Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1987-88

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Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1987-88

No. 42 of 1988

 

An Act to appropriate a sum out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, additional to the sum appropriated by the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88, for certain expenditure in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1988, and for other purposes

[Assented to 3 June 1988]

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) 1987-88.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Issue and application of $153,440,000

3. The Minister for Finance may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply for the services specified in Schedule 2, in respect of the year ending on 30 June 1988, the sum of $153,440,000.

Appropriation

4. The sum authorised by this Act to be issued out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been

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appropriated as from 1 July 1987, for the services specified in Schedule 2 in respect of the financial year that commenced on that date.

Payments to States and Northern Territory, &c.

5. (1) In this section and in determinations for the purposes of paragraph (2) (a) or (b):

Appropriation Act means an Act appropriating money for expenditure in respect of a financial year and includes an Act appropriating money, by way of interim provision, for such expenditure;

person includes:

(a)        a State;

(b)       a Territory;

(c)        a local government body; and

(d)       an organisation.

(2) Payments out of such of the money appropriated by this Act as is specified in the Division, or unit of a Division, in Schedule 2 specified in column 2 in an item in Schedule 1 made to or for a person for a purpose specified in column 3 in that item shall be made:

(a)       on such terms and conditions (if any) as are from time to time determined, by instrument in writing, for the purposes of Appropriation Acts by the Minister specified in column 4 in that item as being terms and conditions applicable to payments under such Acts to or for that person for that purpose; and

(b)      in accordance with any determinations, by instrument in writing, of the Minister specified in column 5 in that item as to the amounts and times of payments.

Money appropriated for a program

6. Where money is appropriated by this Act for a particular program, that money shall be taken to be appropriated for:

(a)       the purpose of payments (including advances) under Acts administered as part of the program; and

(b)       other purposes of the program, being purposes for which appropriation has been made in an earlier Act.

National Heart and Liver Transplant Centres

7. The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88 has effect, and shall be taken to have had effect at all times after its commencement, as if the reference in item 13 of Division 831 in Schedule 4 to that Act to National Centre for Liver Transplantation—Contribution were a reference to National Heart (Heart/Lung) and Liver Transplant Centres—Contribution.

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics

8. The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88 has effect, and shall be taken to have had effect at all times after its commencement, as if the reference in item 1 of subdivision 1 of Division 930 in Schedule 4 to that Act to


Bureau of Agricultural Economics included a reference to Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Murray-Darling Basin Commission

9. The Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88 has effect, and shall be taken to have had effect at all times after its commencement, as if the reference in subdivision 3 of Division 930 in Schedule 4 to that Act to River Murray Commission included a reference to Murray-Darling Basin Commission.


SCHEDULE 1 Section 5

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Item

Division, &c.

Purpose

Minister determining conditions

Minister determining payments

3

Sub-division 1 of Division 931

Assistance to users of fertilisers—being fertilisers subject to dumping duties, agras and double superphosphate.

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

7

Division 932

Payment to validate rebate paid in respect of crude oil production.

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy

Minister for Primary Industries and Energy


SCHEDULE 2 Section 4

ABSTRACT

 

Page Reference

Departments and Services

Total

 

 

$

8

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

2 826 000

9

Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 

10 265 000

10

Attorney-Generals Department...........................

406 000

11

Department of Community Services and Health.................

18 832 000

12

Department of Veterans Affairs...........................

10 953 000

13

Department of Employment, Education and Training.............

5 203 000

14

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

915 000

15

Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs....

200 000

16

Department of Industrial Relations.........................

10 000

17

Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce.............

621 000

18

Department of Primary Industries and Energy..................

97 583 000

19

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.................

1 100 000

20

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

467 000

21

Department of Transport and Communications.................

507 000

22

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

3 552 000

 

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

153 440 000


 

DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

 

 

 

Division 805.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Acquisition of Sites and Buildings—Departmental

 

 

 

02. Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 

275 700

5 205 000

277 224

07. Department of Employment, Education and Training 

115 000

642 000

955 979

08. Australian Customs Service.................

15 300

533 000

516 566

13. Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs 

750 000

..

..

 

1 156 000

 

 

6.—Buildings and Works—Departmental

 

 

 

01. Department of AdministrativeServices.........

1 670 000

55 809 000

51 897 446

Total: Division 805

2 826 000

 

 

Total: Department of Administrative Services......

2 826 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT, THE ENVIRONMENT, TOURISM AND TERRITORIES

$

$

$

Division 811.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Building, Works, Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

03. Construction of Australian pavilion at Expo 88 Brisbane 

430 000

3 235 000

..

6.—National Museum of Australia—For expenditure under the National Museum of Australia Act 1980             

32 000

33 000

22 000

10.—Australian Sports Commission—For expenditure under the Australian Sports Commission Act 1985             

5 067 000

..

..

Total: Division 811

5 529 000

 

 

Division 813.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Financial assistance related to Forest Industries Groups involved in the Lemonthyme Inquiry             

120 000

..

..

02. Phosphate Mining Corporation of Christmas Island — Liquidation costs 

3 000 000

..

..

03. Rainforest conservation structutral adjustment package 

500 000

..

..

04. Establishment costs and funding in relation to a company which will assume the functions of the Production Division of the Australian Film Commission             

800 000

..

..

Total: Division 813

4 420 000

 

 

Division 815.—AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION

 

 

 

1.—Buildings and Works

 

 

 

01. Purchase of improvements on withdrawn leases...

241 000

140 000

205 477

2.—Plant and equipment

 

 

 

04. A.C.T. Institute of Technical and Further Education and colleges of technical and further education whose functions the Institute assumed             

70 000

1 122 400

1 085 916

06. Signadou College of Education..............

3 000

99 000

80 538

 

73 000

 

 

6.—Canberra College of Advanced Education—For expenditure under the Canberra College of Advanced Education Act 1967             

2 000

2 420 000

1 852 000

Total: Division 815

316 000

 

 

Total: Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories 

10 265 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

ATTORNEY-GENERALS DEPARTMENT

 

 

 

Division 818.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

02. Other equipment........................

349 000

836 000

1 260 512

07. Standing Advisory Committee on Commonwealth/ State Co-operation for Protection against Violence.

57 000

1 690 000

1 127 566

Total: Division 818

406 000

 

 

Total: Attorney-Generals Department........

406 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND HEALTH

 

 

 

Division 830.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

01. Computer Equipment........................

5 100 000

7 165 000

679 803

Division 831.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

04. Blood transfusion services.....................

873 000

17 412 000

16 216 139

08. Health Insurance Act 1973—Medicare grants.........

11 278 000

1 083 909 000

1 017 902 640

10. Contribution towards measures to combat the transmission of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome             

866 000

9 224 000

5 734 282

Total: Division 831

13 017 000

 

 

Division 832.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

05. Payment to pharmacists for computerised transmission of pharmaceutical benefit claims 

365 000

400 000

..

08. National Association of Testing Authorities—Grant for pathology accreditation 

350 000

..

..

Total: Division 832

715 000

 

 

Total: Department of Community Services and Health 

18 832 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 839.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

2.—Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

03. Specialised equipment—Other...............

200 000

287 000

9 292 892

Division 841.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

03. Grants for home acquisition to eligible persons under the Defence Service Homes Act 1918 and related expenses             

750 000

..

..

04. Incentive payments to pharmacists for sample processing of veterans pharmaceutical claims 

3 000

..

..

Total: Division 841

753 000

 

 

Division 842.—DEFENCE SERVICE HOMES CORPORATION

 

 

 

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

10 000 000

4 000 000

16 000 000

Total: Department of Veterans Affairs........

10 953 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING

 

 

 

Division 848.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Buildings and Works

 

 

 

01. The Australian National University—Approved capital programs 

117 000

14 389 000

11 596 038

02. Non-Government schools Australian Capital Territory Assistance for approved capital programs             

19 000

1 338 000

1 300 500

 

136 000

 

 

2.—Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

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

350 000

9 136 300

11 788 917

Total: Division 848

486 000

 

 

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

 

 

 

08. For the purpose of the States Grants (Aboriginal Assistance) Act 1976—Recurrent funding for education             

2 717 000

..

..

Division 850.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

09. Rainforest conservation structural adjustment packageLabour Adjustment Program 

2 000 000

..

..

Total: Department of Employment, Education and Training 

5 203 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

2.—Assistance to the Northern Territory for Aboriginal Advancement 

915 000

96 000

446 900

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

915 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS

 

 

 

Division 902.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

02. Adult migrant education centres...........

200 000

589 000

441 458

Total: Department of Immigration, Local Govern- ment and Ethnic Affairs 

200 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

 

 

 

Division 912.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

01. Compensation pursuant to the Building Industry Code of Conduct for losses caused by industrial action in the building industry             

10 000

..

..

Total: Department of Industrial Relations......

10 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE

 

 

 

Division 915.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Buildings, Works, Plant and Equipment—

 

 

 

01. Departmental..........................

137 000

1 867 000

1 111 817

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

229 000

29 555 700

38 126 600

Total: Division 915

366 000

 

 

Division 917.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

08. Payment to the Australia/Japan Joint Feasibility Study into the Multifunction Polis Proposal Trust Account             

100 000

..

..

Division 918.—AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE

 

 

 

1.—Capital Works and Services—

 

 

 

01. Plant and equipment.....................

155 000

9 861 000

10 199 860

Total: Department of Industry, Technology and Commerce 

621 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES AND ENERGY

 

 

 

Division 930.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

01. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics—Computer equipment 

41 000

199 000

743 967

02. Departmental capital equipment..............

322 000

3 279 000

2 278 690

Total: Division 930

363 000

 

 

Division 931.—PAYMENTS TO OR FOR THE STATES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

 

 

 

1.—Rural industries assistance

 

 

 

03. Assistance to users of fertilisers—being fertilisers subject to dumping duties, agras and double super-phosphate             

3 750 800

18 500 000

42 599 983

05. Rural adjustment under an Act providing for financial assistance to the States and the Northern Territory             

2 400 000

42 000 000

33 877 969

 

6 150 800

 

 

2.—For expenditure under the Federal Water Resources Assistance Program, for the purposes of the National Water Resources (Financial Assistance) Act 1978 and for the purposes of financial assistance agreements between the Commonwealth and the Northern Territory in relation to development and management of water resources             

 

 

 

03. Assistance to the steel regions—Water quality improvement, New South Wales 

200

664 000

5 250 000

11.—Payment to New South Wales for Coal Freight Rate Efficiency Scheme 

10 000 000

..

..

Total: Division 931

16 151 000

 

 

Division 932.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

07. Payment to validate rebate paid in respect of crude oil production 

81 069 000

..

..

Total: Department of Primary Industries and Energy 

97 583 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

 

 

 

Division 937.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Building, Works, Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

01. Governor-Generals Office and establishments....

100 000

609 000

156 638

Division 939.—OTHER SERVICES

 

 

 

03. Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre—Financial assistance by way of loan             

1 000 000

..

..

Total: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet 

1 100 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY

 

 

 

Division 948.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES

 

 

 

1.—Plant and Equipment

 

 

 

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

467 000

41 537 000

49 229 897

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

467 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

 

 

 

Division 973.—CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES— BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION

 

 

 

1.—For payment to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in respect of—

 

 

 

01. General activities—Domestic services..........

507 000

44 625 000

53 045 000

Total: Department of Transport and Communications 

507 000

 

 


 

 

Information with respect to previous appropriation and expenditure

 

Additional appropriation for 1987-88

Appropriation made by Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88

Expenditure for 1986-87

 

$

$

$

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

 

 

 

Division 980.—AUSTRALIAN TAXATION OFFICE

 

 

 

1.—Capital Works and Services

 

 

 

01. Plant and equipment.....................

3 552 000

12 387 000

14 945 385

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

3 552 000

 

 

[Ministers second reading speech made in

House of Representatives on 23 March 1988

Senate on 20 April 1988]

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer (38/88)

Overview

The Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1987-88, enacted in 1988, was introduced to address the need for additional financial appropriations for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1988, beyond those specified in the earlier Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88. This legislation was enacted by the Parliament of Australia to facilitate the allocation of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for specified services and programs. The primary objective was to ensure that the Commonwealth Government could meet its financial commitments and support various national initiatives and services as outlined in the Act. The Act also included provisions to correct and clarify references in previous appropriation acts concerning certain national programs and entities, such as the National Heart (Heart/Lung) and Liver Transplant Centres, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.

Scope and Application

The Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1987-88 applies to the appropriation of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to various departments and services for specific expenditures during the financial year ending on 30 June 1988. The Act authorises the Minister for Finance to issue and apply $153,440,000 for the specified services detailed in Schedule 2. This appropriation is effective as of 1 July 1987 and includes funds for programs such as assistance to fertiliser users, payments for crude oil production rebates, and contributions to the National Heart (Heart/Lung) and Liver Transplant Centres. The Act also amends references in the Appropriation Act (No. 2) 1987-88 to include new entities such as the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Murray-Darling Basin Commission. Payments to states and territories are subject to terms and conditions determined by relevant ministers and may be made in accordance with specific determinations regarding amounts and timing. This Act does not specify any exclusions, exemptions, or thresholds, and its application is not extended or restricted by any subordinate instruments.

Key Provisions

The Appropriation Act (No. 4) 1987-88 (sections 3 and 4) authorises the Minister for Finance to issue from the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply $153,440,000 for specified services in respect of the year ending 30 June 1988. This sum is deemed to have been appropriated from 1 July 1987, as specified in Schedule 2. The Act also includes technical amendments to previous appropriation acts, such as renaming the "National Centre for Liver Transplantation" to "National Heart (Heart/Lung) and Liver Transplant Centres" and expanding references to include the "Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics" and the "Murray-Darling Basin Commission". Under this Act, various obligations and requirements are imposed on the parties involved. For instance, payments to States and territories for specific purposes (section 5) must adhere to terms and conditions determined by the relevant Minister and in accordance with any determinations made regarding the amounts and times of payments. Additionally, money appropriated for a particular program (section 6) is designated for specific purposes such as payments under related Acts and other program purposes for which appropriation has been made previously. The Act also outlines consequences for non-compliance. Although specific offences, penalties, or civil/criminal consequences are not detailed within the Act itself, it is understood that breaches of appropriation laws can lead to significant repercussions, including financial penalties and legal action under broader legislative frameworks governing public expenditure and financial management in Australia. Non-compliance with appropriation acts can potentially result in administrative, civil, or even criminal penalties, depending on the nature and severity of the breach.

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