States Grants (Drought Assistance)
No.
31 of 1966
An Act to make
provision for the grant of Financial Assistance to the States of New South
Wales and Queensland in relation to the Alleviation of the effects of Drought.
[Assented to 24
May, 1966]
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 States Grants (Drought Assistance) Act 1966.
Commencement.
2.This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation
on the sixth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and sixty-five.
Interpretation.
3. A
reference in this Act to the cost to a State of measures taken for the purpose
of alleviating the effects of drought includes a reference to the amounts of
loans made for that purpose by the State, or out of moneys provided by the
State.
Financial
assistance to New South Wales and Queensland before 1 July 1966.
4.—(1.) Subject to this section, the Treasurer may authorize the payment
to a State specified in the Schedule to this Act, by way of financial
assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the aggregate the cost to the State,
during such period immediately preceding the first day of July, One thousand
nine hundred and sixty-six, as is determined in consultation between the
Commonwealth and the State, of measures taken for the purpose of alleviating
the effects of drought.
(2.) Payments to a State under this section shall
not exceed in the aggregate the amount specified in the Schedule to this Act
opposite to the name of that State.
(3.) Payments under this section, and advances in
respect of such payments, shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund,
which is appropriated accordingly.
Financial
assistance to New South Wales and Queensland on or after 1 July 1966.
5.—(1.) Subject to this section, the Treasurer may
authorize the payment to a State specified in the Schedule to this Act, by way
of financial assistance, of amounts not exceeding in the aggregate the cost to
the State, on or after the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and
sixty-six, of measures taken for the purpose of alleviating the effects of
drought.
(2.) Payments to a State under this section in a
financial year shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of the amounts
appropriated by the Parliament for the purposes of payments under this Act to
that State during that financial year.
Conditions.
6.—(1.) Payment of an amount (including an advance)
to a State under this Act is subject to such conditions, if any, as the
Treasurer determines.
(2.) The conditions that may be determined by the
Treasurer under the last preceding sub-section may include a condition as to
repayment of the whole or a part of the amount.
Advances.
7. The
Treasurer may, at such times as he thinks fit, out of moneys lawfully
available, make advances to a State of such amounts as he thinks fit on account
of an amount that may become payable under section 4 or section 5 of this Act
to that State.
THE SCHEDULE
Section
4.
New
South Wales............................................................................
| $ 17,000,000 |
Queensland.....................................................................................
| 9,000,000 |