Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1979-80

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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 197980

No. 62 of 1980

An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sum appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1980

[Assented to 28 May 1980]

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 Appropriation Act (No. 4) 197980.

Commencement

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

Issue and application of $43,582,000

3. 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 year ending on 30 June 1980, the sum of $43,582,000.

Appropriation

4. The sum authorized by this Act to be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from 1 July 1979, for the services expressed in the Schedule in respect of the financial year that commenced on that date.

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Payments to States and Northern Territory

5. Payments to a State or the Northern Territory out of such of the moneys appropriated by this Act as are specified in Division 846 of 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.

Multicultural Broadcasting

6. A reference in the Schedule to the Special Broadcasting Service shall, if a corporation by the name of the Independent and Multicultural Broadcasting Corporation has, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, been established by another Act, be read as including a reference to that corporation.


SCHEDULE Section 4

ABSTRACT

Page Reference

Departments and Services

Total

 

 

$

4

Parliament................................................

17,000

4

Department of Aboriginal Affairs.................................

57,000

4

Department of Administrative Services..............................

1,194,000

5

AttorneyGeneral's Department.............................

121,000

6

Department of Business and Consumer Affairs.........................

185,000

6

Department of the Capital Territory................................

6,375,000

7

Department of Education.......................................

7,214,000

8

Department of Employment and Youth Affairs.........................

243,000

8

Department of Finance........................................

10,863,000

9

Department of Foreign Affairs...................................

97,000

9

Department of Health.........................................

736,000

10

Department of Home Affairs....................................

200,000

10

Department of Housing and Construction............................

2,480,000

10

Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs.........................

50,000

11

Department of Industry and Commerce..............................

29,000

11

Department of National Development and Energy.......................

5,097,000

12

Postal and Telecommunications Department..........................

470,000

12

Department of Productivity.....................................

5,600,000

12

Department of Science and the Environment..........................

118,000

13

Department of Social Security....................................

21,000

13

Department of Transport.......................................

1,099,000

14

Department of the Treasury.....................................

1,316,000

 

Total .........................................

43,582,000


DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

PARLIAMENT

$

$

$

Division 800.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

01. Joint House Department...................

17,000

81,000

..

Total: Parliament

17,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 813.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

04. Employment...........................

20,000

461,000

658,545

Division 814.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Aboriginal Development Commission—Interim establishment costs 

37,000

..

..

Total: Department of Aboriginal Affairs..........

57,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

 

 

 

Division 817.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—Departmental—

 

 

 

22. Department of Science and the Environment......

128,000

241,800

392,534

23. Department of Science and the Environment—Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation             

146,200

271,100

261,479

 

274,200

 

 

4.—Plant and Equipment—Departmental—

 

 

 

05. Communications and investigation equipment—Commonwealth Police 

30,000

120,000

513,856

07. Australian Federal Police..................

111,000

803,000

..

 

141,000

 

 


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

Department of Administrative Servicescontinued

$

$

$

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

 

 

 

01. Migrant centres......................

138,000

235,000

391,500

Total: Division 817

553,200

 

 

Division 819.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

08. Joint CommonwealthState Task Force on Drugs 

25,000

100,000

968

11. Commission of Inquiry into the Efficiency and Administration of Hospitals 

409,400

80,000

..

12. Third International Community Education Conference—Australia 1979 

10,000

..

..

13. Kamarn Breeders Foundation Limited—GrantinAid 

25,000

..

..

14. Second World Wilderness Congress—Australia 1980 

50,000

..

..

15. Asian and Pacific Conference of Sports Confederations—Australia 1980 

7,000

..

..

16. SouthEast Asia Iron and Steel Institute Conference—Australia 1980 

10,000

..

..

17. Triennial Conference of the Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf—Australia 1980 

2,000

..

..

18. Commission of Inquiry into the Viability of the Christmas Island Phosphate Industry 

102,400

..

..

Total: Division 819

640,800

 

 

Total: Department of Administrative Services....

1,194,000

 

 

ATTORNEYGENERAL'S DEPARTMENT

 

 

 

Division 823.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Buildings and Works—

 

 

 

01. CommonwealthState Law Courts, Sydney 

5,200

56,000

635,699

2.—Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

03. Other equipment......................

800

40,000

13,216

—High Court of Australia—For expenditure under the High Court of Australia Act 

105,000

..

..

Total: Division 823

111,000

 

 


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

 

$

$

$

AttorneyGeneral's Departmentcontinued

 

 

 

Division 825.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Lawasia Research Institute—Grant..........

10,000

..

..

Total: AttorneyGeneral's Department...

121,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 827.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

02. National Companies and Securities Commission—Interim establishment costs 

185,000

..

..

Total: Department of Business and Consumer Affairs 

185,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF THE CAPITAL TERRITORY

 

 

 

Division 829.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

2.—Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

01. Australian Capital Territory—General services..

373,000

1,150,000

848,536

3.—Advances and Loans—

 

 

 

03. Advance to Canberra Showground Trust......

112,000

..

116,000

5.—For expenditure under the National Capital Development Commission Act 

5,600,000

127,700,000

155,000,000

6.—For expenditure under the Parliament House Construction Authority Act 

90,000

423,000

70,000

Total: Division 829

6,175,000

 

 


Departments and Servicescontinued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

 

$

$

$

Department of the Capital Territorycontinued

 

 

 

Division 830.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

02. Canberra Development Board—Operational expenses 

132,600

..

..

03. Canberra Development Board—Repayment to the National Capital Development Commission 

67,400

..

..

Total: Division 830

200,000

 

 

Total: Department of Capital Territory.........

6,375,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

 

 

Division 835.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Buildings and Works—

 

 

 

02. Canberra College of Advanced Education—Approved capital programs 

108,700

1,002,000

644,736

Division 836.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

03. Schools Commission—Northern Territory—Government Schools and Joint Programs 

14,300

1,919,400

..

08. Transition from School to Work Program.....

6,880,000

..

..

Total: Division 836

6,894,300

 

 


Departments and Servicescontinued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 1) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

 

$

$

$

Department of Educationcontinued

 

 

 

Division 837.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

02. Transition from School to Work Program—Australian Capital Territory 

120,000

..

..

03. Inquiry into Management Education.........

30,000

..

..

04. National Centre for Research and Development in Technical and Further Education—Contribution 

16,000

..

..

05. National monitoring of Literacy and Numeracy in Australian Schools 

45,000

..

..

Total: Division 837

211,000

..

..

Total: Department of Education..............

7,214,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND YOUTH AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 839.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

01. Apprentices in State Government establishments.

200,000

838,000

4,158,697

Division 840.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. National Conference on Youth............

23,000

50,000

..

03. Australian Frontier Futures Conference—Contribution 

20,000

..

..

Total: Division 840

43,000

..

..

Total: Department of Employment and Youth Affairs 

243,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

 

 

 

Division 845.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

04. Superannuation Fund Investment Trust.......

3,000

50,000

..


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

Department of Financecontinued

$

$

$

Division 846.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

01. Natural disaster relief and restoration........

10,860,000

5,500,000

26,967,278

Total: Department of Finance...............

10,863,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 851—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

01. Computer equipment...................

47,000

328,000

3,268,352

Division 852.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Fastnet Race Disaster Appeal Fund—Contribution

25,000

..

..

02. International Institute of Strategic Studies—Contribution 

25,000

..

..

Total: Division 852

50,000

 

 

Total: Department of Foreign Affairs..........

97,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

 

 

Division 856.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

01. Blood transfusion services...............

582,000

6,920,000

7,002,000

07. Paramedical Services—Grants additional to those authorized by States Grants (Paramedical Services) Act             

13,000

759,000

732,000

09. Warehouse Beetle Eradication Program—Contribution 

25,000

41,000

84,000

Total: Division 856

620,000

 

 

Division 857.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

03. Gift of medical equipment to China.........

116,000

..

..

Total: Department of Health................

736,000

 

 


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 862.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

04. Young NorthSide Big Band—Grant..

5,000

..

..

05. Westminster Abbey Trust Appeal—Contribution 

25,000

..

..

06. Southern Cross Replica Museum Trust—Grant..

150,000

..

..

07. Assistance for cataloguing of the Mawson Collection 

20,000

..

..

Total: Department of Home Affairs...........

200,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION

 

 

 

Division 865.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Buildings and Works—Departmental—

 

 

 

04. AttorneyGeneral's Department......

290,000

1,560,000

1,447,077

06. Department of the Capital Territory.........

30,000

155,000

318,206

21. Department of Productivity...............

600,000

9,500,000

5,629,090

31. Department of Veterans'Affairs............

1,500,000

11,300,000

8,116,274

 

2,420,000

 

 

3.—Glebe Estate Rehabilitation..............

60,000

1,000,000

1,041,488

Total: Department of Housing and Construction..

2,480,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 870.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

2.—Advances and Loans—

 

 

 

01. Loans to voluntary agencies for refugee resettlement assistance 

50,000

200,000

200,000

Total: Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs 

50,000

 

 


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

 

 

 

Division 878.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. World Tourism Organization—Membership...

29,000

36,000

..

Total: Department of Industry and Commerce....

29,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY

 

 

 

Division 883.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

03. Other branches.......................

9,000

6,500

23,701

3.—Pipeline Authority—For expenditure under the Pipeline Authority Act 

3,500,000

26,233,000

27,138,279

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

1,511,300

1,409,000

2,673,375

Total: Division 883

5,020,300

 

 

Division 885.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

04. Sewerage..........................

16,700

..

..

Division 886.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Burdekin Ecology Study—Reimbursement to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization             

40,000

..

..

02. Committee of Inquiry into Electricity Generation in South East Australia 

20,000

..

..

Total: Division 886

60,000

 

 

Total: Department of National Development and Energy 

5,097,000

 

 


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

$

$

$

Division 909.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

3.—Special Broadcasting—

 

 

 

01. For payment to the Special Broadcasting Service 

200,000

1,360,000

153,000

Division 911.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Committee of Inquiry into the Australian Broadcasting Commission 

270,000

80,000

..

Total: Postal and Telecommunications Department 

470,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY

 

 

 

Division 921.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

3.—Advances and Loans—

 

 

 

01. Working Capital Advance (for payment to the Aircraft Factory, Fishermens Bend, Trust Account) 

5,600,000

1,700,000

3,480,000

Total: Department of Productivity............

5,600,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

 

 

 

Division 927.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

2.—Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

01. Antarctic Division.....................

17,000

1,100,000

1,008,030

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

54,000

400,000

657,000

7.—National Standards Commission—For expenditure under the Weights and Measures (National Standards) Act             

31,500

..

..

Total: Division 927

102,500

 

 


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

 

$

$

$

Department of Science and the Environmentcontinued

 

 

 

Division 928.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

3.—For expenditure under the States Grants (Nature Conservation) Act 

15,500

..

125,000

Total: Department of Science and the Environment 

118,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY

 

 

 

Division 940.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

06. Grants to the Northern Territory for assistance to deserted wives 

20,000

250,000

..

07. Grants to the Northern Territory for home care services 

1,000

11,000

..

Total: Department of Social Security...............

21,000

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT

 

 

 

Division 957.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

02. Airport and airways services..............

1,000,000

11,400,000

10,199,285

03. Bureau of Transport Economics............

1,000

38,000

66,211

Total: Division 957

1,001,000

 

 

Division 959.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Alice SpringsDarwin Railway Survey—For payment to Australian National Railways 

98,000

..

..

Total: Department of Transport..............

1,099,000

 

 


Departments and Services—continued

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 197980

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 197980

Expenditure for 197879

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

01. Northern Territory—General purpose revenue assistance—Tax sharing entitlement 

1,235,000

206,996,900

..

03. Northern Territory—General purpose capital grant

26,000

35,632,900

..

04. Northern Territory—General purpose capital advance 

51,000

71,265,700

..

Total: Division 970

1,312,000

 

 

Division 971.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Taxation Advisory Committee.............

4,000

..

..

Total: Department of the Treasury............

1,316,000

 

 

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