Rural Reconstruction and Rural Adjustment Schemes Amendment Act 1984 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

RURAL RECONSTRUCTION AND RURAL ADJUSTMENT

SCHEMES.

No. 20 of 1984.

AN ACT to amend the Rural Reconstruction and

Rural Adjustment Schemes Act 1971-1980.

[Assented to 31 May 1984.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council and the Legislative

Assembly of Western Australia, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the

same, as follows:—

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Rural Etir:Maon.

Reconstruction and Rural Adjustment Schemes

Amendment Act 1984.

(2) In this Act the Rural Reconstruction and Itstrtevded

Rural Adjustment Schemes Act 1971-1980 is referred 19.7)13eaTinber

amended by

to as the principal Act.

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(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Rural Reconstruction and Rural Adjustment Schemes Act 1971-1984.

Commence-

ment.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the

day on which it is assented to by the Governor.

Long title

amended. 3. The long title of the principal Act is amended

by deleting

(a) "an Agreement" and substituting the following-

" Agreements "; and

(b) "a scheme" and substituting the following-

" schemes ".

Section 6

amended. 4. Section 6 of the principal Act is amended in paragraph (b) by inserting after "the third agreement" the following-

" as varied by the fourth agreement ".

Section 16

amended. 5. Section 16 of the principal Act is amended

(a) in subsection (2) by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraph

(c) all moneys which-

were in the Rural

(i) Reconstruction Fund before being placed under the administration and control of the Authority in accord- ance with permission given under subsection (3a) of this section; and

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(ii)are not immediately required for the purposes of a scheme within the meaning of the Rural Industries Assistance Act 1975 or, notwithstanding that they are immediately required for the purposes of such a scheme, are required for the purposes of the Rural Reconstruction Scheme or of a repayment to the Commonwealth under the first agreement or the second agreement;

and ";

(b) in subsection (2a) by-

(i)

inserting after "third agreement" in

paragraph (a) the following

if

as varied by the fourth

agreement ";

(ii)  deleting "and" at the end of paragraph (b); and

(iii)

inserting after paragraph (b) the

following paragraph

C4 (ba) all moneys which-

were in the Rural

(i) Adjustment Fund before being placed under the admini- stration and control of the Authority in

accordance	with
permission	given

under subsection (3a) of this section; and

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(ii) are not immediately required for the purposes of a scheme within the meaning of the Rural Industries Assistance Act 1975 or, notwithstanding that they are im- mediately required for the purposes of such a scheme, are required for the purposes of the Rural Adjustment Scheme or of a repayment to the Common wealth under the third agreement as varied

by the fourth

agreement;

and ";

(c) in subsection (3) by-

(i)  deleting "and" at the end of paragraph (a);

(ii)   deleting ", as the case may be, are to be repaid to the Commonwealth." in paragraph (b) and substituting the following

as varied by the fourth agreement, as the case may be, are to be repaid to the Common- wealth; and "; and

(iii)  inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph-

" (c) all moneys that are placed

under the administration

and control of the

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Authority in accordance with permission given under subsection (3a) of this section. ";

and

(d) by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection

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(3a) The Minister may, with the consent of the Treasurer, from time to time in writing permit the Authority to place the whole or part of any moneys not immediately required to be paid out of the Rural Reconstruction Fund or the Rural Adjustment Fund, as the case requires, by paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3) of this section under the administration and control of the Authority for the purposes of a scheme within the meaning of the Rural Industries Assistance Act 1975 until that whole or part is required for the purposes of the Rural Reconstruction Scheme or of the Rural Adjustment Scheme or of a repayment to the Commonwealth under any of the agreements, as the case requires, and the Authority may so place all or any of that whole or part in accordance with that permission. ".

Section 20

6. Section 20 of the principal Act is amended amended.

(a) in subsection (1) by deleting "grant him" and substituting the following-

" grant the farmer "; and

(b) in subsection (7) by deleting "Master" and substituting the following-

" Principal Registrar ".