Fruit-growing Reconstruction Scheme Act Amendment Act 1975 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

FRUIT-GROWING

RECONSTRUCTION SCHEME.

No. 23 of 1975.

AN ACT to amend the Fruit-growing Reconstruction

Scheme Act, 1972-1973.

[Assented to 13th May, 1975.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the

same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Fruit-growing Short title.

Reconstruction Scheme Act Amendment Act, 1975.

(2) In this Act the Fruit-growing Reconstruction Act No. 99

Scheme Act, 1972-1973 is referred to as the principal oafmle9n721eag by	Act No. 87
Act.	of 1973.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Fruit-growing Reconstruction Scheme Act, 1972-1975.

Section 3

amended. 2. Section 3 of the principal Act is amended

(a) by substituting for the definition "Agree- ment" a definition as follows

"Agreement" means the agreement between the Commonwealth and the State a copy of which is set forth in the First Schedule to this Act as varied by the First Supplemental Agreement and the Second Supple- mental Agreement; ;

(b) by deleting the definition "the Supplemental Agreement" and substituting a definition as follows

"the First Supplemental Agreement" means the agreement between the Commonwealth and the State a copy of which is set forth in the Second Schedule to this Act; ;

(c) by adding after the definition "the Supple- mental Agreement" a definition as follows

"the Second Supplemental Agreement" means the agreement between the Commonwealth and the State a copy of which is set forth in the Third Schedule to this Act. .

Section 5A

amended.	3. Section 5A of the principal Act is amended by adding after the word "the" where secondly occur- ring in line one the word "First".
Section 5B
added.	4. The principal Act is amended by adding after section 5A a section as follows-

5B. The Second Supplemental Agreement is

approved. .

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5. The principal Act is amended by adding after Zreddthe

added.

the Second Schedule a Schedule as follows—

THIRD SCHEDULE.

THIS AGREEMENT is made the second day of December

One thousand nine hundred and seventy-four between

THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA of the first

part,

THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES of the second part,

THE STATE OF VICTORIA of the third part,

THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND of the fourth part,

THE STATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA of the fifth part,

THE STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA of the sixth

part, and

THE STATE OF TASMANIA of the seventh part

and is a further supplemental agreement to the agreement in relation to the provision of financial assistance for persons engaged in fruit-growing industries throughout Australia known as the 1972-1973 Fruit-Growing Reconstruction Agreement and constituted by the agreement that was approved by the States Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruc- tion) Act, 1972 and was made the second day of November, 1972 as varied by the agreement that was approved by the States Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruction) Act, 1973 and was made the twenty-fourth day of November, 1973 (which agreements are in this agreement respectively referred to as "the Principal Agreement" and "the First Supplemental Agreement" and together as "the Revised Agreement").

WHEREAS

(A) the parties are desirous of extending further the financial assistance to be provided under the Revised Agreement and of varying certain of the provisions of the Revised Agreement; and

(B) the Australian Parliament will be requested to approve this agreement and to authorize the grant of financial assistance to the States in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Agreement as varied by this agreement:

NOW IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows-

1. This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall Approval

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Commen-

cement of	2.
Upon being approved by the Australian Parliament this agreement shall be deemed to have commenced on the first day of July, 1974 so that the Revised Agreement shall be regarded as having been varied on that date and as providing for and giving effect to acts done on and from that date as if it had been so varied.
Agreement.
Operation
of	3. The Revised Agreement as varied by this agreement shall
Agreement	be construed as if this agreement were incorporated in and formed part of the Revised Agreement and so that, except where the context otherwise requires, references in the Revised Agreement to the Principal Agreement or to the Principal Agreement as varied by the First Supplemental Agreement were references to the Revised Agreement as varied by and incorporating the provisions of this agree- ment.
Interpre-
tation.	4. Except where the contrary intention appears, expres- sions used in this agreement that are expressions to which meanings are attributed in the Principal Agreement have in this agreement the respective meaning so attributed to them.
Extension
of financial	5. Clause 7 of the Principal Agreement as varied by the
assistance.	First Supplemental Agreement is varied by deleting the date "the thirtieth day of June, 1974" and inserting in its place the date "the thirty-first day of December, 1975".
Amend-
menu of	6. (1) The Schedule to the Principal Agreement is amended
Schedule.	as follows:

(a)	by deleting from paragraph 3.1 as varied by the First Supplemental Agreement the date "31 October 1974" and inserting in its place the date "30 June 1976";
(b)	by deleting from paragraph 3.1 the sentence that was added by paragraph (f) of subclause 5 (1) of the First Supplemental Agreement.

(2) The amendment made by paragraph (b) of sub- clause (1) of this clause shall be deemed to have taken effect on the fifth day of April, 1974.

Confirma-

tion and 7. The Revised Agreement as varied by this agreement is