General Loan Account (Expenditure Validation) Act 1952 (NSW)

GENERAL LOAN ACCOUNT (EXPENDITURE

VALIDATION) ACT.

Act No. 28, 1952.

An Act to validate the application of certain moneys from the General Loan Account for the purpose of advances to certain Councils of Local Government Areas towards the cost of construction of certain abattoirs; and to remove doubts as to the validity of certain agreements relating to such advances ; and for purposes connected therewith. [Assented to, 21st October, 1952.]

WHEREAS in terms of the General Loan Account Appropriation Act (No. 2), 1946, the General Loan	Account Appropriation Act, 1948, the General Loan
Account Appropriation Act, 1949, and the General Loan Account Appropriation Act, 1950, certain moneys were appropriated from the General Loan Account to be applied in the construction of miscellaneous works in Shires and Municipalities AND WHEREAS certain of the moneys, so appropriated, were applied for the pur­ pose of making advances to certain Councils within the meaning of the Local Government Act, 1919, as amended by subsequent Acts, under the provisions of section five hundred and thirty-nine of the said Local Government Act and in terms of certain agreements entered into by the Minister for Public Works with such Councils in pursuance of that section AND WHEREAS the appropriations as aforesaid were not appropriate to the purpose for which the said moneys were so applied BE it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. This Act may be cited as the "General Loan Account (Expenditure Validation) Act, 1952."

2. In this Act unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires "Counci l" has the meaning given thereto in the Local Government Act, 1919, as amended by subsequent Acts.

3. The application from the General Loan Account for the purpose of advances to the Councils of the Cities of Goulburn and Wagga Wagga and the Councils of the Municipalities of Dubbo and Gunnedah towards the cost of construction of Country Killing Centres by those Councils, during the respective financial years set out in the first column of the First Schedule to this Act, of the amounts set out in the second column of that Schedule opposite each such financial year, which said amounts were appropriated for the purpose of construction of miscellaneous works in Shires and Municipalities by the Acts referred to in the third fourth fifth and sixth columns of that Schedule, is hereby validated.

4. The said advances to the respective Councils referred to in section three of this Act shall be deemed to have been made under and in all respects in conformity with the provisions of section five hundred and thirty- nine of the Local Government Act, 1919, as amended by subsequent Acts, and shall be deemed to have been made by the Minister for Public Works to the respective Councils under and in accordance with the provisions of the respective agreements between the said Minister and the said Councils, particulars of which are set out in the Second Schedule to this Act.

The said agreements shall be deemed to comply and always to have complied in all respects with the

provisions of section five hundred and thirty-nine of the

Local Government Act, 1919, as so amended.

FIRST

F I R S T S C H E D U L E .

DETAILS of ADVANCES AND AUTHORISING ACTS.

First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Column.	Column.	Column.	Column.	Column.	Column.

Acts Authorising Application

F i anc i a l	Total
Year.	Amount
Applied. Act No. 49 Act No. 36 Act No. 38 Act No. 32

of 1946. of 1948. of 1949. of 1950.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d.

1947-48 ...	61,304 18 0	61,304 18 0
1948-49 ...	139,511 3 2	63,695 2 0 75,816 1 2

1949-50 ...	199,572 8 0	24,183 18 10	175,388 9 2
1950-51 ...	334,275 10 8	199,611 10 10 134,663 10 10

Totals £ 734,663 19 10 125,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 375,000 0 0 134,663 19 10

SECOND SCHEDULE.

PARTICULARS OP AGREEMENTS.

Date.	Parties.	Subject Matter.
16th July, 1947 ...	The Honourable John Joseph Cahill, Minister for Public	Providing for advances to­ ward the cost of construc­

Works for and on behalf of	tion of abattoirs at Goul­
His Majesty the King and	burn and for repayment of
The Council of the City of	such advances.
Goulburn.

16th July, 1947 ... The Honourable John Joseph Cahill, Minister for Public Providing for advances to­ ward the cost of construc­

Works for and on behalf of tion of abattoirs at Wagga

His Majesty The King and	Wagga and for repayment
The Council of the City of	of such advances.
Wagga Wagga.

17th July, 1947 ... The Honourable John Joseph Cahill, Minister for Public Providing for advances to­ ward the cost of construc­

Works for and on behalf of	tion of abattoirs at Dubbo
His Majesty The King and	an for repayment of such
The Council of the Munici­	advances.
pality of Dubbo.

18th August, 1947 The Honourable John Joseph Cahill, Minister for Public Providing for advances to- ward the cost of construc-

Works for and on behalf of	lion of abattoirs at Gunne­
His Majesty The King and	dah and for repayment of
The Counci of the Munici-	such advances.
pality of Gunnedah.

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