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Loan Act 1991

No. 38 of 1991

An Act to authorise the borrowing and expending of
money for certain purposes

                          [Assented to 27 March 1991]

  The Parliament of Australia enacts:

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

  1. This Act may be cited as the Loan Act 1991.

Commencement

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

Interpretation

  3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"current financial year" means the year ending on 30 June 1991;

"defence service", in relation to the current financial year, means a service specified under the heading "DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE" in a relevant appropriation Act for the financial year;

"relevant appropriation Act" means:

  (a) the Supply Act (No. 1) 1990-91; or

  (b) the Appropriation Act (No. 1) 1990-91; or

     (c) an Act, whether passed before or after the commencement of this Act, appropriating the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the service of the current financial year, being an Act that is expressed to have effect subject to this Act.

PART 2—BORROWING AND EXPENDING OF MONEY FOR DEFENCE PURPOSES

Authority to borrow

4. (1) The Treasurer may, from time to time during the current financial year, borrow money that, together with any money previously borrowed under this subsection during that financial year, does not exceed the sum of:

     (a) the total of the amounts authorised to be expended after the commencement of this Act and before the end of that financial year for defence services for that financial year; and

     (b) the expenses of borrowing.

(2) Money may be borrowed under subsection (1) in accordance with:

     (a) the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911; or

     (b) an Act authorising the issue of Treasury Bills;

and not otherwise.

Application of money borrowed under section 4

5. Money borrowed under subsection 4 (1) in the current financial year may be issued and expended for:

  (a) defence services for that financial year; and

  (b) the expenses of borrowing;

and not otherwise.

PART 3—SUPPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSOLIDATED REVENUE FUND

Authority to borrow

6. (1) The Treasurer may, from time to time during the current financial year, borrow money that, together with any money previously borrowed under this subsection during that financial year, does not exceed the sum of:

     (a) the amount that, at the time of the borrowing, the Treasurer considers to be the amount by which, apart from this Part, money received, and to be received, in the Consolidated

     Revenue Fund in that financial year is likely to be less than the amount of the expenditure made, and to be made, from the Consolidated Revenue Fund in that financial year; and

     (b) the amount that, at that time, the Treasurer considers will be the expenses of