operations trust accounts)
4 892 000
3.—Australian War Memorial—For expenditure under the Australian War Memorial Act 1980
740 000
Total: Division 839
8 033 000
Division 840.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
830 000
Total: Department of Veterans’ Affairs............................
8 863 000
DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
$
Division 848.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
2.—Plant and Equipment.......................................
1 500 000
3.—University of Canberra—For expenditure under the University of Canberra Act 1989
1 100 000
Total: Division 848
2 600 000
Division 849.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
3 644 000
Total: Department of Employment, Education and Training...............
6 244 000
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
$
Division 864.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
1.—Plant and Equipment
01. Department of Finance.....................................
2 500 000
02. Australian National Audit Office..............................
500 000
Total: Division 864
3000 000
Division 865.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
17 000 000
Total: Department of Finance...................................
20 000 000
ADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE
Division 868.—ADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE
To enable the Minister for Finance:
(a) to make advances that will be recovered during the financial year; and
(b) to make money available for expenditure:
(i) that the Minister for Finance is satisfied is expenditure that is urgently required and:
(A) was unforeseen until after the last day on which it was practicable to include appropriation for that expenditure in the Bill for this Act before the introduction of that Bill into the House of Representatives; or
(B) was erroneously omitted from, or understated in, the Bill for this Act; and
(ii) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament; including payments by way of financial assistance to a State, the Northern Territory or the Australian Capital Territory on such terms and conditions, if any, as the Minister for Finance determines; and
(c) to make money available for expenditure, pending authorisation under section 32 of the Audit Act 1901 in relation to that expenditure
140 000 000
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE
$
Division 873.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
1.—Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment...............
600 000
Total: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade......................
600 000
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orphans:0; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:378.1pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Division </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">902</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.—</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES</span></p></td><td style="width:59.1pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif"></span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:378.1pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-36pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">1</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">.—</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">A</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">cquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment</span><span style="width:112.34pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-weight:bold; display:inline-block">................</span></p></div></td><td style="width:59.1pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">1648 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:378.1pt; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Division </span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">903</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">.—</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY</span></p></td><td style="width:59.1pt; 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-bottom:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">844 000</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:1pt"><td style="width:378.1pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:2pt; padding-left:2pt; vertical-align:bottom; background-color:#ffffff"><div style="background-color:#ffffff"><p style="margin-left:10.8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:-10.8pt; text-align:justify; line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">Total: Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs</span><span style="width:36.68pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; font-weight:bold; display:inline-block">.....</span></p></div></td><td style="width:59.1pt; 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-bottom:0pt; text-align:right; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight:bold">2 492 000</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
$
Division 910.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
2.—Advances and Loans......................................
50 000
Total: Department of Industrial Relations..........................
50 000
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE
$
Division 915.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
3.—Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation—For expenditure under the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Act 1987
4 619 200
5.—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation—For expenditure under the Science and Industry Research Act 1949
5 430 000
Total: Division 915
10 049 200
Division 916.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
3 662 800
Division 918.—AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE
1.—Capital Works and Services..................................
1 471 000
Total: Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce...............
15 183 000
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY
$
Division 930.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES
1.—Acquisitions, Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment.................
2 440 000
2.—Murray-Darling Basin Commission—For expenditure under the Murray-Darling Basin Act 1983 and for a natural resources management strategy
3 384 000
3.—Timor Gap—Loan to Joint Authority............................
1400 000
Total: Division 930
7 224 000
Division 931.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES, THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY