Appropriation Act (No. 4) 2025-2026

This section applies to any payment made out of money appropriated by a State, ACT, NT and local government item for an outcome specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 1.

The payment:

must be made on the terms and conditions (if any) from time to time determined, in the way described in subsection (3), as applying to payments made:

in relation to the outcome; and

to or for a State, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or a local government authority; and

out of money appropriated by an annual Appropriation Act; and

must be made in accordance with any determination in writing made by the Minister specified, in column 4 of the table in Schedule 1, for the outcome as to amounts and times of payments.

The way of determining the terms and conditions applying to payments described in paragraph (2)(a) is for the Minister specified, in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1, for the outcome to make the determination in writing before or after the commencement of this Act.

Determinations mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) and determinations made under paragraph (2)(b) are not legislative instruments.

This section does not limit the Commonwealth’s power to:

apply terms and conditions to payments made out of money that is not appropriated by a State, ACT, NT and local government item; or

determine the amounts and times of those payments.