Loan Act 1962 (WA)

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No. 77.]

Loan.

[1962.

LOAN.

11° Elizabeth II., No. LXXVII.

No. 77 of 1962.

AN ACT to authorise the raising of a sum of Twenty-one Million Nine Hundred and Eighty Thousand Pounds by loan for the construction of certain Public Works and for Other Purposes.

[Assented to 6th December, 1962.]

Preamble.

WHEREAS it is expedient to authorise the raising, " by way of loan of certain sums of money amounting in all to twenty-one million nine hundred and eighty thousand pounds for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned: Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the

Loan Act, 1962.

1962.]

Loan.

[No. 77.

Power to

It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to raise by way of such loan several sums

raise money for certain

purposes.

of money, not exceeding in the whole the sum of twenty-one million nine hundred and eighty thousand pounds, as may be required for the several works and purposes mentioned in the First Schedule to this Act.

Sums raised,

2.

All sums by this Act authorised to be raised shall be paid to the Treasurer, and shall be by him placed to the credit of an account, to be called the General Loan Fund, and shall be applied by the Treasurer to the purposes set forth in the said Schedule in conformity with the annual estimates of the expenditure of the loan moneys sanctioned by Parliament.

how to be

applied.

Principal

3.

The principal moneys, and interest thereon, raised under the authority of this Act shall rank

and interest charged on

Revenue.

pari passu with the principal moneys and interest

raised and secured by the Stock created and sold under the Loan Act, 1891, and all subsequent Loan Acts, and are hereby charged upon and shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and Assets of the Government of Western Australia.

Advances on

4.

The Governor may from time to time by warrant under his hand authorise the Treasurer to advance and apply to the purposes set forth in the First Schedule to this Act any sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum hereby authorised to be raised; and any sums of money so advanced and paid shall be retained by the Treasurer out of any moneys coming to his hands under the authority of this Act.

account.

Re-

6. It shall be lawful for the Governor to appropriate out of the sums set forth in the Second

aPPropriatioa

from and to.

Schedule hereto, from the item therein set forth, and to the item enumerated in the Third Schedule hereto, the sum of thirty-six thousand eight hundred and fifteen pounds to be expended on the works and purposes named in the Third Schedule hereto.

5.

No. 77.]

Loan.

[1962.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE.

Provision

No.

Work or Service

Total of

Amount

Group

Railways

1

Additions and Improvements to Opened Railways

....

500,000

2

Rolling Stock

1,250,000

3

Welshpool Marshalling Yards and Connecting Railway,

including Land Resumption

....

200,000

4

Fremantle-North Fremantle—New River Bridge Con- struction and associated works, including Land Resumption

250,000

5

Kwinana—Deviation for Alumina Works and Kwinana-

Mundijong-Jarrandale Railway, including Land Re-

sumption and Survey

....

900,000

6

East Perth-Rivervale—Duplication and Regrading

75,000

7

Bunbury—Rail Access to Land Backed Wharf ....

70,000

8

Standardisation of Gauge

....

1,055,000

4,300,000

Public Works

9

Banbury Harbour Works

....

400,000

10

Busselton Harbour Works

....

5,000

11

Esperance Harbour Works

400,000

12

Geraldton Harbour Works ....

400,000

13

Improvements to Harbours and Rivers

....

250,000

14

Bulk Handling of Wheat—Provision of Facilities at Ports

5,000

15

Country Areas and Towns Water Supply, and Loans to

Local Authorities and Water Boards

....

1,500,000

16

Sewerage for Country Towns

150,000

17

Drainage and Irrigation

450,000

18

Local Authority Loan Repayments

50,000

19

Services for Industry

80,000

20

School Buildings, including furniture and equipment, new

buildings

2,300,000

21       Hospital Buildings, including furniture and equipment,

new buildings

1,500,000

22       Native Welfare Buildings, including furniture and equip-

15,000

23       Police Building, including furniture and equipment, new

buildings

135,000

24       Institutional Buildings, including furniture and equip-

750,000

25

Other Buildings, including furniture

and

equipment,

new buildings

700,000

26

Salaries and Incidentals

....

550,000

9,640,000

North-West

27       Additions and Improvements to Jetties, Tramways, and

150,000

28       Water Supplies and Loans to Local Authorities and Water

Boards

300,000

29

Irrigation

550,000

30

School Buildings, including furniture and equipment, new

buildings

50,000

31       Hospital Buildings, including furniture and equipment,

400,000

32       Native Welfare Buildings, including furniture and equip-

50,000

33       Police Buildings, including furniture and equipment, new

buildings

50,000

Carried forward

1,550,000

13,940,000

1962.

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[No. 77.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE-continued.

Provision

No.

Work or Service

Total of

Amount

Group

Brought forward

1,550,000

13,940,000

North-West-continued

34       Other Buildings, including furniture and equipment, new

buildings

150,000

35

Salaries and Incidentals

50,000

36

State Shipping Service

....

300,000

9,050,000

Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage

37

Metropolitan Water Supply

1,250,000

38

Salaries and Incidentals

....

200,000

39

600,000

40

150,000

2,200,000

Mines

41

State Batteries

15,000

15,000

State Housing Commission

42

Advances for housing of Government Employees

60,000

43

Capital

800,000

860,000

Agriculture

44

Development of Agriculture

320,000

320,000

Forests

45       Pine Planting, Purchase of Land and Forests Regenera-

tion .

175,000

175,000

Government Printing Office

46

Purchase of Plant and Equipment ....

40,000

40,000

Lands and Surveys

47

Purchase of Equipment

....

50,000

50,000

Other State

Undertakings

48

Country High School Hostels Authority

20,000

49

Fremantle Harbour Trust ....

200,000

50

Metropolitan Passenger Transport Trust ....

100,000

51

Royal Perth Hospital

..

.

100,000

52

Rural and Industries Bank

400,000

53

University of Western Australia

100,000

54

Western Australian Tourist Development Authority ....

50,000

970,000

Sundries

55       Advances to Local Authorities for Septic Tank Installa-

tions at Schools and Quarters

....

10,000

56       Loans and Grants to Local Authorities and other Public

250,000

57

Loan Flotation Expenses and Discounts

....

200,000

58       Transfer to Consolidated Revenue Fund for purpose of

Funding Deficits ....

900,000

1,360,000

Total ....

21,980,000

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Loan.

[1962.

THE SECOND SCHEDULE.

Reappropriation from, referred to in Section 6.

Amount

Amount Re -

Ongillal

Work or Service to which originally

No.

Appropriation

on Original

appropriated

app

Appropriated

on Loan Work

Loan Schedule

under this Act

£

£

Public Works

80 of 1961

Laporte Titanium Industry—Effiu-

ent Outfall

....

....

....

40,000

36,815

THE THIRD SCHEDULE.

Reappropriation to, referred to in Section 6.

Amount Re-

No.

Work or Service to which now Appropriated

appropriated under this Act

Public Works

1

Services for Industry

36,815

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