COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS

 

ORDER BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL

 

I, SIR RONALD CRAUFURD MUNRO FERGUSON, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby approve of the Administrative Arrangements specified in the Schedule hereto, and do order that, until further order herein, all Acts of the Commonwealth Parliament relating to the matters specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite to the name of a Department (including the Acts specified in the third column opposite the name of the Department) shall, unless the contrary intention appears in the Act, be administered by the Minister of State for the Commonwealth administering that Department.

 

THE SCHEDULE

 

The names of the Departments of State of the Commonwealth are specified in the first column of the Schedule.

The matters dealt with by each Department are specified in the second column opposite to the name of the Department.

The Acts specified in the third column are the Acts in force at the date of this order which are administered by the Minister of State administering the Department specified in the first column opposite their names.

 

FIRST COLUMN

Names of Departments

SECOND COLUMN

Matters dealt with by each Department

THIRD COLUMN

Acts Administered by the Minister of each Department

THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT

Auditor-General and Staff

Communication with the Governor- General

Communication with the States

Historic Memorials

Officers of the Parliament

Public Service Commissioner and

 Staff

Royal Commissions

The Commonwealth of Australia  Gazette

The Federal Executive Council

Arbitration (Public Service) Act  1911

Committee of Public accounts Act  1913

Commonwealth Public Service  Act  1902-1915

Commonwealth Public Works  Committee Act 1913-1914

Commonwealth Salaries Act 1907

Meat Export trade commission Act  1914

Ministers of State Act 1915

Parliamentary Allowances Act 1907

Petherick Collection Act 1911

Royal Commissions Act 1902-1912

 

 


THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

Appropriation and Supply

Banking

Currency, Coinage and Legal Tender

Government Printer

Insurance

Invalid and Old-age Pensions

Maternity Allowances

Pensions and Retiring Allowances, Section 84 of Constitution

Public Loans

Public Moneys

State Debts

Taxation other than Duties of Customs and of Excise

War Pensions

Workmen’s Compensation

 

Appropriation Acts

Audit Act 1901-1912

Australian Notes Act 1910-1914

Bank Notes Tax Act 1910

Coinage Act 1909

Commonwealth Bank Act 1911-1914

Commonwealth Inscribed Stock  Act  1911-1915

Commonwealth Workmen’s
    Compensation Act 1912

Constitution Alteration (State Debts)   1909

Estate Duty Act 1914

Estate Duty Assessment Act 1914

Income Tax Act 1915

Income tax Assessment Act 1915

Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act  1908-1912

Land  Tax Act 1910-1914

Land Tax Assessment Act 1910-1914

Life Assurance Companies Act 1905

Loan Acts 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914,
    1915

Marine Insurance Act 1909

Maternity Allowance Act 1912

Supply Acts

Surplus Revenue Acts 1908, 1909,
    1910

Treasury Bills Act 1914-1915

Trust fund Advances Act 1910

Trust fund Advances Act 1910 (No. 2)

War Loan Acts, 1914, 1915

War Pensions Act 1914-1915

 

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT

Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes

Conciliation and Arbitration

Copyright

Crown Law Offices

Designs

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes

Foreign Corporations

Judiciary and Courts

Marriage

Parliamentary Drafting

Patents

Recognition throughout the
    Commonwealth of State Laws,
     Records, and Judicial
     Proceedings

Service and Execution throughout

  the Commonwealth of State
Process and Judgments

Trade Marks

Trading and Financial Corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth

Acts Interpretation Act 1901

Acts Interpretation Act 1904

Amendments Incorporation Act 1905

Bills of Exchange Act 1909-1912

Commonwealth Conciliation and                   Arbitration Act 1904-1915

Copyright Act 1912

Crimes Act 1914-1915

Designs Act 1906-1912

Enemy Contracts Annulment Act 1915

Evidence Act 1905

Extradition Act 1903

High Court Procedure Act 1903-1915

Judiciary Act 1903-1915

Jury Exemption Act 1905

Parliamentary Papers Act 1908

Patents Act 1903-1909

Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Act
    1910

Patents, Trade Marks and Designs Act
    1914-1915

Rules Publication Act 1903

Service and Execution of Process Acts       1901-1912

State Law and Records Recognition
      Act 1901

Statutory Declarations Act 1901

Trade Marks Act 1905-1912

 

 

 

 

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

Administration of Territory in
Military Occupation

Control of Railways with respect to
Transport for Defence
purposes

Factories and Workshops for defence
     purposes

Land defence of the Commonwealth
    and Organization for War

Provision of troops for active service
     abroad

Royal Military College

 

 

Defence Act 1903-1915

War Precautions Act 1914-1915

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS

Bounties

Customs and Excise

Fisheries (other than Pearl Shell or Trepang) in Australian waters beyond Territorial Limits

Inter-State Commission

Lighthouses, Lightships, Beacons and Buoys

Quarantine

Trade and Commerce, including  Navigation and Shipping

Weights and Measures

 

Australian Industries Preservation Act 1906-1910

Beer Excise Act 1901-1912

Bounties Act 1907-1912

Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905

Customs Act 1901-1914

Customs Tariff 1908-1911

Customs Tariff (South African Preference) 1906

Distillation Act 1901

Excise Act 1901

Excise Procedure Act 1907

Excise Tariff 1902

Excise Tariff 1908

Excise Tariff (Starch) 1908

Excise Tariff 1906 (Spirits)

Freight Arrangements Act 1915

Inter-State Commission Act 1912

Iron Bounty Act 1914

Lighthouses Act 1911-1915

Quarantine Act 1908-1912

Sea-Carriage of Goods Act 1904

Seamen’s Compensation Act 1911

Secret Commissions Act 1905

Shale Oils Bounties Act 1910

Spirits Act 1906-1915

Spirits Purchase Act 1915

Trading with the Enemy Acts 1914

Wood Pulp and Rock Phosphate Bounties Act 1912-1917

 

 

 


FIRST COLUMN

Names of Departments.

SECOND COLUMN

Matters dealt with by each Department.

THIRD COLUMN

Acts Administered by the Minister of each Department.

THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Consular Appointments

External Affairs

Pearl shell and Trepang Fisheries in  Australian Waters beyond  Territorial Limits

High Commissioner

Immigration and Emigration

Influx of Criminals

Naturalization and Aliens

Passports

People of Races (other than the  Aboriginal races in any state) for  whom it is deemed necessary to               make special laws

Relations with the Pacific Islands

Territories of the Commonwealth

 

Contract Immigrants Act 1905

Emigration Act 1910

High Commissioner Act 1909

Immigration Act 1901-1912

Naturalization Act 1903

Norfolk Island Act 1913

Northern Territory Acceptance Act
   1910

Northern Territory (Administration)
    Act 1910

Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901-
    1906

Papua Act 1905

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT

 

 

THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY

 

Astronomy

Census and Statistics

Elections

Franchise

Lands

Meteorology

Public Works

Railways

Representation of the People

Rivers

Seat of Government

Surveys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postal, Telegraphic, and other like Services

 

 

 

 

 

Construction and Repair of Vessels
  for Commonwealth Departments

Naval Bases

Naval Defence

Naval Dockyards

Naval Works (i.e., Marine Works)

Wireless Telegraphy

 

Census and Statistics Act 1905

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902-
    1911

Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902

Compulsory Voting Act 1915

Constitution Alteration (Senate
     Elections) 1906

Disputed Elections and Qualifications
     Act 1907

Electoral Divisions Act 1903

Electoral Validating Act 1906

Governor-General’s Residence Act
     1906

Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Act
     1915

Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway
     Act 1911-1912

Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway
     Survey Act 1907

Lands Acquisition Act 1906

Lands Acquisition Act 1912

Meteorology Act 1906

Pine Creek to Katherine River Railway
   Act 1913

Pine Creek to Katherine River Railway
   Survey Act 1912

Referendum (Constitution Alteration)
   Act 1906-1915

Representation Act 1905

Seat of Government Act 1908

Seat of Government Acceptance Act
  1909

Seat of Government (Administration)
   Act 1910

Senate Elections Act 1903

War Census Acts 1915

 

 

Pacific Cable Act 1911

Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1913

Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902-
1913

Purchase Telephone Line Acquisition
  Act 1911

Telegraph Act 1909

 

 

 

Naval Defence Act 1910-1912

Naval Discipline Act

Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905-1915

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Given under my hand and the Seal of the Commonwealth of Australia, this twenty-second day of September One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

 

      (SEAL)   R. M. FERGUSON,

                   [Governor-General.]

By His Excellency’s command,

                  ANDREW FISHER