Supply (Works and Services) Act (No. 1) 1948-49 (Cth)

SUPPLY (WORKS AND SERVICES) (No. 1) 1948-49.

No. 33 of 1948.

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 forty-nine, for the purposes of Additions, New Works and other Services involving Capital Expenditure.

[Assented to 26th June, 1948.]

BE it enacted by the King’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 (No. 1) 1948-49.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £9,797,000.

3. There shall and may be issued and applied for or towards making good the supply hereby granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, the sum of Nine million seven hundred and ninety-seven thousand pounds out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purposes of additions, new works and other services involving capital expenditure in respect of the Departments, business undertakings and Territories of the Commonwealth specified in the Schedule to this Act, and to the extent respectively specified in that Schedule, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue and apply the moneys authorized to be issued and applied.

Sum issued to be available to satisfy warrants.

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 purpose specified in the last preceding section, and to the extent authorized by that section.

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 forty-nine.

 

THE SCHEDULE. Section 3.

 

Division No.	—	Total.
PART I.—DEPARTMENTS.	£
2-4	prime minister’s department...............................................................	74,000
5-6	department of external affairs........................................................	59,200
7-8	department of the treasury...............................................................	17,100
9	attorney-general’s department........................................................	3,300
10-11	department of the interior.................................................................	518,200
12-14	department of works and housing.....................................................	2,444,700
15	department of supply and development............................................	806,700
16-20	department of civil aviation..............................................................	1,761,700
21-22	department of trade and customs.....................................................	17,200
23-24	department of health..........................................................................	6,000
25-26	department of repatriation................................................................	202,000
27-28	department of commerce and agriculture.......................................	34,400
29-30	department of social services............................................................	21,700
31-33	department of shipping and fuel........................................................	47,000
34	department of external territories..................................................	500
35	department of immigration................................................................	1,000
36-37	department of labour and national service ....................................	12,400
38-39	department of transport....................................................................	167,000
40	department of information................................................................	200
41	department of post-war reconstruction..........................................	2,700
total part i............................................	6,197,000
PART II.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
43	commonwealth railways....................................................................	86,700
44-46	postmaster-general’s department....................................................	2,746,300
total part ii...........................................	2,833,000
PART III.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
48-51	northern territory.............................................................................	177,000
52-56	australian capital territory.............................................................	590,000
total part iii..........................................	767,000
total......................................................	9,797,000