States Grants (Roads) Amendment Act 1979 (Cth)

States Grants (Roads) Amendment Act 1979

No. 104 of 1979

An Act to amend the States Grants (Roads) Act 1977, and for related purposes.

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 1979.

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 The Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act are substituted.

Application of amendment

4. (1) The amendment made by this Act does not affect the entitlement of a State to financial assistance in respect of any year before the year that commenced on 1 July 1979.

(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 1979 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.

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	81,153,000
Victoria........................................................	34,200,000	36,576,000	39,312,000
Queensland..................................................	40,900,000	43,741,000	47,013,000
South Australia............................................	18,200,000	19,465,000	20,921,000
Western Australia........................................	21,020,000	22,480,000	24,161,000
Tasmania......................................................	9,500,000	10,160,000	10,920,000

SCHEDULE 2 Section 9 (2)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	58,700,000	62,778,000	67,474,000
Victoria........................................................	26,000,000	27,806,000	29,886,000
Queensland..................................................	30,000,000	32,084,000	34,484,000
South Australia............................................	15,000,000	16,133,000	17,340,000
Western Australia........................................	15,230,000	16,288,000	17,506,000
Tasmania ...................................................	7,900,000	8,449,000	9,081,000

SCHEDULE 3 Section 9(3)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	7,900,000	8,449,000	9,081,000
Victoria........................................................	3,000,000	3,209,000	3,449,000
Queensland..................................................	8,100,000	8,662,000	9,310,000
South Australia............................................	1,900,000	2,032,000	2,184,000
Western Australia........................................	4,200,000	4,492,000	4,828,000
Tasmania......................................................	900,000	962,000	1,034,000

SCHEDULE–continued

SCHEDULE 4 Section 9(4)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL COMMERCE ROADS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	4,000,000	4,278,000	4,598,000
Victoria........................................................	5,200,000	5,561,000	5,977,000
Queensland..................................................	2,800,000	2,995,000	3,219,000
South Australia............................................	1,300,000	1,300,000	1,397,000
Western Australia........................................	1,590,000	1,700,000	1,827,000
Tasmania......................................................	700,000	749,000	805,000

SCHEDULE 5 Section 13(1)

DIVISION AMONG STATES OF TOTAL GRANTS WITH RESPECT TO ROADS OTHER THAN NATIONAL ROADS

State	Year  commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	83,200,000	88,980,000	95,636,000
Victoria........................................................	64,700,000	69,195,000	74,371,000
Queensland..................................................	59,100,000	63,206,000	67,934,000
South Australia............................................	22,200,000	23,742,000	25,518,000
Western Australia........................................	39,180,000	41,902,000	45,037,000
Tasmania......................................................	12,200,000	13,048,000	14,024,000

SCHEDULE 6 Section 14(2)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL ARTERIAL ROADS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	18,000,000	19,251,000	20,691,000
Victoria........................................................	11,100,000	11,871,000	12,759,000
Queensland..................................................	23,000,000	24,598,000	26,438,000
South Australia............................................	7,000,000	7,486,000	8,046,000
Western Australia........................................	9,410,000	10,064,000	10,817,000
Tasmania......................................................	3,000,000	3,208,000	3,448,000

SCHEDULE–continued

SCHEDULE 7 Section 14(3)

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

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	25,800,000	27,592,000	29,656,000
Victoria........................................................	19,000,000	20,321,000	21,841,000
Queensland..................................................	18,800,000	20,106,000	21,610,000
South Australia............................................	6,700,000	7,165,000	7,701,000
Western Australia........................................	14,400,000	15,400,000	16,552,000
Tasmania......................................................	4,900,000	5,241,000	5,633,000

SCHEDULE 8 Section 14(4)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON MINOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO ROADS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	3,300,000	3,529,000	3,793,000
Victoria........................................................	3,500,000	3,743,000	4,023,000
Queensland..................................................	2,600,000	2,781,000	2,989,000
South Australia............................................	1,700,000	1,818,000	1,954,000
Western Australia........................................	1,800,000	1,925,000	2,069,000
Tasmania......................................................	600,000	642,000	690,000

SCHEDULE 9 Section 14(5)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF URBAN ARTERIAL ROADS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	28,700,000	30,694,000	32,990,000
Victoria........................................................	22,200,000	23,742,000	25,518,000
Queensland..................................................	10,900,000	11,657,000	12,529,000
South Australia............................................	4,600,000	4,920,000	5,288,000
Western Australia........................................	11,200,000	11,978,000	12,874,000
Tasmania......................................................	2,700,000	2,888,000	3,104,000

SCHEDULE–continued

SCHEDULE 10 Section 14(6)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO BE EXPENDED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF URBAN LOCAL ROADS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	7,400,000	7,914,000	8,506,000
Victoria........................................................	8,900,000	9,518,000	10,230,000
Queensland..................................................	3,800,000	4,064,000	4,368,000
South Australia............................................	2,200,000	2,353,000	2,529,000
Western Australia........................................	2,370,000	2,535,000	2,725,000
Tasmania......................................................	1,000,000	1,069,000	1,149,000

SCHEDULE 11 Section 15(1)

QUOTAS

State	Year commencing 1 July 1977	Year commencing 1 July 1978	Year commencing 1 July 1979
$	$	$
New South Wales........................................	147,700,000	157,961,000	169,777,000
Victoria........................................................	123,600,000	132,187,000	142,075,000
Queensland..................................................	58,200,000	62,243,000	66,899,000
South Australia............................................	37,200,000	39,785,000	42,761,000
Western Australia........................................	39,800,000	42,565,000	45,749,000
Tasmania......................................................	12,300,000	13,155,000	14,139,000