Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account Act 2001 (Cth)
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the
Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account Act 2001 .
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The object of this Act is to establish the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account to provide, by 1 July 2005, at least $115 million to the Foundation, or one or more replacement bodies, to be expended on one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to prevent alcohol and other licit substance abuse, including petrol sniffing, particularly among vulnerable population groups such as indigenous Australians and youth;
(b) to support evidence‑based alcohol and other licit substance abuse treatment, rehabilitation, research and prevention programs;
(c) to promote community education encouraging responsible consumption of alcohol and highlighting the dangers of licit substance abuse;
(d) to promote public awareness of the work of the Foundation or body and raise funds from the private sector for the ongoing work of the Foundation or body;
(e) to provide funding grants to organisations with appropriate community linkages to deliver the services referred to in the above paragraphs.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Account means the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account established under section 5.
Foundation means the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation Limited or the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation.
funding agreement means an agreement made under section 9 or 12.
replacement body means a body in relation to which a determination under subsection 11(1) is in force.
(1) There is hereby established the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account.
(2) The Account is a Special Account for the purposes of the
Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
(1) There must be credited to the Account:
(a) $10 million on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; and
(b) $24 million on 1 July 2002; and
(c) $40 million on 1 July 2003; and
(d) $41 million on 1 July 2004; and
(e) an amount that the Foundation or a replacement body repays to the Commonwealth under a funding agreement.
Interest on uninvested money (2) There must be credited to the Account by 1 July 2004 an interest amount in respect of each of the financial years commencing on 1 July 2001, 2002 and 2003.
(3) The interest amount for a financial year is worked out using the formula:
where:
fixed-income percentage , for a financial year, is:(a) the percentage equal to the rate of interest earned by the Commonwealth, as at the end of the financial year, on deposits held with the Reserve Bank of Australia; or
(b) if the Minister for Finance, by written instrument made within 28 days after the end of the financial year, determines a higher percentage—that higher percentage.
sum of amounts credited , for a financial year, means the sum of all amounts credited to the Account in that financial year or an earlier financial year.
The purpose of the Account is to make payments in accordance with a funding agreement.
(1) Money standing to the credit of the Account must be paid out under one or more funding agreements before 1 July 2005.
(2) A reference in this section to money being paid out of the Account is a reference to an amount being paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and debited from the Account.
The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make an agreement with the Foundation authorising the making of one or more payments to the Foundation.
(1) The Minister may determine in writing that an agreement with the Foundation under section 9 is terminated if:
(a) the objectives of the Foundation are inconsistent with any of the purposes referred to in section 3; or
(b) the Foundation fails to comply with a condition of the agreement.
(2) A determination of the Minister under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
(1) If a determination under section 10 is in force, then the Minister may determine in writing that one or more specified bodies is a replacement body.
(2) The Minister must not make a determination under subsection (1) in relation to a body if the objectives of the body are inconsistent with one or more of the purposes referred to in section 3.
(3) A determination of the Minister under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
The Minister may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, make an agreement with a replacement body authorising the making of one or more payments to the body.
(1) The Minister may determine in writing that an agreement with a replacement body under section 12 is terminated if:
(a) the objectives of the body are inconsistent with any of the purposes referred to in section 3; or
(b) the body fails to comply with a condition of the agreement.
(2) A determination of the Minister under subsection (1) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46A of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
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The Minister must cause a copy of each funding agreement, and any variation to the agreement, to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after it is entered into.
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