COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ORDER
ORDER BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL
I, SIR ISAAC ALFRED ISAACS, the Governor-General in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby approve of the Administrative Arrangements specified in the Schedule hereto, and do order that, until further order herein, all Acts of the Commonwealth Parliament relating to the matters specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite to the name of a Department (including the Acts specified in the third column opposite the name of the Department) shall, unless the contrary intention appears in the Act, be administered by the Minister of State for the Commonwealth administering that Department.
THE SCHEDULE
The names of the Department of the State of the Commonwealth are specified in the first column of the Schedule, and the matters dealt with by each Department and the Acts administered by the Minister administering it are respectively specified in the second and third columns opposite the name of the Department
First Column Name of Department | Second Column Matters dealt with by each Department | Third Column Acts Administered by the Minister of each Department |
THE PRIME MINISTER’S DEPARTMENT | Auditor-General British Phosphate Commissioners Cabinet and Parliamentary Arrangements Channel of communication for all Commonwealth oil Refineries Limited Development Executive Council Matters Gazette (Commonwealth) Historic Memorials Premiers’ Conferences Public Service Board Repatriation and relief of Distressed Representation of Australia abroad-High Royal Commissions Science and industry Statutes (Commonwealth) Territories- Nauru New Guinea Norfolk Island Papua Prisoners from Territories Shipping Services
| Committee of Public Accounts Act 1913-1920 Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922-1931 Commonwealth Public Works Committee Act 1913-1921 Commonwealth Salaries Act 1907 Development and Migration Act High Commissioner Act 1909 Ministers of State Act 1917 Nauru Island Agreement Act 1919 New Guinea Act 1920-1926 Norfolk Island Act 1913 Oil Agreement Acts 1920, 1924, Papua Act 1905-1924 Parliamentary Allowances Act Petherick Collection Act 1911 Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Royal Commissions Act 1902-1912 Science and industry Endowment Science and Industry Research Act
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THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY | Alien Shareholders Appropriation and Supply Banking Census and Statistics Clearing Office under Peace Treaties Commonwealth Stores Supply and Tender Board Commonwealth Housing Currency, Coinage and Legal Tender Custody of Enemy Property Expropriation of Enemy Property Government Printing Imperial Pensions Insurance Invalid and Old-age Pensions Loan Council Loans to States Maternity Allowance Pensions and Retiring Allowances Public Moneys, including Loans Soldier Land Settlement Stamp, and Bond Printing State Debts Taxation other than Duties of Customs War Gratuities Workmen’s Compensation
| Appropriation Acts Audit Act 1901-1926 Bank Notes Tax Act 1910 Bills of Exchange Act 1909-1912 Census and Statistics Act 1905- Coinage Act 1909 Commonwealth Bank Act 1911- 1931 Commonwealth Debt Conversion Commonwealth Debt Conversion Commonwealth Employees Commonwealth Housing Act 1927- Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911-1927 Commonwealth Workmen’s Constitution Alteration (State Debt Conversion Agreement Act Debt Conversion Agreement Act Entertainments Tax Act 1916-1925 Entertainments Tax Assessment Act 1916-1924 Estate Duty Act 1914 Estate Duty Assessment Act 1914- 1928 Financial Agreement Act 1928 Financial Agreements Financial Agreements Enforcement Financial Agreement Validation Financial Emergency Acts 1931 Funding Arrangements Act 1921 Income Tax Acts Income Tax Assessment Act 1922- Income Tax Assessment (Bonus Income Tax Assessment (live Stock) Income Tax Collection Act 1923- 1924 Insurance Act 1932 Invalid and Old-age Pensions Act 1908-1931 Land Tax Act 1910-1930 Land Tax Assessment Act 1910- 1930 Life Assurance Companies Act 1905 Loans Acts Loans Redemption and Conversation Act 1921 Loans Securities Act 1919 Marine Insurance Act 1909 Maternity Allowance Act 1912- National Debt Sinking Fund Act 1923-1930 Officers Compensation Act 1912 - 1915 Returned Soldiers’ Woollen Company Act 1921 Sales tax Acts 1930-1931 Sales Tax Assessment Acts 1930- South Australia Grant Acts 1920, States Grants Act 1927 States Loan Acts 1916, 1917, 1925- Statistical Bureau (Tasmania) Act Superannuation Act 1922-1931 Supply Acts Surplus Revenue Acts 1908, 1909, Tasmania Grant Acts 1924, 1928 Tasmanian Loan Redemption Act 1919 Tasmanian Sinking Fund Taxation of Loans Act 1923 Trading with the Enemy Act 1914- 1921 Treasury Bills Act 1914-1915 Treaty of Peace (Austria and Treaty of Peace (Germany) Act Treaty of Peace (Hungary) Act Trust Fund Advances Act 1910 Trust Fund Advances Act 1910 (No. 2) War Gratuity Acts 1920 War Loan Securities Repurchase Act 1918 War Loan Acts War-time Profits Tax Act 1917 War-time Profits Tax Assessment Western Australia Agreement Western Australia Grant Acts 1926, |
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT | Arbitration in relation to employment in Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Conciliation and Arbitration Copyright Crown Law Offices Designs Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Foreign Corporations Judiciary and Courts Marriage Parliamentary Drafting Patents Police (Territory for the Seat of Government) Recognition throughout the Commonwealth and its Territories of Reporting of Proceedings of Service and Execution throughout the Commonwealth of State Process Trade Marks Trading and Financial Corporations formed within the limits of the Commonwealth | Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1930 Acts Interpretation Act 1904-1930 Amendments Incorporation Act 1905-1918 Arbitration (Public Service) Act 1920-1929 Bankruptcy Act 1924-1930 Bills of Exchange Act 1909-1912 Boy Scouts’ Association Act 1924 Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904-1930 Copyright Act 1912 Crimes Act 1914-1928 Designs Act 1906-1912 Enemy Contracts Annulment Act 1915 Evidence Act 1905 Extradition Act 1903 High Court Procedures Act 1903-1925 Industrial Peace Acts 1920 Judiciary Act 1903-1927 Jury Exemption Act 1905-1922 Legal Proceedings Control Act 1919 Parliamentary Papers Act 1908 Patents Act 1903-1930 Patents Trade Marks and Designs Act 1910 Peace Officers Act 1925 Rules Publication Act 1903-1916 Service and Execution of Process Acts Act 1901-1931 Solicitor-General Act 1916 State and Territorial Laws and Records Recognition Act 1901-1928 Statutory Declarations Act 1911-1922 Trade Marks Act 1905-1922 |
THE DEPARTMENT OF | Industrial Matters |
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THE DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS | Consuls and Consular matters Foreign Affairs Foreign Intelligence Foreign Press International Conferences League of Nations (including Treaties |
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE | Civil Aviation Naval, Military and Air Defence and cognate questions | Air Force Act 1923 Air Navigation Act 1920 Australian Imperial Force Control of Naval Waters Act 1918 Deceased Soldiers Estates Act 1918-1919 Defence Act 1903-1927 Defence Equipment Acts 1924-1928 Financial Emergency Act 1931 Naval Construction Act 1925 Naval Defence Act 1910-1918 Telegraph Act 1909 War Precautions Act Repeal Act 1920-1928 (Section 3) |
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT | Postal, Telegraphic and Telephonic Services, Wireless Telegraphy and | Pacific Cable Act 1911 Post and Telegraph Act 1901-1923 Post and Telegraph Rates Act 1902-1931 Wireless Agreement Act 1924-1927 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1905-1919 |
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND CUSTOMS | Bounties Customs Excise Film Censorship Fisheries (other than Pearl, Shell or Restriction of Imports and Exports Tariff Board | Australian Industries Preservation Beer Excise Act 1901-1928 Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Cotton Industries Bounty Act 1930 Customs Act 1901-1930 Customs Tariff 1921-1930 Customs Tariff (Canadian Customs Tariff (Industries Customs tariff (New Zealand Customs Tariff (New Zealand Customs Tariff (New Zealand Customs Tariff (Papua New Guinea Distillation Act 1901-1931 Excise Act 1901-1923 Excise Procedure Act 1907 Excise Tariff 1921-1928 Flax and Linseed Bounties Act Gold Bounty Act 1930-1931 Iron and Steel Products Bounty Act New Zealand Re-exports Act 1924 Papua and New Guinea Bounties Sea Carriage of Goods Act 1924 Secret Commissions Act 1905 Spirits Act 1906-1923 Sulphur Bounty Act 1923 Tariff Board Act 1921-1929 Wine Export Bounty Act 1930-1931 |
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
| *Aliens registration Astronomy Australian War Memorial Commonwealth Literary fund Conveyance of Members of Parliament Co-ordination of Australian transport Elections and Franchise Emigration of children and aboriginals Federal Transport Council Forestry Geodesy (International Map of the World, Immigration Indentured Coloured labour Lands and Surveys Meteorology Naturalization Northern Territory Oil Investigation and Prospecting Passports Pearl Shelling and Trepang Fisheries in Properties (a) transferred, (b) acquired, (c) Prospecting for precious metals Public Works and Services Railways Rivers, roads and bridges Seat of Government Solar Observatory War Service Homes Waterside employment | *Aliens Registration Act 1920 Australian War memorial Act 1925 Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918- Commonwealth Railways Act 1917- Contract Immigrants Act 1905 Emigration Act 1910 Federal Aid Roads Act 1926-1931 Forestry Bureau Act 1930 Governor-General’s Residence Act Grafton to South Brisbane Railway Immigration Act 1901-1930 Jervis Bay Territory Acceptance Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta Railway Lands Acquisition Act 1906-1932 Main Roads Development Acts Meteorology Act 1906 Nationality Act 1920-1930 Northern Territory Acceptance Act Northern Territory Northern Territory Railway Northern Territory Representation Oodnadatta to Alice Springs Passports Act 1920 Petroleum Prospecting Act 1926- Precious Metal Prospecting Act Railways (South Australia) Referendum (Constitution Representation Acts 1905, 1916, River Murray Waters Act 1905- Seat of Government Act 1908 Seat of Government Acceptance Act Seat of Government Seat of Government Railway Act Senate Elections Act 1903-1922 Solar Observatory Fund Act 1930- Transport Workers Act 1928-1929 War Service Homes Act 1918-1932 |
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
| Advances for purchase of wire and wire Assisting the following organizations:- Australian Apple and Pear Export Australian Dairy Council Australian Maize Council Australian Pig Industry Council Canned Fruits Control Board Dairy Produce Control Board Dried Fruits Control Board Dried Fruits Interstate Organizations Wine Overseas Marketing Board Australian National Travel Association Board of Trade The Provisional Commonwealth Collection and dissemination of Film Publicity Inspection, grading, packaging and Lighthouses, light ships, beacons and Navigation and shipping Overseas shipping freights Payment of bounty on wheat of the 1931- Representation on International Rural Credits Trade publicity and advertising in the Trade representation abroad | Canned Fruits Export Control Act Canned Fruits Export Charges Act Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Dairy Produce Export Control Act Dairy Produce Export charges Act Dried Fruits Export Control Act Dried Fruits Export Charges Act Dried Fruits (Interstate Trade) Act Export Guarantee Act 1924-1925 Hop Pool Agreement Act 1924 Lighthouses Act 1911-1919 Navigation Act 1912-1926 Seamen’s Compensation Act 1911 Wheat Bounty Act 1931 Wine Overseas Marketing Act Wine Grape Charges Act 1929
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
| Administration of any subsidies by the Conduct of campaigns of prevention of Control of the Commonwealth Serum Institute of anatomy Investigation of causes of disease and Medical examinations under the Invalid Medical examinations of seamen and Quarantine | Australian Institute of Anatomy Quarantine Act 1908-1924
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THE DEPARTMENT OF REPATRIATION | General repatriation, including Medical services, including reciprocal War Pensions, including Imperial War War Pensions Assessment Appeal War Pensions Entitlement Appeal
| Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation
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Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Commonwealth of Australia, this thirteenth day of April, One thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.
ISAAC A. ISAACS,
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. W. C. MARR
for Prime Minister.