Fruit-growing Reconstruction Supplemental Agreements Act 1977 (Qld)

384 (1 llalts1axt4 ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No0 40 of -1977 An Act to approve and ratify agr eem ents between, the Co mm onwealth and the States of Australia ' rela t i n g to the reco nstru ction of the fruit-gro win g industry throughout Aus tra lia [ASSENTED TO 23RD SEPTEMBER, 1977] 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 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Supplemental Agreements Act 1977. 2. Approval of agreements . (1) The agreement set out in the schedule is approved and ratified. (2) The agreement made by exchange of letters on behalf of the Commonwealth and the State of Queensland that the 1972-1974 Fruit- growing Reconstruction Agreement should have effect and be deemed to have had effect on and from 1 January 1976 as if varied in the following respects- (a) in clause 7-omit the expression " the thirty-first day of December 1975 " and substitute the expression " the thirty-first day of December 1976 ";

Fruit-growing Reconstruction Supplemental Agreements Act 1977, No. 40 385 (b) in paragraph 3.1 of the Schedule-omit the expression " 30 June 1976 " and substitute the expression " 30 June 1977 ", is approved and ratified. (3) The agreement made by exchange of letters on behalf of the Commonwealth and the State that the 1972-1976 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Agreement be varied in the following respect- in paragraph 3.1 of the Schedule-omit the expression " 30 June 1977 " and substitute the expression " 31 August 1977 ", is approved and ratified. 3. Meaning of expressions . (1) In this Act the expression " the 1972-1974 Fruit-growing - Reconstruction Agreement " means the agreement set out in Schedule 1 to the Farmers' Assistance Act (Amendment)and Reconstruction Agreements (Ratification) Act1974 as varied by the agreement set out in Schedule' 2 to that Act and by the agreement set out in 'the schedule to this' Act. (2) In this Act the expression " the 1972-1976 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Agreement " means the agreement referred to in subsection (1) as varied by the, agreement approved and ratified in section 2 (2). SCHEDULE [s. 2 (1)] 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 Reconstruction) Act1972 and was made the second day of November 1972 as varied by the agreement that was approved by the States Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruction)Act1973 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- I. Approval of Agreement. This agreement shall have no force or effect and shall not be binding upon any party until it has been approved by the Australian Parliament.

386 Fruit - growing Reconstruction Supplemental Agreements Act 1977, No. 40 2. Commencement of Agreement . 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. 3. Operation of Agreement . The Revised Agreement as varied by this agreement shall 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 agreement. 4: Interpretation . Except where the contrary intention appears, expressions used in this agreement that are expressions to which meanings are attributed in the Principal Agreement have in this agreement the respective meanings so attributed to them. 5. Extension of Financial Assistance . Clause 7 of the Principal Agreement as varied by the 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 ". 6. Amendments of Schedule . (1) The Schedule to the Principal Agreement is amended 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 sub-clause 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. 7. Confirmation and Title of Agreement . The Revised Agreement as varied by this agreement is confirmed and, as so varied, shall be known as " the 1972-1974 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Agreement ". IN WITNESS WHEREOF this agreement has been executed on behalf of the parties respectively as at the day and year first above written. SIGNED by the Honourable; EDWARD GOUGH WHITLAM, - E. G. WHITLAM Prime Minister of Australia, in the , presence of- P. WARN SIGNED by the Honourable SIR-' ROBERT WILLIAM ASKIN, Premier of New South Wales, in the presence of- 1 K. P. STEVENS R. W. ASKIN

Fruit-growing Reconstruction Supplemental Agreements Act 1977, No. 40387 SIGNED by the Honourable RUPERT JAMES HAMER, Premier of Victoria, in the presence of- K. D. GREEN R . J. HAMER SIGNED by the Honourable) JOHANNES BJELKE-PETERSEN, ^ JOH. BJELKE-PETERSEN Premier of Queensland, in the presence of- KEITH SPANN SIGNED by the Honourable DONALD ALLAN DUNSTAN, Premier of South Australia, in the .presence of- G. R. HOWELLS D. A. DUNSTAN SIGNED by the Honourable SIR CHARLES WALTER MICHAEL COURT, Premier of Western Australia, in the presence of- BRIAN V. JOHNSON CHARLES COURT SIGNED by the Honourable ERIC) ELLIOTT REECE, Premier of Tasmania, in the presence of- ^ C. W. HALLAM ERIC REECE