Roads Grants Amendment Act 1982 (Cth)

Roads Grants Amendment Act 1982

No. 43 of 1982

An Act to amend the Roads Grants Act 1981

[Assented to 9 June 1982]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Roads Grants Amendment Act 1982.

(2) The Roads Grants Act 19811 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after the definition of “national road” in sub-section (1) the following definition:

“‘relevant year’ means the year commencing on 1 July 1981 or any of the 3 next succeeding years;”.

Interpretation

4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “relevant year”.

Approval of programs

5. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (8) (b) “1983” and substituting “1984”.

Grants for arterial roads

6. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “each year specified in Schedule 2”; and

(b) by omitting “in accordance with Schedule 2” and substituting “in respect of that year in accordance with that Schedule”.

Condition of grant of financial assistance for arterial roads

7. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting “in respect of a year” after “a State”; and

(b) by omitting “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “that year”.

Principles relating to allocations for local roads

8. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “a relevant year”;

(b) by inserting in paragraph (2) (a) “in respect of a relevant year” after “sub-section (1)”;

(c) by inserting in paragraph (2) (b) “in respect of a relevant year” after “sub-section”; and

(d) by inserting in sub-section (2) “in respect of that year” after “in respect of the State”.

Approval of programs of allocations for local roads where no principles formulated

9. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “a relevant year”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “a relevant year”.

Grants for local roads

10. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “each year specified in Schedule 3”; and

(b) by omitting “in accordance with Schedule 3” and substituting “in respect of that year in accordance with that Schedule”.

Condition of grant of financial assistance for local roads

11. Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting “in respect of a year” after “a State”;

(b) by omitting “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “that year”; and

(c) by inserting in paragraph (a) “in respect of that year” after “the State”.

Variations of amounts specified in Schedules by reason of inability to expend arterial or local roads grant

12. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-section (1) “in respect of a relevant year” after “in relation to the State”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “that year”;

(c) by inserting in sub-section (2) “in respect of a relevant year” after “in relation to a State”;

(d) by inserting in sub-section (2) “in respect of that year” after “in relation to the State”;

(e) by inserting in sub-section (3) “in respect of a relevant year” after “a State”;

(f) by inserting in paragraph (3) (a) “in respect of that year” after “payment to the State”;

(g) by inserting in paragraph (3) (a) “in respect of that year” after “in relation to the State”;

(h) by inserting in sub-section (4) “in respect of a relevant year” after “a State”;

(j) by inserting in sub-section (4) “in respect of that year” after “specified in relation to the State”; and

(k) by inserting in sub-section (4) “in respect of that year” after “specified in Schedule 3 in relation to the State”.

Variations of amounts specified in Schedules by reason of relative priorities

13. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “a relevant year”;

(b) by inserting in sub-section (1) “in respect of that year” after “specified in relation to the State”;

(c) by omitting from sub-section (2) “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “a relevant year”;

(d) by inserting in sub-section (3) “in respect of a relevant year” after “a State”;

(e) by inserting in sub-section (3) “in respect of that year” after “specified in relation to the State”; and

(f) by inserting in sub-section (3) “in respect of that year” after “specified in Schedule 3 in relation to the State”.

Moneys expended after year in which they are paid to State

14. Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) “the year commencing on 1 July 1981” and substituting “a year”.

Moneys deemed to have been expended on national roads projects

15. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) “a year that is a relevant year within the meaning of Part II” and substituting “a relevant year”.

Additional conditions with respect to Part II projects

16. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “a year that is a relevant year within the meaning of Part II” from the definition of “approved project” in sub-section (2) and substituting “a relevant year”.

Additional conditions with respect to Part III projects

17. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting “in respect of a relevant year” after “section 10”;

(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) “1982” and substituting “in that year”; and

(c) by omitting from paragraph (a) “the year ending on that date” and substituting “that year”.

Authority to borrow

18. Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “a year that is a relevant year within the meaning of Part II” and substituting “a relevant year”.

Schedules

19. The Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act are substituted.

   

SCHEDULE Section 19

NEW SCHEDULES TO BE INSERTED IN PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 1 Section 8

NATIONAL ROADS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	Year commencing 1 July 1981	Year commencing 1 July 1982	Year commencing 1 July 1983	Year commencing 1 July 1984
New South Wales...........	103,566,000	110,989,000	117,643,000	124,750,000
Victoria..........................	52,868,000	56,645,000	60,040,000	63,667,000
Queensland....................	59,893,000	64,204,000	68,053,000	72,164,000
South Australia..............	27,240,000	29,198,000	30,948,000	32,818,000
Western Australia...........	31,769,000	34,032,000	36,072,000	38,251,000
Tasmania.......................	13,984,000	14,988,000	15,887,000	16,846,000
Northern Territory..........	13,399,000	14,372,000	15,233,000	16,153,000

SCHEDULE 2 Section 10

ARTERIAL ROADS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	Year commencing 1 July 1981	Year commencing 1 July 1982	Year commencing 1 July 1983	Year commencing 1 July 1984
New South Wales...........	64,503,000	69,110,000	73,252,000	77,677,000
Victoria..........................	52,599,000	56,362,000	59,741,000	63,350,000
Queensland....................	47,972,000	51,397,000	54,479,000	57,770,000
South Australia..............	16,659,000	17,849,000	18,919,000	20,062,000
Western Australia...........	28,754,000	30,805,000	32,652,000	34,625,000
Tasmania.......................	8,037,000	8,605,000	9,121,000	9,672,000
Northern Territory..........	2,142,000	2,293,000	2,430,000	2,577,000

SCHEDULE 3 Section 15

LOCAL ROADS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	Year commencing 1 July 1981	Year commencing 1 July 1982	Year commencing 1 July 1983	Year commencing 1 July 1984
New South Wales...........	46,267,000	49,576,000	52,549,000	55,721,000
Victoria..........................	32,361,000	34,664,000	36,742,000	38,962,000
Queensland....................	31,496,000	33,747,000	35,769,000	37,931,000
South Australia..............	12,403,000	13,280,000	14,076,000	14,927,000
Western Australia...........	23,372,000	25,037,000	26,538,000	28,141,000
Tasmania.......................	8,222,000	8,813,000	9,341,000	9,906,000
Northern Territory..........	7,494,000	8,034,000	8,515,000	9,030,000

NOTE

1. No. 88, 1981.