PORT AUGUSTA TO RED HILL
RAILWAY.
No. 25 of 1935.
An Act to amend the Port Augusta
to Red Hill Railway Act 1930.
[Assented to 13th April, 1935.]
Preamble.
WHEREAS by the Port Augusta to Red Hill Railway Act 1930 the
Commonwealth Railways Commissioner appointed under the Commonwealth Railways
Act 1917–1925 was empowered to construct a railway from Port Augusta to Red
Hill in the State of South Australia:
And
Whereas by the preamble to the Port Augusta to Red Hill Railway Act 1930
it was among other things recited that doubts had arisen as to whether the
consent of the said State to the construction of the said railway by the
Commonwealth was still in full force and effect:
And
Whereas it was provided by the said Act that a proclamation fixing the date of
the commencement of the said Act should not issue until the Governor-General,
by notification published in the Gazette, declared that all such doubts
had been removed:
And
Whereas all such doubts have now been removed and there is now no doubt that the
consent of the said State to the construction of the said railway by the
Commonwealth is still in full force and effect:
Be it therefore
enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title and citation.
1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Port
Augusta to Red Hill Railway Act 1935.
(2.) The Port Augusta to Red Hill Railway Act 1930* is in this
Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3.) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Port
Augusta to Red Hill Railway Act 1930–1935.
Commencement
2.Section two of the
Principal Act is repealed.
Cost of railway.
3.Section five of the
Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “exclusive of rolling stock,
shall not exceed Seven hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds” and inserting
in their stead the words “inclusive of rolling stock, shall not exceed Seven
hundred and eighty-nine thousand two hundred and fifty pounds”.
4.Section eleven of the
Principal Act is repealed and the following section inserted in its stead:—
Appropriation of moneys
“11. There shall be payable out of the proceeds of any loan raised under
the authority of any Loan Act all moneys necessary for—
(a) the payment of the cost of the railway up to and including
the time of the opening of the railway for traffic; and
(b