States Grants (Roads) Amendment Act 1978 (Cth)

STATES GRANTS (ROADS) AMENDMENT ACT 1978

No. 159 of 1978

An Act to amend the States Grants (Roads) Act 1977.

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

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Roads) Amendment Act 1978.

(2) The States Grants (Roads) Act 1977 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.

Repeal of Schedules to Principal Act

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 The Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act are substituted.

Expenditure by State from its own resources

4. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in sub-section (5) “or the Transport Planning and Research (Financial Assistance) Act 1977” after “1974”.

Application of amendments

5. (1) The amendments made by this Act do not affect the entitlement of a State to financial assistance in respect of the year that commenced on 1 July 1977.

(2) Where, by virtue of sub-section 15(2) of the Principal Act, the quota otherwise applicable to a State in respect of the year that commenced on 1 July 1978 was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, to be deemed to be reduced or increased, that reduction or increase applies in relation to the amount applicable to that State in respect of that year in accordance with the Schedule headed “Schedule 11” set out in the Schedule to this Act.

(3) The amendment made by section 4 applies in relation to financial assistance under the Transport Planning and Research (Financial Assistance) Act 1977, whether the State concerned received, or became entitled to receive, that assistance before the commencement of this Act or receives, or becomes entitled to receive, that assistance after the commencement of this Act.

SCHEDULE Section 3

SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULES TO THE PRINCIPAL

ACT

SCHEDULE 1 Section 8(1)

DIVISION AMONG STATES OF TOTAL GRANTS WITH RESPECT TO NATIONAL ROADS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	70,600,000	75,505,000	75,505,000
Victoria.......................................................................	34,200,000	36,576,000	36,576,000
Queensland.................................................................	40,900,000	43,741,000	43,741,000
South Australia............................................................	18,200,000	19,465,000	19,465,000
Western Australia........................................................	21,020,000	22,480,000	22,480,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	9,500,000	10,160,000	10,160,000

SCHEDULE 2 Section 9(2)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	58,700,000	62,778,000	62,778,000
Victoria.......................................................................	26,000,000	27,806,000	27,806,000
Queensland.................................................................	30,000,000	32,084,000	32,084,000
South Australia............................................................	15,000,000	16,133,000	16,133,000
Western Australia........................................................	15,230,000	16,288,000	16,288,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	7,900,000	8,449,000	8,449,000

SCHEDULE 3 Section 9(3)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	7,900,000	8,449,000	8,449,000
Victoria.......................................................................	3,000,000	3,209,000	3,209,000
Queensland.................................................................	8,100,000	8,662,000	8,662,000
South Australia............................................................	1,900,000	2,032,000	2,032,000
Western Australia........................................................	4,200,000	4,492,000	4,492,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	900,000	962,000	962,000

SCHEDULE—continued

SCHEDULE 4 Section 9(4)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF

NATIONAL COMMERCE ROADS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	4,000,000	4,278,000	4,278,000
Victoria.......................................................................	5,200,000	5,561,000	5,561,000
Queensland.................................................................	2,800,000	2,995,000	2,995,000
South Australia............................................................	1,300,000	1,300,000	1,300,000
Western Australia........................................................	1,590,000	1,700,000	1,700,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	700,000	749,000	749,000

SCHEDULE 5 Section 13(1)

DIVISION AMONG STATES OF TOTAL GRANTS WITH RESPECT TO ROADS

OTHER THAN NATIONAL ROADS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	83,200,000	88,980,000	88,980,000
Victoria.......................................................................	64,700,000	69,195,000	69,195,000
Queensland.................................................................	59,100,000	63,206,000	63,206,000
South Australia............................................................	22,200,000	23,742,000	23,742,000
Western Australia........................................................	39,180,000	41,902,000	41,902,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	12,200,000	13,048,000	13,048,000

SCHEDULE 6 Section 14(2)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF

RURAL ARTERIAL ROADS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	18,000,000	19,251,000	19,251,000
Victoria.......................................................................	11,100,000	11,871,000	11,871,000
Queensland.................................................................	23,000,000	24,598,000	24,598,000
South Australia............................................................	7,000,000	7,486,000	7,486,000
Western Australia........................................................	9,410,000	10,064,000	10,064,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	3,000,000	3,208,000	3,208,000

SCHEDULE—continued

SCHEDULE 7 Section 14(3)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF RURAL LOCAL ROADS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	25,800,000	27,592,000	27,592,000
Victoria.......................................................................	19,000,000	20,321,000	20,321,000
Queensland.................................................................	18,800,000	20,106,000	20,106,000
South Australia............................................................	6,700,000	7,165,000	7,165,000
Western Australia........................................................	14,400,000	15,400,000	15,400,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	4,900,000	5,241,000	5,241,000

SCHEDULE 8 Section 14(4)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON MINOR TRAFFIC

ENGINEERING AND ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO

ROADS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	3,300,000	3,529,000	3,529,000
Victoria.......................................................................	3,500,000	3,743,000	3,743,000
Queensland.................................................................	2,600,000	2,781,000	2,781,000
South Australia............................................................	1,700,000	1,818,000	1,818,000
Western Australia........................................................	1,800,000	1,925,000	1,925,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	600,000	642,000	642,000

SCHEDULE 9 Section 14(5)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF

URBAN ARTERIAL ROADS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	28,700,000	30,694,000	30,694,000
Victoria.......................................................................	22,200,000	23,742,000	23,742,000
Queensland.................................................................	10,900,000	11,657,000	11,657,000
South Australia............................................................	4,600,000	4,920,000	4,920,000
Western Australia........................................................	11,200,000	11,978,000	11,978,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	2,700,000	2,888,000	2,888,000

SCHEDULE—continued

SCHEDULE 10 Section 14(6)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF

URBAN LOCAL ROADS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	7,400,000	7,914,000	7,914,000
Victoria.......................................................................	8,900,000	9,518,000	9,518,000
Queensland.................................................................	3,800,000	4,064,000	4,064,000
South Australia............................................................	2,200,000	2,353,000	2,353,000
Western Australia........................................................	2,370,000	2,535,000	2,535,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	1,000,000	1,069,000	1,069,000

SCHEDULE 11 Section 15(1)

QUOTAS

Year	Year	Year
State	commencing 1 July 1977	commencing 1 July 1978	commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................................	147,700,000	157,961,000	157,961,000
Victoria.......................................................................	123,600,000	132,187,000	132,187,000
Queensland.................................................................	58,200,000	62,243,000	62,243,000
South Australia............................................................	37,200,000	39,785,000	39,785,000
Western Australia........................................................	39,800,000	42,565,000	42,565,000
Tasmania.....................................................................	12,300,000	13,155,000	13,155,000