Main Roads Act Amendment Act 1967 (WA)

1967.1 Main Roads. [No. 57.

MAIN ROADS.

No. 57 of 1967.

AN ACT to amend the Main Roads Act, 1930-1966.

(Assented to 5th December, 1967.]

BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, a ncl by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Main Roads Short title

Act Amendment Act, 1967. citation.

(2) In this Act the Main Roads Act, 1930-1966, is Reprinted

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referred to as the principal Act. Approved for reprint 21st May,

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act vtir

may be cited as the Main Roads Act, 1930-1967.	aLitesn=
67 of 1964, 69 of 1965 and 7 and 70 of 1966

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Commence-

ment. 2. This Act shall come into operation on the first

day of January, nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.

S. 6

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

by adding, after the interpretation, "road", the

following interpretation

"road construction" includes the reconstruc- tion, maintenance and repair of roads and the purchase of road-making plant. .

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amended. 4. Section sixteen of the principal Act is

amended by repealing subsection (5) and re-enact-

big it with amendments, as follows

(5) The Commissioner may provide, con- struct, reconstruct, improve, maintain and supervise all or any of the works and under- takings mentioned in sections thirty-two and thirty-two A of this Act. .

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amended. 5. Section thirty-one of the principal Act is

amended by adding, after paragraph (d), the

following paragraph

(e) such moneys as are payable to the Main Roads Trust Account, under the provisions of the Traffic Act, 1919. .

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amended. 6. Section thirty-two of the principal Act is

amended by repealing subsection (1) and re-enact-

ing it with amendments, as follows

(1) The moneys standing to the credit of the Main Roads Trust Account shall be applied,

(a) firstly, in meeting the costs of collec- tion and of the administration of, and the exercise by the Commissioner of his functions under, this Act;

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(b) secondly, in payment of any amount specified or determined by the Treas- urer to be paid-

(i)    to the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, as a contribution towards the payment of interest and sinking fund contributions payable on loan moneys that have, from time to time, been appropriated by Parliament, for expenditure on road construc- tion;

(ii) to the credit of the Transport Co-ordination Fund, pursuant to section thirteen of the Road Maintenance (Contribution) Act, 1965;

(c) thirdly, in payment to the credit of the Railway Crossing Protection Fund Account of an amount equal to that paid, in the aggregate, by local authorities and the Commissioner of Police to the credit of that account, pursuant to section eleven AA of the Traffic Act, 1919;

(d) fourthly, in expenditure, by the Commissioner, in such manner and proportions as the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commis- sioner, from time to time determine, on road construction and other works, for research relating to road construc- tion, on making payments to local authorities or councils of municipali- ties for road construction, on lights and signs for the direction of traffic and on the construction, erection and maintenance of lights for the lighting of any road or bridge; and

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(e) finally, for any other purpose that the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, from time to time determine. .

S. 32A

added. 7. The principal Act is amended by adding, after

section thirty-two, the following section-

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Crossing	32A. (1) The Railway Crossing Protection Act, 1919, is continued, and shall be maintained, under this Act.
Protection
Fund	Fund Account established under the Traffic
Account.
(2) Moneys paid to the credit of the Railway Crossing Protection Fund Account shall be applied in meeting the cost of providing, improving, maintaining and repairing such crossings under, across or above railways in the State as the Minister may, on the recommenda- tion of the Commissioner, from time to time determine. .