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Supply Act (No. 2) 1981-82

Authoritative Version
Act No. 73 of 1981 as made
An Act to make interim provision for the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1982
Administered by: Finance
Date of Assent 17 Jun 1981
Date of repeal 03 Jul 1985
Repealed by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985

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Supply Act (No. 2) 1981-82

No. 73 of 1981

 

An Act to make interim provision for the appropriation of moneys out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1982

[Assented to 18 June 1981]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Supply Act (No. 2) 1981-82.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Issue, application and appropriation of $662,549,000

3. (1) The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in the Schedule in respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 1982 the sum of $662,549,000.

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(2)  Except where the contrary intention appears in the Schedule, amounts issued by the Minister for Finance under sub-section (1) in respect of services described in the Schedule as Capital Works and Services may be applied only for purposes of a kind for which moneys appropriated in respect of services so described in an Act appropriating moneys, otherwise than by way of interim provision, for expenditure in respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 1981 could lawfully have been applied.

(3)  Except where the contrary intention appears in the Schedule, amounts issued by the Minister for Finance under sub-section (1) in respect of payments to or for the States and the Northern Territory may be applied only in making payments to or for the States and the Northern Territory of a kind that could lawfully have been made out of moneys appropriated for payments to or for the States and the Northern Territory in an Act appropriating moneys, otherwise than by way of interim provision, for expenditure in respect of the financial year ending on 30 June 1981.

(4)  The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated to the extent necessary for the purposes of sub-section (1).

Payments to States and Northern Territory

4. (1) Payments to a State or the Northern Territory out of such of the moneys appropriated by this Act as are specified in Division 865 in the Schedule shall be made

(a)      on such terms and conditions as are from time to time determined by the Minister for Finance as being terms and conditions applicable to payments to or for the States or the Northern Territory for natural disaster relief and restoration; and

(b)      in accordance with any determinations of the Minister for Finance as to the amounts and times of payments.

(2) Payments to Tasmania in respect of the construction of the second Hobart Bridge out of such of the moneys appropriated by this Act as are specified in Division 970 in Schedule 2 shall be made

(a)      on such terms and conditions as are from time to time determined by the Minister for Transport as being the terms and conditions applicable to payments to or for Tasmania for the construction of the second Hobart Bridge; and

(b)      in accordance with any determinations of the Minister for Finance as to the amounts and times of payments.


THE SCHEDULE

ABSTRACT

 

Page Reference

Departments and Services

Total

 

 

$

4

DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS.......................................................

13,018,000

4

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES..........................................

12,714,000

4

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT............................................................

402,000

5

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS...........................

1,420,000

5

DEPARTMENT OF THE CAPITAL TERRITORY................................................

67,301,000

5

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.............................................................

14,000,000

5

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION............................................................................

19,453,000

6

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND YOUTH AFFAIRS...........................

21,000

6

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE...................................................................................

15,245,000

6

ADVANCE TO THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE..................................................

100,000,000

6

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS................................................................

258,000

6

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH....................................................................................

10,414,000

7

DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ENVIRONMENT...........................

8,653,000

8

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION......................................

189,448,000

8

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS.........................

940,000

8

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS...................................................

41,000

9

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE............................................

8,460,000

9

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY...................

33,160,000

9

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY...........................................................

9,789,000

10

DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET..........................

788,000

10

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY...........................................

3,357,000

10

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY................................................................

29,344,000

10

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND RESOURCES...................................................

365,000

11

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT.............................................................................

20,327,000

11

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.....................................................................

84,989,000

11

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS............................................................

18,642,000

 

TOTAL..........................................................................................................

662,549,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS

$

Division 805.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

1.For the purpose of the States Grants (Aboriginal Assistance) Act 1976.............................

12,818,000

2.For the purpose of assistance to the Northern Territory......................................................

200,000

Total: Department of Aboriginal Affairs

13,018,000

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

 

Division 811.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—Departmental................................................................

1,871,000

3.—Buildings and Works—Overseas Property Office.................................................................

2,580,000

5.—Plant and Equipment—Departmental........................................................................................

8,092,000

6.—Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Services Limited—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment 

120,000

Total: Division 811

12,663,000

Division 813.—OTHER SERVICES

 

01. International Botanical Congress—Australia 1981.................................................................

10,000

02. Eleventh International Scientific Congress of the Cultivation of Edible Fungi— Australia 1981            

10,000

03. Twenty-second International Hospitals Federation Congress—Australia 1981................

26,000

04. Eighth Asian Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology—Australia 1981...........................

5,000

Total: Division 813

51,000

Total: Department of Administrative Services

12,714,000

ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

 

Division 818.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

2.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

255,000

3.—High Court of Australia—For expenditure under the High Court of Australia Act 1979      

34,000

Total: Division 818

289,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

 

$

Division 819.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

113,000

Total: Attorney-General's Department

402,000

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS

 

Division 825.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

1,420,000

Total: Department of Business and Consumer Affairs

1,420,000

DEPARTMENT OF THE CAPITAL TERRITORY

 

Division 834.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Buildings and Works—Australian Capital Territory...........................................................

166,000

2.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

4,935,000

3.—Advances and Loans.......................................................................................................................

1,400,000

4.—For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act 1957..........

52,000,000

5.—For expenditure under the Parliament House Construction Authority Act 1979.............

8,800,000

Total: Department of the Capital Territory

67,301,000

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

 

Division 841.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

200,000

2.—National Broadcasting and Television Service.......................................................................

13,800,000

Total: Department of Communications

14,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

Division 848.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Buildings and Works......................................................................................................................

3,396,600

2.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

249,600

3.—Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority—For expenditure under the Schools Authority Ordinance 1976....................................................................................................................................................

125,000

Total: Division 848

3,771,200

Division 849.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

15,681,800

Total: Department of Education

19,453,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND YOUTH AFFAIRS

$

Division 858.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

21,000

Total: Department of Employment and Youth Affairs

21,000

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

 

Division 864.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

245,000

Division 865.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

15,000,000

Total: Department of Finance

15,245,000

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;

 

(b) to make moneys available for expenditure—

 

(i) that the Minister for Finance is satisfied is expenditure that is urgently required and that was unforeseen on 10 April 1981; and

 

(ii) particulars of which will afterwards be submitted to the Parliament, including payments by way of financial assistance to a State or the Northern Territory on such terms and conditions, if any, as the Minister for Finance determines; and

 

(c) to make moneys available for expenditure pending the issue of a warrant of the Governor-General specifically applicable to the expenditure...........................................................................

100,000,000

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

 

Division 873.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

258,000

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs

258,000

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

Division 881.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

1,050,000

2.—Capital Territory Health Commission—For expenditure under the Health Commission Ordinance 1975       

1,209,000

3.—Advances and Loans.......................................................................................................................

1,866,000

Total: Division 881

4,125,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

 

$

Division 882.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

6,289,000

Total: Department of Health

10,414,000

DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS AND ENVIRONMENT

 

Division 888.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment—Departmental........................................................................................

39,500

2.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment—Christmas Island...............................................

550,000

3.—Plant and Equipment—Cocos (Keeling) Islands......................................................................

225,500

4.—Australian Film and Television School—For expenditure under the Australian Film and Television School Act 1973.............................................................................................................................................

60,000

5.—Film Industry Development..........................................................................................................

31,000

6.—Film Making.....................................................................................................................................

173,000

7.—Australian National Gallery—For expenditure under the National Gallery Act 1975..

60,000

9.—Australian War Memorial—For expenditure under the Australian War Memorial Act 1980              

30,000

10.—Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service—For expenditure under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975.................................................................................................................

1,800,000

Total: Division 888

2,969,000

Division 889.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

3,834,000

Division 890.—OTHER SERVICES

 

01. Major games event—Brisbane 1981...........................................................................................

200,000

02. Grant to Griffith University—1982 Commonwealth Games Village.....................................

420,000

Total: Division 890

620,000

Division 892.—THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST AND ALLIGATOR RIVERS REGION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

 

1.—For expenditure for the purposes of the Environment Protection (Alligator Rivers Region) Act 1978               

1,230,000

Total: Department of Home Affairs and Environment

8,653,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION

$

Division 895.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Buildings and Works—Departmental........................................................................................

58,000,000

2.—Buildings and Works—Other.......................................................................................................

6,000,00C

3.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

6,098,000

4.—Glebe Estate Rehabilitation..........................................................................................................

600,000

Total: Division 895

70,698,000

Division 896.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

01. For the purposes of providing housing assistance to the States and the Northern Territory

118,750,000

Total: Department of Housing and Construction

189,448,000

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS

 

Division 902.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment...................................................................................

445,000

2.—Advances and Loans.......................................................................................................................

173,000

Total: Division 902

618,000

Division 903.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

294,000

Division 904.—OTHER SERVICES

 

01. Migrant orientation activities........................................................................................................

28,000

Total: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs

940,000

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 

Division 909—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Australian Trade Union Training Authority—For expenditure under the Trade Union Training Authority Act 1975.............................................................................................................................................

41,000

Total: Department of Industrial Relations

41,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

$

Division 917.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Minor Buildings and Works.........................................................................................................

60,000

2.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

8,400,000

Total: Department of Industry and Commerce

8,460,000

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY

 

Division 924.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

450,000

2.—Australian Atomic Energy Commission—For expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act 1953          

680,000

4.—River Murray Commission—For expenditure under the River Murray Waters Act 1915     

432,000

5.—Decentralisation (for payment to the Decentralisation Advisory Board Trust Account)      

4,000,000

Total: Division 924

5,562,000

Division 925.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

1.—For the purposes of the Urban and Regional Development (Financial Assistance) Act 1974 

3,913,000

2.—For the purposes of the National Water Resources (Financial Assistance) Act 1978.....

5,000,000

3.—Subsidy towards Northern Territory Electricity Commission operations.......................

18,000,000

4.—Water resources assessment in the Northern Territory........................................................

485,000

5.—Grant to South Australia for the Iron Triangle Study...........................................................

200,000

Total: Division 925

27,598,000

Total: Department of National Development and Energy

33,160,000

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY

 

Division 932.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

9,789,000

Total: Department of Primary Industry

9,789,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

$

Division 938.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment...................................................................................

778,000

Division 941.—PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD

 

1.—Capital Works and Services.........................................................................................................

10,000

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

788,000

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 

Division 948.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

1,257,000

3.—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization—For expenditure under the Science and Industry Research Act 1949...........................................................................................................

2,000,000

4.—Australian Institute of Marine Science—For expenditure under the Australian Institute of Marine Science Act 1972....................................................................................................................................................

100,000

Total: Department of Science and Technology

3,357,000

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY

 

Division 955.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

295,000

Division 956.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

29,049,000

Total: Department of Social Security

29,344,000

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND RESOURCES

 

Division 963.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

365,000

Total: Department of Trade and Resources

365,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

$

Division 969.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

6,600,000

2.—Australian National Railways Commission—For payment as advances under section 57B of the Australian National Railways Act 1917.........................................................................................................

2,150,000

Total: Division 969

8,750,000

Division 970.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

9,077,000

Division 971.—OTHER SERVICES...................................................................................................

 

01. Air fare subsidy for travel on routes between Melbourne and Tasmania............................

2,500,000

Total: Department of Transport

20,327,000

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

Division 976.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

376,500

Division 977.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY  

79,481,900

Division 979.—AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

 

1.—Capital Works and Services.........................................................................................................

3,800,000

Division 980.—AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

 

1.—Capital Works and Services.........................................................................................................

1,330,600

Total: Department of the Treasury

84,989,000

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

 

Division 984.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

1.—Buildings and Works......................................................................................................................

480,000

2.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

1,150,000

Total: Division 984

1,630,000

Division 987.—DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES CORPORATION

 

1.—For providing capital for the Defence Service Homes Corporation..................................

17,000,000

2.—Plant and Equipment......................................................................................................................

12,000

Total: Division 987

17,012,000

Total: Department of Veterans' Affairs

18,642,000

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