MAIN ROADS DEVELOPMENT.
No. 2 of 1923.
An Act relating to Main Roads Development.
[Assented to 2nd July, 1923.]
Preamble.
BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent
Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House
of Representatives, as follows:—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Main Roads Development Act 1923.
Commencement.
2.This
Act shall be deemed to have commenced on the thirtieth day of June One thousand
nine hundred and twenty-three.
Appropriation
of amount not exceeding £500,000.
3.There
shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby
appropriated accordingly, an amount not exceeding Five hundred thousand pounds,
for the purposes of this Act.
Payment
of appropriation to Trust Account.
4.—(1.) For the purposes of this Act there shall be a
Trust Account, known as the Main Roads Development Trust Account, which shall
be kept in the books of the Treasury.
(2.) The Account established in pursuance of this
section shall be a Trust Account within the meaning of section sixty-two a of the Audit Act 1901-1920.
(3.) Upon the commencement of this Act the amount
appropriated by this Act shall be paid to and form part of the Main Roads
Development Trust Account.
Grants
to States for main roads development.
5. The
Minister may, subject to this Act, pay from the Trust Account established in
pursuance of this Act, to the Government of each State of the Commonwealth,
amounts not exceeding those respectively specified in the Schedule to this Act.
Basis
of payments.
6. The
amount payable under the last preceding section shall not in the case of any
State exceed One pound sterling for even-pound sterling expended by that State
upon the development of main roads.
Questions
to be decided by Minister.
7. Any
question arising as to the amount of any payment proposed to be made under this
Act, or as to the time of payment of any such amount, or as to the main roads
in respect of which any such payment is made, shall be determined by the
Minister, and his decision shall be final.
Methods
of construction.
8. No payment shall be made under this Act
unless—
(a)there is submitted to the Minister a
proposal in writing, specifying the main roads upon which the money paid is to
be expended, and containing full details of the proposed roads, including
plans, method of construction and such other particulars as the Minister
requires; and
(b)the proposal is approved by the
Minister.
Regulations.
9.The
Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing
all things which are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are
necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for giving effect to this Act, and in
particular—
(a)for
prescribing the classes of roads which are to be deemed to be main roads for
the purposes of this Act; and
(b)
for empowering the Minister to impose conditions in relation to the expenditure
of any moneys paid or payable in pursuance of this Act.
THE SCHEDULE.
Maximum amount which may be paid to each State:— | £ |
New South Wales.........................................................................................
| 138,000 |
Victoria........................................................................................................
| 90,000 |
Queensland..................................................................................................
| 94,000 |
South Australia.............................................................................................
| 57,000 |
Western Australia.........................................................................................
| 96,000 |
Tasmania.....................................................................................................
| 25,000 |