Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1957-58

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THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

APPROPRIATION (WORKS AND SERVICES)

(No. 2) 1957-58.

No. 33 of 1958.

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

[Assented to 21st May, 1958.]

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 Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1957-58.

Commencement.

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

Issue and application of £3,537,000.

3. The Treasurer may issue out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and apply towards making good the supply hereby granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending the thirtieth

day

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day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight, the sum of Three million five hundred and thirty-seven thousand pounds.

Appropriation.

4. The sum granted by this Act is appropriated, and shall be deemed to have been appropriated as from the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-seven, for the purposes and services set forth in the Schedule to this Act in relation to the financial year ending the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight.

Section 4. THE SCHEDULE.

ABSTRACT.

—	Total.
PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—	£
Prime Minister's Department...................................	4,000
Department of External Affairs.................................	16,000
Department of the Interior.....................................	73,000
Department of Works........................................	37,595
Department of Customs and Excise...............................	3,870
Repatriation Department......................................	41,000
Department of Trade........................................	1,780
Department of Primary Industry.................................	105
Department of Social Services..................................	15,000
Department of Shipping and Transport............................	200,000
Department of Territories.....................................	162,500
Department of Immigration....................................	12,000
Department of Labour and National Service.........................	14,000
Department of National Development.............................	707,500
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization...........	7,650
Total PART 1...............................	1,296,000
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS—
Postmaster-General's Department................................	508,500
Broadcasting and Television Services.............................	208,500
Total Part 2.................................	717,000
PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—
Northern Territory..........................................	227,000
Australian Capital Territory....................................	1,297,000
Total Part 3.................................	1,524,000
Total.................................	3,537,000

CAPITAL WORKS AND SERVICES.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—	£
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 3:
Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	4,000
DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.
Division No. 4.
Buildings, works, equipment and furniture—
6. New Caledonia........................................	600
9. Thailand............................................	600
10. Germany............................................	2,600
11. Other overseas establishments..............................	3,700
12. Ghana.............................................	8,500
	16,000
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 11.
3. News and Information Bureau, Karachi—Furniture and equipment......	2,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 12.
1. Commonwealth offices and other buildings—Buildings, works, fittings and furniture	71,000
Total Department of the Interior...............	73,000
DEPARTMENT OF WORKS.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 13.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................	12,595
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 14.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	25,000
Total Department of Works..................	37,595
DEPARTMENT OF CUSTOMS AND EXCISE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 18.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................	3,870
REPATRIATION DEPARTMENT.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 24.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings............................	9,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 25.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture........................	32,000
Total Repatriation Department...............	41,000

Capital Works and Services.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued.		£
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE.
Division No. 26.
5. Construction of road and footpath adjoining Tariff Board premises— Contribution to the Council of the City of Kew, Victoria		1,780
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRY.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 30.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings...............................		105
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 33.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................		15,000
DEPARTMENT OF SHIPPING AND TRANSPORT.
Division No. 34.
1. Ship construction.........................................		250,000
2. Less amount recoverable from sales of ships—	£
Read.....................................	5,750,000
In lieu of..................................	5,500,000
		250,000
Division No. 35.
2. Railway standardization (Albury-Melbourne).......................		200,000
Total Department of Shipping and Transport.........		200,000
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Division No. 37k.
1. Christmas Island Agreement—Joint advance with New Zealand Government to Christmas Island Phosphate Commission		160,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 38.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture...........................		2,500
Total Department of Territories..................		162,500
DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Division No. 38k.
2. Commonwealth Hostels Limited—Equipment, furniture and fittings.......		10,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 40.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................		2,000
Total Department of Immigration................		12,000
DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND NATIONAL SERVICE.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 41.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings..............................		12,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 42.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................		2,000
Total Department of Labour and National Service		14,000

Capital Works and Services.

PART 1.—DEPARTMENTS AND SERVICES—OTHER THAN BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH—continued.		£
DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
Division No. 43.
1. Bureau of Mineral Resources—Plant and equipment.....................		12,500
2. Less amount recoverable from Australian Atomic Energy Commission—	£
Read.......................................	32,000
In lieu of....................................	27,000
		5,000
Total Division No. 43.......................		7,500
Division No. 45k.
1. Expenditure under the Aluminum Industry Act...................		700,000
Total Department of National Development.........		707,500
COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATION.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 49.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................		1,500
2. Less amounts recoverable by way of grants from outside sources—	£
Read.......................................	11,350
In lieu of....................................	14,500
		Dr. 3,150
Total Division No. 49.......................		4,650
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 50.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture..........................		3,000
Total Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization		7,650
Total Part 1..............................		1,296,000
PART 2.—BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.
Division No. 53.
4. Working advance (for payment to the credit of the Post Office Stores and Services Trust Account)		500,000
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 54k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................		8,500
Total Postmaster-General's Department............		508,500
BROADCASTING AND TELEVISION SERVICES.
Under Control of Department of the Interior.
Division No. 57.
2. Acquisition of sites and buildings for sound broadcasting studios.........		3,750
3. Acquisition of sites and buildings for television purposes..............		52,750
Total Division No. 57.......................		56,500
Under Control of Department of Territories.
Division No. 57k.
1. Acquisition of sites and buildings.............................		18,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 58.
2. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for sound broadcasting studios and other purposes		7,000
3. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television transmission........		3,000
4. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture for television studios...........		124,000
Total Division No. 58.......................		134,000
Total Broadcasting and Television Services.........		208,500
Total Part 2..............................		717,000

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Capital Works and Services.

PART 3.—TERRITORIES OF COMMONWEALTH.	£
NORTHERN TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF TERRITORIES.
Division No. 59.
1. Plant and equipment.....................................	3,000
10. Construction of roads, footpaths and drainage works—Payment to Darwin Municipal Council	10,000
Total Division No. 59.......................	13,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 61.
1. Buildings, works, fittings and furniture.........................	132,000
2. Developmental services—Construction of water supplies, roads and stock routes for pastoral purposes	82,000
Total Division No. 61.......................	214,000
Total Northern Territory.....................	227,000
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Division No. 64.
2. Sundry works and services.................................	15,000
Under Control of Department of Works.
Division No. 65.
1. Buildings, fittings and furniture..............................	1,282,000
Total Australian Capital Territory...............	1,297,000
Total Part 3.............................	1,524,000
Total..................................	3,537,000

By Authority: A. J. Arthur, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.

Overview

The Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1957-58 was enacted by the Commonwealth of Australia to address the need for additional funds for the service year ending on 30th June 1958, specifically for capital expenditures on additions, new works, and other services. This Act was assented to on 21st May 1958, following its origination in the House of Representatives. It authorises the Treasurer to issue and apply a sum of Three million five hundred and thirty-seven thousand pounds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund towards the supply granted to Her Majesty. The funds are appropriated for the financial year ending on 30th June 1958, allocated across various departments and services, as well as for business undertakings and territories of the Commonwealth, as detailed in the Act's schedule. The policy objective is to provide the necessary financial resources to support these specified works and services, thereby facilitating the ongoing operations and infrastructure development within the Commonwealth.

Scope and Application

The Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1957-58 is an Australian Commonwealth Act that authorises the appropriation of funds for specific purposes across various government departments and services for the financial year ending 30 June 1958. The Act allows the Treasurer to issue and apply a total sum of £3,537,000 from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the specified purposes, which include capital works and services in departments such as the Prime Minister's Department, Department of External Affairs, Department of Works, and others, as well as business undertakings like the Postmaster-General's Department and the Broadcasting and Television Services. The Act also allocates funds for the territories of the Commonwealth, specifically the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. The Act applies to the various Commonwealth departments and services listed within its schedule, which includes specific allocations for building works, equipment, and other services. The geographic reach of the Act is national, as it pertains to various departments and services across the Commonwealth of Australia, including its territories. There are no stated exclusions, exemptions, or thresholds within the Act itself; however, the application and administration of these appropriations may be further defined by subordinate instruments or regulations as required.

Key Provisions

The Appropriation (Works and Services) Act (No. 2) 1957-58, as enacted, provides for the allocation of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the specified financial year. Under Section 3, the Treasurer is empowered to issue and apply a total of £3,537,000 towards the supply granted to Her Majesty for the year ending 30 June 1958. The funds are intended to cover various capital expenditures and services as detailed in the Act, with the appropriation deemed effective from 1 July 1957. The Act is divided into three main parts, each detailing allocations for different categories of departments and services. The obligations imposed by the Act are primarily on the Treasurer, who is tasked with the issuance and application of the appropriated funds in accordance with the detailed schedules. Each department and service listed in the schedules must ensure their expenditures align with the allocated amounts, and any changes to these expenditures require appropriate adjustments to the budget. The Act also places an obligation on the departments to provide accurate and timely reports on the use of these funds to maintain transparency and accountability. In terms of consequences for non-compliance or mismanagement of funds, the Act does not explicitly outline criminal or civil penalties within its text. However, any breaches of financial regulations or misuse of public funds generally fall under broader legislative frameworks such as the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, which could result in significant penalties including fines and imprisonment. It is important for entities governed by this Act to adhere strictly to the allocated budgets and reporting requirements to avoid potential repercussions under these broader legislative provisions.

Area of Law: Finance & Banking Law; Public Administration
Instrument: Act
Concepts: Commencement Provisions; Appropriation; Capital Expenditure; Reporting & Disclosure Obligations

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