Beef Cattle Roads Agreement Act of 1966 (Qld)

63 Qltegmgla t r ANNO QUINTO DECIIv1O ELIZABETH AE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 8 of 1966 An Act with Respect to a Further Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the State of Queensland in relation to Beef Cattle Roads [ASSENTED TO 4TH NOVEMBER, 1966] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as " The Beef Cattle Roads Agreement Act of 1966." 2. Execution of Agreement . The making for and on behalf of the © State of Queensland of the Agreement a copy of which is set out in the Schedule to this Act (herein referred to as the " Agreement ") by the signing thereof for and on behalf of the State of Queensland as provided for thereby, is, and it is hereby declared always was, authorized and the Agreement is approved and ratified accordingly. 3. Executed Agreement to have force of law. The Agreement shall have the force of law as though the Agreement were an enactment of this Act.

64 Beef Cattle Roads Agreement Act of 1966, No. 8 THE SCHEDULE AN AGREEMENT made the twenty-ninth day of April One thousand nine hundred and sixty-six BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA (in this Agreement called "the Commonwealth ") of the one part and THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND (in this Agreement called "the State ") of the other part and intended to be supplemental to an Agreement made on the thirtieth day of November, 1962, between the Commonwealth and the State (in this Agreement called " the Principal Agreement "). WHEREAS- (a) by the Principal Agreement provision was made in relation to the grant by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of financial assistance to the State to enable the State to carry out works in connexion with roads to be used for the transport of beef cattle; (b) the Principal Agreement was approved and the financial assistance to the State on the terms and conditions contained in the Principal Agreement was authorized by the Parliament of the Commonwealth by the Queensland Beef Cattle RoadsAgreement Act1962; (c) the Commonwealth and the State have agreed, subject to the approval of the respective Parliaments of the Commonwealth and of the State, that further financial assistance should be granted to the State in connexion with roads to be used as aforesaid : NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows:- 1. This Agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon either party until it is approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth and the Parliament of the State. 2. When this Agreement has been approved by the Parliament of the Commonwealth and the Parliament of the State, the Principal Agreement shall be construed and take effect as amended by this Agreement. 3. Clause 4 of the Principal Agreement is amended- (a) by deleting from subclause (1.) the words and figures " Eight million three hundred thousand pounds (£8,300,000) " and inserting in their pla;e the words and figures " Twenty million five hundred thousand dollars (520,500,000) "; (b) by deleting from subclause (3.) the words and figures " after the thirtieth day of June, 1961," and inserting in their place the words and figures " during the period commencing on the first day of July, 1961, and ending on the thirtieth day of June, 1967.". 4. Clause 11 of the Principal Agreement is amended by inserting immediately after the citation " Commonwealth Aid Roads Act1959," wherever it appears, the following words and citation " or of section 4 of the Commonwealth Aid Roads Act1964."

Beef Cattle Roads Agreement Act of 1966, No. 8 65 5. The First Schedule to the Principal Agreement is amended by inserting at the end thereof- 7. Dingo and Mt. Flora .. .. .. 149 miles. 8. The Battery and Townsville .. .. 72 miles. 9. Mareeba and Laura .. .. .. 160 miles. 10. The Lynd and Charters Towers .. 160 miles.". IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed by the parties the day and year first above written Signed for and on behalf of THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA by the Right Honourable JOHN McEWEN, the Acting Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, in the presence of- FIONA O ' CONNOR J. McEWEN. Signed for and on behalf of THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND by the Honourable GEORGE FRANK NICKLIN. FRANCIS REUBEN NICKLIN, the Premier and Chief Secretary of the State, in the presence of- J. A. SEWELL 3