States Grants (Urban Public Transport) Amendment Act 1979 (Cth)

States Grants (Urban Public Transport) Amendment Act 1979

No. 5 of 1979

An Act to amend the States Grants (Urban Public Transport) Act 1978.

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 (Urban Public Transport) Amendment Act 1979.

(2) The States Grants (Urban Public Transport) Act 1978 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.

3. Section 8 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:

Additional amount to be allocated among States

“8. (1) For the purpose of increasing the maximum grant for each of the States in respect of a year specified in column 1 of the table in this sub-section, there is available for allocation among the States, as the Minister determines, in respect of that year, the amount specified in column 2 of that table that is applicable in respect of that year.

Column 1	Column 2
Year	Amount
$
1 July 1979—30 June 1980.......................................................................................	15,000,000
1 July 1980—30 June 1981.......................................................................................	20,000,000
1 July 1981—30 June 1982.......................................................................................	20,000,000
1 July 1982—30 June 1983.......................................................................................	20,000,000

“(2) In making an allocation under sub-section (1), the Minister shall have regard to the needs of public transport in urban areas in the States in the year concerned.

“(3) An allocation under sub-section (1) shall be made by the Minister by notice in the Gazette specifying the year to which the allocation relates and the amount allocated to each of the States.”.

Schedule

4. The Schedule to the Principal Act is amended by omitting the columns headed “Year commencing 1 July 1980”, “Year commencing 1 July 1981” and “Year commencing 1 July 1982” and substituting the following columns:

Year commencing	Year commencing	Year commencing
1 July 1980	1 July 1981	1 July 1982
$	$	$
15,750,000	17,500,000	17,500,000
13,500,000	15,000,000	15,000,000
7,875,000	8,750,000	8,750,000
4,500,000	5,000,000	5,000,000
2,250,000	2,500,000	2,500,000
1,125,000	1,250,000	1,250,000