Queensland Grant (Maraboon Dam)
No. 35 of 1968
An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the State of Queensland in
connexion with the construction of a Dam on the Nogoa River near Emerald in
that State.
[Assented to 13 June 1968]
BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate,
and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This
Act may be cited as the Queensland Grant (Maraboon Dam) Act 1968.
Commencement.
2. This
Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Interpretation.
3.—(1.) In
this Act, “the State” means the State of Queensland.
(2.) A reference in this Act to the construction of
the Maraboon Dam shall be read as a reference to the carrying out of the works
and the doing of the other things referred to in the Schedule to this Act.
Grant of financial assistance.
4.—(1.) Subject
to this Act, there are payable to the State, by way of financial assistance
amounts equal to the amounts expended by the State on or after the twenty-first
day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven, on the construction
of the Maraboon Dam.
(2.) The amounts payable to the State under this
Act shall not exceed, in the aggregate, Twenty million dollars.
Power of Minister to vary description of work.
5. Where
the State so requests, the Minister may from time to time, by instrument in
writing, direct that this Act shall have effect in relation to a work referred
to in the Schedule to this Act as if the description in that Schedule of that
work were varied in such manner as is specified in the instrument.
State to carry out irrigation and other works.
6. The
State is not entitled to financial assistance under this Act unless the
Minister is satisfied that reasonable progress has been made by the State in
carrying out irrigation and other works for the purpose of using the water made
available by the construction of the dam referred to in the Schedule to this
Act.
Provision relating to carrying out of works.
7.The
State is not entitled to financial assistance under this Act in relation to
expenditure by the State, whether incurred before or after the commencement of
this Act, in carrying out a particular work—
(a)where the Minister has requested the
State to furnish information in relation to the design or construction of the
work—unless the State has duly furnished that information;
(b)unless the Minister is satisfied that
the design and construction of the work are in accordance with the purposes for
which the work was proposed by the State; and
(c)
where the expenditure was incurred under a contract providing for the
expenditure of more than Five hundred thousand dollars—unless the contract was
entered into with the approval of the Minister.
Information to be furnished by State in
relation to expenditure.
8.The
State is not entitled to financial assistance under this Act in relation to
particular expenditure by the State unless the State has furnished to the
Treasurer—
(a)a statement in respect of that
expenditure in a form approved by the Treasurer, accompanied by a certificate
of the Auditor-General of the State certifying that the expenditure shown in
the statement was incurred on the construction of the Maraboon Dam; and
(b)such further information, if any, as
the Treasurer requires in respect of that expenditure.
Advances.
9. The
Treasurer may, at such times as he thinks fit, make advances of such amounts as
he thinks fit to the State on account of an amount that may become payable
under this Act to the State.
Overpayments.
10.Payment to the State
under this Act of any amount (including an advance) is subject to the condition
that the State will repay to the Commonwealth, on demand by the Treasurer, 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 section 4 of this Act.
Appropriation.
11.Amounts payable to the
State under this Act are payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is
appropriated accordingly.
THE SCHEDULE Section
3(2.)
MATTERS IN RESPECT OF WHICH FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE IS GRANTED
1. The construction of a dam on the Nogoa River
about twelve miles upstream from Emerald, being a dam of a height sufficient to
store approximately 1,170,000 acre-feet of water.
2. The construction of auxiliary embankments and
of spillway and outlet works.
3. The construction of access roads to the dam
and to the spillway and outlet works.
4. The relocation of roads and other services
that may be affected by the storage of water in the dam.
5. The carrying out of works incidental to any of
the works referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule.
6. The establishment of construction camps
required in connexion with the carrying out of any of the works referred to in
the preceding paragraphs of this Schedule and the provision of services
necessary for those camps, including the construction of roads and the
provision of power, water, sewerage and telecommunication facilities.
7.