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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