National Roads Act 1974 (Cth)
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974
- Reprinted as at 31 May 1982 (#DATE 31:05:1982)
- Reprinted as at 31 May 1982 (#DATE 31:05:1982)
*1* The National Roads Act 1974 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 52,
(The citation "National Roads Act 1974" is provided for by the Amendments
Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation Act 1976.)
Table of Acts
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Application, saving
Number Date Date of or
transitional Act and year of Assent commencement provisions
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1974 52, 1974 20 Sept
1974 20 Sept 1974
Roads Acts Amendment
Act 1976 36, 1976 26 May
1976 26 May 1976 S. 5 (2)
Administrative
Changes
(Consequential
Provisions) Act 1976 91, 1976 20 Sept
1976 20 Sept 1976 (a) S. 4
Roads Acts Amendment
Act (No. 2) 1976 173, 1976 13 Dec
1976 13 Dec 1976 -
Roads Acts Amendment
Act 1977 41, 1977 7 June
1977 7 June 1977 S. 12
Administrative
Changes
(Consequential
Provisions) Act 1978 36, 1978 12 June
1978 12 June 1978 S. 8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (a) By virtue of sub-section 2 (7) of the Administrative Changes
(Consequential Provisions) Act 1976 the amendment made by that Act to the
National Roads Act 1974 is deemed to have come into operation on 22 December
1975.
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and
substituted
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Provision affected How affected
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S. 6 . . . . . . . . . am. No. 91, 1976
S. 7 . . . . . . . . . am. Nos. 36 and 173, 1976; No. 41, 1977
Ss. 9, 10 . . . . . . am. Nos. 36, 1978
S. 11 . . . . . . . . am. Nos. 36 and 173, 1976; No. 41, 1977; No. 36,
1978
S. 11A . . . . . . . . ad. No. 36, 1976
am. No. 36, 1978
Ss. 13, 14 . . . . . . am. No. 36, 1978
Schedules 1-3 . . . . am. No. 36, 1976
Schedules 4-6 . . . . ad. No. 36, 1976
Schedule 7 . . . . . . ad. No. 173, 1976
Schedules 8, 9 . . . . ad. No. 41, 1977
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NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Declaration of national highways, export roads and major commercial
roads
5. Standards for national roads
6. Approval of programs
7. Grants of financial assistance to States
8. Expenditure in respect of an approved project
9. Evidence of expenditure
10. Advances
11. Variations of amounts specified in Schedules
11A. Variation of amounts specified in Schedules by reason of relative
priorities
12. Appropriation
13. Conditions
14. Additional conditions
15. Delegations
SCHEDULE 1
AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
SCHEDULE 2
AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
SCHEDULE 3
AMOUNT OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF
EXPORT ROADS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL ROADS
SCHEDULE 4
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
SCHEDULE 5
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
SCHEDULE 6
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF EXPORT ROADS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL ROADS
SCHEDULE 7
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS
SCHEDULE 8
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS
SCHEDULE 9
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
OF EXPORT ROADS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL ROADS
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - LONG TITLE SECT
An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States in relation to the Construction and Maintenance of National Roads
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 1.
Short titleSECT
1. This Act may be cited as the National Roads Act 1974.*1* See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 2.
CommencementSECT
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.*1* See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 3.
InterpretationSECT
3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-
"approved program" means a program of projects approved by the Minister under section 6;
"approved project" means a project included in an approved program;
"construction", in relation to a national road, includes-
(a) the reconstruction or realignment of the road;
(b) the bringing of the road to a higher standard;
(c) investigation and associated engineering studies in connexion with-
(i) the construction, reconstruction or realignment of the road;
(ii) the bringing of the road to a higher standard; or
(iii) the planning of alternative routes for the road;
(d) the acquisition of land for the purpose of-
(i) constructing, reconstructing or realigning the road; or
(ii) bringing the road to a higher standard; and
(e) the doing of any other thing in relation to a matter specified in
paragraph (a) or (b) approved by the Minister for the purposes of this definition,
but does not include the maintenance of the road;
"export road" means a road or proposed road in respect of which a declaration under sub-section 4 (3) is in force or a part of such a road or proposed road;
"maintenance", in relation to a national road, includes the repair of the road;
"major commercial road" means a road or proposed road in respect of which a declaration under sub-section 4 (4) is in force or a part of such a road or proposed road;
"national highway" means a road or proposed road in respect of which a declaration under sub-section 4 (1) or (2) is in force, or a part of such a road or proposed road;
"national road" means a national highway, an export road or a major commercial road;
"period to which this Act applies" means the period that commenced on 1 July 1974 and ends on 30 June 1977;
"project" means a project by way of-
(a) the construction of a national highway;
(b) the maintenance of a national highway; or
(c) the construction or maintenance of an export road or of a major
commercial road;
(a) a road sign;
(b) traffic control equipment;
(c) street lighting equipment;
(d) a vehicular ferry; or
(e) a bridge or tunnel, including a bridge or tunnel for the use of
pedestrians,
associated with a road.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following years is a year to which this Act applies:
(a) the year that commenced on 1 July 1974 and ends on 30 June 1975;
(b) the year commencing on 1 July 1975 and ending on 30 June 1976;
(c) the year commencing on 1 July 1976 and ending on 30 June 1977.(3) Subject to sub-section (4), a reference in this Act to an amount expended by a State in respect of an approved project is a reference to an amount expended in connexion with the carrying out of the works constituting the approved project in accordance with any standards applicable to those works by virtue of a notification under section 5.
(4) Where particulars of an approved project have been approved by the Minister under sub-section 6 (7), an amount expended in connexion with the carrying out of works constituting the project otherwise than in accordance with particulars of the project so approved by the Minister shall be deemed not to have been expended in respect of the project.
(5) Where the Minister has approved a variation of a program, references in this Act to the program shall be read as references to the program as so varied.
(6) A reference in this Act to a notification under section 5 is a reference to such a notification that has not been revoked.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 4.
Declaration of national highways, export roads and major commercial roadsSECT
4. (1) The Minister may declare a road in a State that constitutes, or a proposed road in a State that would, if constructed, constitute, a part of the road that, in the opinion of the Minister, is or will be the principal road linking-
(a) 2 or more State capital cities;
(b) a State capital city and Canberra;
(c) a State capital city and Darwin;
(d) Brisbane and Cairns; or
(e) Hobart and Burnie,
to be a national highway for the purposes of this Act, and may revoke or vary such a declaration.(2) The Minister may declare a road in a State that constitutes, or a proposed road in a State that would, if constructed, constitute, a road that should, in the opinion of the Minister, be treated, by reason of its national importance, as a national highway for the purposes of this Act to be, for those purposes, a national highway, and may revoke or vary such a declaration.
(3) The Minister may declare a road in a State that facilitates, or a proposed road in a State, that would, if constructed, facilitate trade and commerce, or the development of trade and commerce, with other countries to be an export road for the purposes of this Act, and may revoke or vary such a declaration.
(4) The Minister may declare a road in a State that facilitates, or a proposed road in a State that would, if constructed, facilitate, trade and commerce, or the development of trade and commerce, among the States to be a major commercial road for the purposes of this Act, and may revoke or vary such a declaration.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 5.
Standards for national roadsSECT
5. (1) For the purpose of ensuring that this Act is conducive to the construction and maintenance of national roads that are of an adequate standard, the Minister may, from time to time-
(a) request a State to furnish such information as the Minister specifies relating to the use or likely use of national roads, including the effect on the likely use of national roads or projects that the State is carrying out or proposes to carry out by way of the construction or maintenance of other roads in the State;
(b) after consultation with a State, notify to the State works, or classes of works, by way of construction and maintenance of the national roads in the State that the Australian Government considers necessary to be carried out;
(c) notify to a State the order in which the Australian Government considers that works in connexion with national roads in the State should be carried out; and
(d) notify to a State standards, applicable either generally or otherwise as specified in the notification, that the Australian Government considers necessary to be observed in connexion with the construction or maintenance of national roads.(2) The Minister may vary or revoke a notification forwarded to a State in accordance with sub-section (1).
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 6.
Approval of programsSECT
6. (1) The Minister may request a State to submit a program of projects to be carried out by the State during a period to which this section applies for the purpose of the construction and maintenance of national roads in accordance with any notification or notifications given to the State under section 5 and may, in the request, specify-
(a) the form in accordance with which, and the date before which, the program of projects is to be furnished to him for the purposes of this section;
(b) the particulars of projects to be specified in the program; and
(c) classes of projects in respect of which particulars of the projects are to be approved by him before the projects are included in such a program.(2) Where, in accordance with a request given to the State under sub-section (1), the State furnishes to the Minister a program of projects of works referred to in a notification or notifications under paragraph 5 (1) (b), the Minister may, having regard to that notification or to those notifications-
(a) approve the program; or
(b) modify the program to the extent he thinks desirable, and approve the program as so modified.(3) A reference in sub-section (2) to the modification of a program includes references to the omission of a project from a program and the addition of a project to a program.
(4) Without limiting the power of the Minister to modify a program under paragraph (2) (b), the Minister may modify a program furnished by a State by omitting a project from that program-
(a) if he is of the opinion that consultation with the State should be held concerning the project before the project is included in an approved program; or (b) if he is of the opinion that preliminary investigations in respect of the project should be carried out before it is included in an approved program.(5) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may, at any time before a notification has been given to a State in accordance with paragraph 5 (1) (b), approve, in consultation with the appropriate Minister of the State, programs of projects by way of-
(a) the construction of national highways in the State;
(b) the maintenance of national highways in the State; and
(c) the construction and maintenance of export roads and major commercial roads in the State,
respectively, for a period to which this section applies, being programs submitted in accordance with the form, and containing the particulars, specified in a request given to the State under sub-section (1).(6) The Minister shall not approve a program that includes a project by way of the construction or maintenance of a part of a national road in the parts of the States of New South Wales and Victoria that constitute the Albury-Wodonga Area for the purposes of the Albury-Wodonga Area Development Agreement a copy of which is set out in the Schedule to the Albury-Wodonga Development Act 1974 unless the Minister of State for Environment, Housing and Community Development has concurred in the inclusion of the project in the program.
(7) The Minister may approve particulars of a project that is, or is intended to be, included in a program referred to in sub-section (2) or (5).
(8) The Minister may-
(a) approve a variation of a program of projects approved by him;
(b) approve a variation of particulars of a project approved by him; and
(c) revoke an approval of particulars of a project approved by him.(9) Where the Minister approves a program of projects for a period to which this section applies-
(a) if the program includes a project that is a stage of a larger project and the Minister has approved the carrying out of the larger project partly in that period and partly in a succeeding period to which this section applies-the Minister shall be deemed to have approved the inclusion of the stage of the project to be carried out in a succeeding period to which this section applies in the program of projects to be carried out in that succeeding period; and
(b) if the program includes a project that is to be carried out in that period but the project is not completed in that period-the Minister shall, unless the period is the period referred to in paragraph (10) (c), be deemed to have approved the inclusion of the uncompleted part of the project in the program for the next following period to which this section applies.(10) A reference in this section, in relation to a State, to a period to which this section applies is a reference to-
(a) a period commencing on a date fixed by the Minister in respect of the State for the purposes of this sub-section and ending on 30 June 1975;
(b) the year commencing on 1 July 1975 and ending on 30 June 1976; or
(c) the year commencing on 1 July 1976 and ending on 30 June 1977.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 7.
Grants of financial assistance to StatesSECT
7. (1) Subject to this Act, where a State has, during a year to which this Act applies, expended an amount in respect of an approved project, there is payable to the State, by way of financial assistance, an amount equal to the amount so expended. (2) The sum of the amounts paid under this section to a State in respect of expenditure during a year to which this Act applies in relation to the construction of national highways, shall not exceed the amount, or the sum of the amounts, specified opposite to the name of that State, in relation to that year, in Schedules 1, 4 and 8.
(3) The sum of the amounts paid under this section to a State in respect of expenditure during a year to which this Act applies, in relation to the maintenance of national highways, shall not exceed the amount, or the sum of the amounts, specified opposite to the name of that State, in relation to that year, in Schedules 2, 5 and 7.
(4) The sum of the amounts paid under this section to a State in respect of expenditure during a year to which this Act applies, in relation to the construction and maintenance of export roads and major commercial roads, shall not exceed the amount, or the sum of the amounts, specified opposite to the name of that State, in relation to that year, in Schedules 3, 6 and 9.
(5) For the purposes of sub-section (1), a reference to an approved project includes a reference to a project by way of the construction or maintenance of a national road that was carried out after 30 June 1974 and before the date fixed by the Minister in accordance with paragraph 6 (10)(a).
(6) Subject to sub-section (7), a State may treat moneys expended by the State in a year to which this Act applies directly in connexion with the provision or maintenance of roads, including national roads, in the State, other than moneys expended in respect of particular road works, as having, for the purposes of this section, been expended in that year by the State in respect of an approved project carried out by the State in that year.
(7) Moneys treated as having been expended in respect of an approved project in a year by virtue of sub-section (6)-
(a) shall not include any moneys treated, by virtue of that sub-section, as having been expended in respect of any other approved project or treated, by virtue of sub-section 6 (10) of the Roads Grants Act 1974, as having been expended in respect of an approved project within the meaning of that Act; and
(b) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 4 per centum of the moneys otherwise expended in respect of that project in that year.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 8.
Expenditure in respect of an approved projectSECT
8. An amount expended by a State after the expiration of a year to which this Act applies but before the next following 1 January for the purpose of meeting commitments undertaken during that year in respect of a project included in the approved program for that year shall, for the purposes of section 7, be deemed to have been expended during that year.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 9.
Evidence of expenditureSECT
9. A State is not entitled to a payment under section 7 in relation to any expenditure in respect of an approved project unless the State has furnished the Minister for Finance with-
(a) a statement in respect of that expenditure, in accordance with a form approved by the Minister for Finance, accompanied by a certificate of the Auditor-General of the State certifying that, in his opinion, the amounts shown in the statement as having been expended were expended in respect of the approved project; and
(b) such further information, if any, as the Minister for Finance requires in respect of that expenditure.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 10.
AdvancesSECT
10. (1) The Minister for Finance may, at such times as he thinks fit, make advances to a State of such amounts as he thinks fit on account of an amount that may become payable to the State under this Act. (2) Without limiting the discretion of the Minister for Finance under sub-section (1), the Minister for Finance may refrain from making an advance to a State under that sub-section until the State has furnished to the Minister for Finance such documents and other evidence justifying the making of an advance to the State or showing how an amount or a part of an amount advanced to a State has been expended as the Minister for Finance requests.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 11.
Variations of amounts specified in SchedulesSECT
11. (1) Where a State satisfies the Minister that-
(a) the amount specified in Schedule 1, 2 or 3; or
(b) the sum of the amounts specified in Schedules 1 and 4, Schedules 1 and 8, Schedules 2 and 5, Schedules 2 and 7, Schedules 3 and 6 or Schedules 3 and 9,
in relation to the State in respect of a year is greater than the amount that the State has been, or will be, able to expend, in accordance with this Act, in that year for the purpose specified in sub-section 7 (2), (3) or (4), whichever is relevant, the Minister may direct that the amount referred to in paragraph (a) or either or both of the amounts constituting the sum referred to in paragraph (b) shall be deemed to be reduced by such amount or amounts, as the case may be, as is specified by the Minister.(2) Where the Minister gives a direction under sub-section (1) with respect to an amount specified in a Schedule in relation to a State or a direction under section 8 of the Roads Grants Act 1974 in relation to an amount specified in a Schedule to that Act in relation to a State, the Minister may, subject to sub-section (3), direct that such other amounts, or such amounts, as the case requires, (if any) specified in a Schedule to this Act in relation to the State be deemed to be increased or reduced by such specified amounts as the Minister considers necessary in consequence of that direction.
(3) A direction shall not be given under sub-section (2) in relation to a State-
(a) if it could result in the State becoming liable to repay an amount to Australia under this Act; or
(b) if the effect of the direction, and of the direction given under sub-section (1) of this section or under section 8 of the Roads Grants Act 1974 in consequence of which it was given, would result in the sum of the amounts available for payment to the State by way of financial assistance under this Act and under that Act exceeding the sum of the amounts available for payment to the State by way of financial assistance under those Acts in accordance with the Schedules set out in those Acts.(4) The Minister shall not-
(a) give a direction under sub-section (2) in consequence of a direction given under section 8 of the Roads Grants Act 1974; or
(b) give a direction under sub-section (2) with respect to an amount specified in a Schedule to this Act in relation to a year in consequence of a direction given by him under sub-section (1) with respect to an amount specified in such a Schedule in relation to another year,
unless the Minister for Finance has concurred in the direction.(5) Where the Minister gives a direction under sub-section (1) or (2), this Act has effect as if the amounts referred to in the direction had been respectively reduced or increased, as the case may be, in accordance with the Minister's direction.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 11A.
Variation of amounts specified in Schedules by reason of relative prioritiesSECT
11A. (1) Where a State satisfies the Minister that, by reason of particular works in relation to roads having a lesser priority than other particular works in relation to roads-
(a) an amount specified in a Schedule to this Act in relation to the State in respect of a year, being an amount available under this Act by way of financial assistance to the State in relation to expenditure by the State in respect of those first-mentioned works, should be reduced by an amount specified by the State (in this section referred to as "the amount of the variation"); and
(b) an amount specified in a Schedule to this Act or a Schedule to the Roads Grants Act 1974-1976 in relation to the State in respect of that year, being-
(i) an amount available under this Act by way of financial assistance to
the State in relation to expenditure by the State in respect of those second-mentioned works; or
(ii) an amount required by the Roads Grants Act 1974-1976 to be expended
on works of a kind in which the second-mentioned works are included,
should be increased by an amount equal to the amount of the variation,
the Minister may direct that the amounts so specified shall be deemed to be respectively reduced and increased by the amount of the variation.(2) A direction shall not be given under sub-section (1) in relation to a State if it could result in the State becoming liable to repay an amount to Australia under this Act.
(3) A direction having effect in relation to an amount specified in a Schedule to the Roads Grants Act 1974-1976 shall not be given under sub-section (1) unless the Minister for Finance has concurred in the direction.
(4) Where a direction under sub-section (1) has effect in relation to an amount specified in a Schedule to the Roads Grants Act 1974-1976, that direction shall further direct that the amount specified in Schedule 1 to that Act in relation to the State to which the direction relates in respect of the year to which the direction relates shall be deemed to be increased by an amount equal to the amount of the variation.
(5) Where a direction given under sub-section (1) relates only to amounts specified in Schedules to this Act, this Act has effect as if the amounts referred to in the direction had been respectively reduced and increased in accordance with the direction.
(6) Where a direction given under sub-section (1) relates both to an amount specified in a Schedule to this Act and amounts specified in Schedules to the Roads Grants Act 1974-1976, this Act and that Act have effect as if the amounts referred to in the direction had been respectively reduced and increased in accordance with the direction.
(7) A reference in sub-section (1) to a Schedule to the Roads Grants Act 1974-1976 shall be read as not including a reference to Schedule 1 or 8 to that Act.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 12.
AppropriationSECT
12. Payments (including advances) to the States under this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 13.
ConditionsSECT
13. Payment of an amount (including an advance) to a State in relation to an approved project is subject to the following conditions:
(a) that the State will at all reasonable times, permit a person authorized by the Minister-
(i) to inspect any work involved in the carrying out of the approved
project;
(ii) to carry out reasonable tests on any work that has been or is being
carried out on the approved project, being tests designed to ascertain whether the work has been or is being carried out in accordance with the standards applicable to that work in accordance with section 5; and
(iii) to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, any plans, designs, tenders, records or other documents relating to the approved project;
(b) that, if the Minister so requests, there will be furnished to the Minister by the State, as soon as practicable after such date as the Minister specifies, a comprehensive report concerning the project or a specified part of the project, being a report containing such particulars as are specified by the Minister;
(c) that if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil a condition specified in a preceding paragraph, the State will repay the amount, or such part of the amount as the Minister specifies, to Australia; and
(d) that the Minister for Finance may deduct any sum repayable by a State under paragraph (c) from an amount payable by Australia to the State under this Act.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 14.
Additional conditionsSECT
14. Payment of an amount (including an advance) to a State under this Act is subject to the following conditions:
(a) that the State will repay to Australia, on demand by the Minister for Finance, the amount by which, at the time of the demand, the total of the amounts (including advances) paid to the State under this Act exceeds the total of the amounts that have become payable to the State under this Act;
(b) that the State will permit a person authorized by the Minister, at all reasonable times, to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from, any plans, designs, tenders, records or other documents relating to a project that has been submitted to the Minister for approval under this Act or that is included in a program that has been so submitted to the Minister;
(c) that the State shall not, without the consent of the Minister, cause or permit a toll or fee to be charged for the right to travel in a vehicle on or over a particular part of a national road unless a toll or fee was charged for the right to travel in a vehicle on or over the road constituting that part of the national road immediately before the commencement of this Act;
(d) that the State will make provision satisfactory to the Minister for the construction and maintenance of roads connecting the national roads in the State with other roads in the State;
(e) that if the Minister informs the Treasurer of the State that he is satisfied that the State has failed to fulfil a condition specified in paragraph (b), (c) or (d), the State will repay the amount or such part of that amount, as the Minister specifies, to Australia; and
(f) that the Minister for Finance may deduct any sum repayable by a State under paragraph (a) or (e) from an amount payable by Australia to the State under this Act.
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SECT. 15.
DelegationsSECT
15. (1) The Minister may, either generally or otherwise as provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing under his hand, delegate to an officer of the Australian Public Service any of his powers under sections 5 and 6. (2) A power so delegated may be exercised by the delegate in accordance with the instrument of delegation.
(3) A delegate is, in the exercise of his powers and the performance of his functions under this Act, subject to the directions of the Minister.
(4) A delegation under this section is revocable at will and does not prevent the exercise of a power by the Minister.
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NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 1 SCH
SCHEDULE 1
Section 7 (2)
AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS
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Year Year Year commencing commencing commencing State 1 July 1974 1 July 1975 1 July 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,300,000 36,300,000 50,300,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,800,000 16,800,000 23,800,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,000,000 19,600,000 26,600,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,900,000 15,200,000 17,300,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 7,500,000 9,100,000 9,500,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,900,000 6,100,000 8,900,000 ------------------------------------ Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82,400,000 103,100,000 136,400,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 2 SCH
SCHEDULE 2
Section 7 (3)
AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL
HIGHWAYS
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Year Year Year commencing commencing commencing State 1 July 1974 1 July 1975 1 July 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000 3,200,000 3,500,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500,000 1,600,000 1,800,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,600,000 3,900,000 4,200,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200,000 1,300,000 1,400,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 1,900,000 2,200,000 2,400,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400,000 500,000 500,000 ------------------------------------ Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,600,000 12,700,000 13,800,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --
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NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 3 SCH
SCHEDULE 3
Section 7 (4)
AMOUNT OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF EXPORT ROADS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL ROADS
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Year Year Year commencing commencing commencing State 1 July 1974 1 July 1975 1 July 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ $ $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,400,000 5,300,000 5,400,000 Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,100,000 4,800,000 5,200,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300,000 2,000,000 2,800,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000 1,000,000 1,300,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 700,000 700,000 1,400,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000 400,000 700,000 ------------------------------------ Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000,000 14,200,000 16,800,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --
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NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 4 SCH
SCHEDULE 4
Section 7 (2)
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF
THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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Year commencing State 1 July 1975 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,290,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,520,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,040,000 --------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,350,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 5 SCH
SCHEDULE 5
Section 7 (3)
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF
THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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Year commencing State 1 July 1975 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ New South Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000,000 Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000 South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810,000 Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,000 --------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,280,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 6 SCH
SCHEDULE 6
Section 7 (4) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND
MAINTENANCE OF EXPORT ROADS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL ROADS
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Year commencing State 1 July 1975 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000 Tasmania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000 ---------- Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 7 SCH
SCHEDULE 7
Section 7 (3)
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF
MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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Year commencing State 1 July 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ Queensland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 8 SCH
SCHEDULE 8
Section 7 (2)
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF CONSTRUCTION
OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
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Year commencing State 1 July 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,200,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ----------
NATIONAL ROADS ACT 1974 - SCHEDULE 9 SCH
SCHEDULE 9
Section 7 (4)
ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF GRANT IN RESPECT OF CONSTRUCTION
AND MAINTENANCE OF EXPORT ROADS AND MAJOR COMMERCIAL
ROADS
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Year commencing State 1 July 1976 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- $ Western Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --
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