States Grants (Beef Industry) Act 1975 (Cth)

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975
- Reprinted as at 30 September 1982 (HISTACT CHAP 584 #DATE 30:09:1982)

*1* The States Grants (Beef Industry) Act 1975 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 81, 1975 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, saving Number Date Date of or transitional Act and year of Assent commencement provisions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- States Grants (Beef Industry) Act 1975 81, 1975 20 June 1975 20 June 1975 States Grants (Beef Industry) Amendment Act 1976 150, 1976 9 Dec 1976 9 Dec 1976 - Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978 36, 1978 12 June 1978 12 June 1978 S. 8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provision affected How affected ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- S. 3 . . . . . . . . . am. No. 150, 1976 Ss. 4, 5 . . . . . . . am. No. 36, 1978 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 
TABLE

                             TABLE  OF  PROVISIONS

Section
  1.       Short title
  2.       Commencement
  3.       Grant of financial assistance
  4.       Conditions
  5.       Advances
  6.       Appropriation

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STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - LONG TITLE 
SECT

An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States in relation to Beef
Producers

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - SECT. 1. 
Short title 
SECT

  1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Beef Industry) Act 1975.*1*

See notes to first article of this CHAPTER.

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - SECT. 2. 
Commencement 
SECT

  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.

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - SECT. 3. 
Grant of financial assistance 
SECT

  3. (1) Subject to this section, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State, by way of financial assistance, of such amounts as he determines.

  (2) The Minister shall not authorize the payment of an amount to a State
under sub-section (1) if that amount or, where the Minister has previously
authorized the payment of an amount or amounts to that State under that
sub-section, the sum of the first-mentioned amount and the amount or amounts
the payment of which was previously so authorized, exceeds one-half of the sum
of the amounts lent by or on behalf of the State, in accordance with
arrangements made between the Commonwealth and the State, to persons engaged
in the production of beef cattle in the State.

  (3) The sum of the amounts that may be paid to the States under this Act
shall not exceed $27,300,000.

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - SECT. 4. 
Conditions 
SECT

  4. Payment of an amount (including an advance) to a State under this Act is
subject to such terms and conditions (including terms and conditions as to
repayment) as the Minister for Finance determines.

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - SECT. 5. 
Advances 
SECT

  5. 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.

STATES GRANTS (BEEF INDUSTRY) ACT 1975 - SECT. 6. 
Appropriation 
SECT

  6. Amounts payable to a State under this Act are payable out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.