Supply (Works and Services) Act 1963-64 (Cth)

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

SUPPLY (WORKS AND SERVICES) 1963-64.

No. 26 of 1963.

An Act to grant and apply a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure.

[Assented to 28th May, 1963.]

BE it enacted by the Queen'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.

1. This Act may be cited as the Supply (Works and Services) Act 1963–64.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £70,282,000.

3. There shall and may be issued and applied for or towards making good the supply hereby granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four, the sum of Seventy million two

hundred

F.4931/63.—Price 8d.

hundred and eighty-two 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.

4. The sum specified in the last preceding section shall be available to satisfy the warrants under the hand of the Governor-General in respect of any purposes and services expressed in the Schedule to this Act.

Limit of period of expenditure.

5. No money shall be expended under the authority of this Act after the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four.

THE

 

 THE SCHEDULE.  Section 3.

ABSTRACT.

—	Total.
Part 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
£
PARLIAMENT....................................................................................................	12,000
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT..................................................................	894,000
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.........................................................	252,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.................................................................	450,000
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.........................................................	110,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR...................................................................	859,000
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS...............................................................................	530,000
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION...............................................................	1,820,000
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE....................................................	110,000
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH..............................................................................	152,000
REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.......................................................................	140,000
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE................................................................................	28,000
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY........................................................	2,000
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.............................................................	117,000
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT............................................	2,347,000
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.....................................................................	8,000
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION...................................................................	143,000
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE................................	42,000
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.............................................	21,131,000
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION	625,000
Total Part 1.............................................................	29,772,000
Part 2.—Business Undertakings.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS......................................................................	875,000
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.....................................................	25,418,000
OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (AUSTRALIA)............	1,400,000
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.............................................	1,872,000
Total Part 2...............................................................	29,565,000
Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN TERRITORY..................................................................................	3,785,000
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY..............................................................	6,984,000
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA..............................................................................	173,000
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS...........................................................................	3,000
Total Part 3.............................................................	10,945,000
Total.........................................................................	70,282,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 1.—Departments and Services—other than Business Undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth.
PARLIAMENT.	£	£
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 835.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	..	12,000
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 836.
01. High Commissioner of the Commonwealth in the United Kingdom—Buildings, equipment and furniture for Australia House and official residences	36,000
02. The Australian National University—Permanent buildings, acquisition and erection of dwellings, equipment and works	809,000
04. For expenditure under the National Library Act..................	9,000
854,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 840.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	..	40,000
Total Prime Minister's Department....................	..	894,000
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Division No. 841.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
01. India................................................................................	10,000
02. Indonesia.........................................................................	30,000
03. Israel................................................................................	1,000
04. Japan...............................................................................	150,000
05. Korea...............................................................................	2,000
06. Malaya.............................................................................	2,000
07. Pakistan...........................................................................	6,000
08. Tanganyika......................................................................	2,000
09. United States of America..................................................	6,000
10. Other overseas establishments...........................................	39,000
248,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 845.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	4,000
Total Department of External Affairs............	..	252,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 1—continued.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.	£	£
Division No. 846.
01. Government Printing Office—Plant and equipment............	75,000
03. National Mint—Plant and equipment.................................	250,000
325,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 850.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	100,000
02. Taxation Branch—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..	25,000
125,000
Total Department of the Treasury...................	..	450,000
ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 855.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	..	110,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 856.
01. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Acquisition of sites and buildings......................................................................	130,000
02. Plant and equipment.........................................................	35,000
03. Bureau of Meteorology—Plant and equipment...................	144,000
309,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 860.
01. Commonwealth offices and other buildings outside the Australian Capital Territory—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........	350,000
02. Bureau of Meteorology—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	200,000
550,000
Total Department of the Interior......................	..	859,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 1—continued.
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Division No. 861.	£	£
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	150,000
02. Plant and equipment.........................................................	373,000
03. Experimental Building Station—Plant and material............	7,000
530,000
Total Department of Works...............................	..	530,000
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION.
Division No. 866.
01. Air routes and airway facilities, including power and lighting plant and equipment....................................................................	550,000
02. Aircraft, launches, vehicles, engines and equipment............	190,000
740,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 870.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings......................................	..	180,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 874.
01. Buildings and works, including shore bases and marine facilities, fittings and furniture................................................................	..	900,000
Total Department of Civil Aviation..................	..	1,820,000
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 880.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..............................	..	110,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 1—continued.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
£	£
Division No. 881.
01. Plant and equipment............................................................	..	52,000
Under Control of the Department of Works.
Division No. 885.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	100,000
Total Department of Health..............................	..	152,000
REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 890.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	140,000
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Division No. 891.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
01. Hong Kong......................................................................	3,000
02. Other overseas establishments...........................................	20,000
23,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 895.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	5,000
Total Department of Trade................................	..	28,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 1—continued.
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.
Under Control of Department of Works.	£	£
Division No. 900.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	2,000
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Division No. 901.
01. Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service—Plant and equipment	..	2,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 905.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	115,000
Total Department of Social Services................	..	117,000
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
Division No. 906.
01. Lighthouse services—Plant and equipment...........................	26,000
02. Lighthouse supply vessels—Replacement.............................	458,000
484,000
Division No. 909.
01. For expenditure under the Railway Equipment Agreement (South Australia) Act.................................................................	25,000
02. For expenditure under the Railway Agreement (Western Australia) Act	1,792,000
1,817,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 914.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	6,000
02. Marine Services Division—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	40,000
46,000
Total Department of Shipping and Transport.	..	2,347,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 1—continued.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Under Control of Department of Works.
£	£
Division No. 920.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	8,000
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Division No. 921.
01. Overseas establishments—Equipment, furniture and motor vehicles	6,000
02. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................................................................	104,000
110,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 925.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	3,000
02. Reception, training and holding centres for accommodation of migrants	30,000
33,000
Total Department of Immigration.....................	..	143,000
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 928.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	..	6,500
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 930
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	35,500
Total Department of Labour and National Service	..	42,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 1—continued.
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
£	£
Division No. 931.
01. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment.............	126,000
02. Division of National Mapping—Plant and equipment............	24,000
150,000
Division No. 934.
01. For expenditure under the War Service Homes Act (for payment to the credit of the War Service Homes Trust Account)............................	..	16,000,000
Division No. 935.
01. For expenditure under the Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Power Act	..	4,605,000
Division No. 936.
01. For expenditure under the Atomic Energy Act......................	..	326,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 939.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	25,000
02. For expenditure under the River Murray Waters Act.............	25,000
50,000
Total Department of National Development...	..	21,131,000
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
Division No. 941.
01. Buildings, works, plant and developmental expenditure.........	231,000
02. Giant radio telescope...........................................................	29,000
03. Development of phytotron...................................................	42,000
302,000
05. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources	146,000
156,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 943.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	..	19,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 945.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	450,000
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization..............................................	..	625,000
Total Part 1..........................................................	..	29,772,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 2.—Business Undertakings.
COMMONWEALTH RAILWAYS.
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.	£	£
Division No. 950.
01. Trans-Australian Railway....................................................	759,000
02. Central Australia Railway....................................................	100,000
03. North Australia Railway......................................................	15,000
04. Seat of Government Railway...............................................	1,000
875,000
Total Commonwealth Railways........................	..	875,000
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 955.
01. Telephone exchange services...............................................	16,369,000
02. Trunk line services..............................................................	4,160,000
03. Telegraph equipment...........................................................	288,000
04. Postal plant and equipment..................................................	282,000
05. Motor vehicles and accessories............................................	820,000
06. Other plant and equipment...................................................	999,000
22,918,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 958.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings.........................................	..	200,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 960.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	2,300,000
Total Postmaster-General's Department.........	..	25,418,000
OVERSEAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (AUSTRALIA).
Division No. 962.
01. For expenditure under the Overseas Telecommunications Act	..	1,400,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 2—continued.
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Postmaster-General's Department.
£	£
Division No. 963.
01. Engineering equipment and services—Sound broadcasting....	237,000
02. Television transmitting equipment.......................................	500,000
737,000
Australian Broadcasting Commission.
Division No. 964.
01. For expenditure under the Broadcasting and Television Act...	..	279,000
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 966.
01. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting transmission	..	5,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 970.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting transmission	60,000

02. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes.........................................................................	160,000
03. Australian Broadcasting Control Board—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................................................................	1,000
04. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission	450,000
05. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios.	180,000	851,000
Total Broadcasting and Television Services...	..	1,872,000
Total Part 2..........................................................	..	29,565,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 3.—Territories of the Commonwealth.
NORTHERN TERRITORY.	£	£
Department of Territories.
Division No. 971
01. Plant and equipment............................................................	218,000
02. Compensation for improvements on resumed leases..............	8,000
03. Loans for private dwelling construction or purchase (for payment to the credit of the Northern Territory Housing Loans Trust Account)	52,000
04. Stock routes and reserves—Reimbursement of half the cost of fences, grids and gates........................................................................	4,000
05. Provision of furniture—Government-owned residences.........	43,000
06. Loans for encouragement of primary production...................	8,000
07. Loans to church organizations for erection of residential accommodation.......................................................................................	100,000
08. Construction of roads, footpaths and drainage works—Payment to The Corporation of the City of Darwin....................................	50,000
09. Northern Territory Housing Commission—Advance.............	300,000
10. Development of water resources on Government projects......	23,000
11. Loans to primary producers for water development...............	40,000
846,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 975.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	1,500,000
02. Construction of roads for transport of beef cattle...................	800,000
03. Construction of other roads, stock routes and water supplies..	150,000
2,450,000
Department of the Interior.
Division No. 976.
01. Forestry and Timber Bureau—Plant and equipment..............	..	6,000
Department of Works.
Division No. 977.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	60,000
02. Plant and equipment............................................................	243,000
303,000
Department of Health.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 978.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	180,000
Total Northern Territory..................................	..	3,785,000

The Schedule—continued.

Part 3—continued.
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.	£	£
Department of the Interior.
Division No. 980.
01. Forestry (for payment to the credit of the Australian Capital Territory Forestry Trust Account)................................................................	40,000
02. Sundry works and services..................................................	31,000
03. Plant and equipment............................................................	62,000
04. Plant and equipment—Transport..........................................	82,000
05. Electricity supply—Engineering works................................	219,000
06. Provision of home electrical appliances................................	6,000
07. Purchase of improvements on resumed leases.......................	10,000
08. Loans for housing...............................................................	250,000
09. Loans to co-operative building societies...............................	417,000
1,117,000
National Capital Development Commission.
Division No. 981.
01. For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act	..	5,062,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 982.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture—Jervis Bay..............	3,000
02. Hydrological investigations.................................................	2,000
5,000
Department of Works.
Division No. 986.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	20,000
02. Plant and equipment............................................................	80,000
100,000
Department of Health.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 988.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	700,000
Total Australian Capital Territory.................	..	6,984,000

 

The Schedule—continued.

Part 3—continued.
PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA.	£	£
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 991.
01. Advance to Administration for loans to ex-servicemen in agricultural enterprises	..	153,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 993.
01. Lighthouse services—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	..	15,000
Under Control of Department of Shipping and Transport.
Division No. 994.
01. Lighthouse services—Plant and equipment...........................	..	5,000
Total Papua and New Guinea	..	173,000
COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 996.
01. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.................................	..	3,000
Total Cocos (Keeling) Islands	..	3,000
Total Part 3..........................................................	..	10,945,000
Total.....................................................................	..	70,282,000

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