Appropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1977 (Cth)

Appropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1977

Act No. 99 of 1977 as amended

[Note: This Act is repealed by Act No. 118 of 1999]

This compilation was prepared on 19 July 2000

taking into account amendments up to Act No. 118 of 1999

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,

Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

      

Contents

An Act to appropriate moneys out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Loan Fund for the purpose of urban public transport and to authorize the borrowing of certain moneys by the Commonwealth

  1Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1977.

2Commencement [see Note 1]

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

3Appropriation

For the purposes of the agreement referred to in section 3 of the States Grants (Urban Public Transport) Act 1974, there may be paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund or the Loan Fund, or both, the sum of $30,310,000 in addition to the sums appropriated by that Act and by the Appropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1974 and the Appropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1976.

4Authority to borrow

The Treasurer may, in accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911, or in accordance with the provisions of an Act authorizing the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow moneys not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of:

• (a)

  $30,310,000; and

• (b)

  the expenses of borrowing.

5Application of moneys borrowed

Moneys borrowed under section 4 shall be issued and applied only for the expenses of borrowing, for the purpose of making payments in accordance with the agreement referred to in section 3 of the States Grants (Urban Public Transport) Act 1974 and for the purpose of making payments to the Consolidated Revenue Fund in accordance with section 6.

6Re‑imbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund

• (1)

  Where an amount has been paid out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund under this Act, the Minister for Finance may authorize the payment to that Fund, out of the Loan Fund, of an amount not exceeding the amount so paid.

• (2)

  In any statement prepared by the Minister for Finance under section 49 or section 50 of the Audit Act 1901, amounts paid to the Consolidated Revenue Fund under subsection (1) of this section shall not be shown as receipts of that Fund but shall be shown as having reduced the total of the amounts expended from that Fund under this Act.

7Appropriation

The Consolidated Revenue Fund and the Loan Fund are appropriated as necessary for the purposes of this Act

Notes to theAppropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1977

Note 1

The Appropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1977 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 99, 1977 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act Number and year Date of Assent Date of commencement Application, saving or transitional provisions

  

Appropriation (Urban Public Transport) Act 1977	99, 1977	30 Sept 1977	30 Sept 1977
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	Ss. 6‑8
Statute Stocktake Act 1999	118, 1999	22 Sept 1999	22 Sept 1999	—

Table of Amendments

• ad. = added or inserted

   am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected How affected

 

S. 6........................................... am. No. 36, 1978