VICTORIA GRANT
(SEYMOUR FLOOD
MITIGATION)
ACT 1975
No. 65 of 1975
An
Act to grant Financial Assistance to Victoria for the purpose of Flood
Mitigation Works in relation to the Town of Seymour.
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the
Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title.
1. This Act may be cited as the Victoria
Grant (Seymour Flood Mitigation) Act 1975.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives
the Royal Assent.
Grant
of financial assistance.
3. (1) Subject to this
Act, there are payable to Victoria, by way of financial assistance, amounts
equal to 40 per centum of moneys expended by Victoria, after 1 July 1974, in
carrying out the works referred to in the Schedule.
(2) The total amount of financial
assistance to Victoria under this Act shall not exceed $200,000.
Power
of Minister to vary description of work.
4. Upon request by Victoria, the Minister may, from time to time,
direct in writing that this Act shall have effect in relation to a work
referred to in the Schedule as if the description in the Schedule of that work
were varied in such manner as the Minister specifies in the direction.
Victoria
to give undertaking.
5. Victoria is not
entitled to financial assistance under this Act unless an undertaking has been
given to Australia on behalf of Victoria that Victoria will formulate and carry
out a flood zone plan and a program of improved catchment management for the watercourse,
known as Whitehead’s Creek, that runs through the town of Seymour.
Provision
in relation to carrying out of work.
6. Victoria is not entitled to financial assistance under this Act in
relation to expenditure by Victoria in carrying out a particular work unless—
(a) where the Minister has requested Victoria to
furnish information in relation to the design or construction of the
work—Victoria has duly furnished that information; and
(b) the Minister is satisfied that the design and
construction of the work are in accordance with the purposes for which the work
was proposed by Victoria.
Statements
to be furnished.
7. Victoria is not entitled to financial assistance under this Act in
relation to particular expenditure unless Victoria has furnished to the
Treasurer—
(a) a statement in respect of that expenditure, in
accordance with a form approved by the Treasurer, accompanied by a certificate
of the Auditor-General of Victoria certifying that, in his opinion, the amounts
shown in the statement as having been expended were expended in carrying out
works referred to in the Schedule; and
(b) such further information, if any, as the Treasurer
requires in respect of that expenditure.
Advances.
8. The Treasurer may, at such times as he thinks fit, make advances
of such amounts as he thinks fit to Victoria on account of an amount that may
become payable to Victoria under this Act.
Over
payments.
9. Payment to Victoria under this Act of any amount (including an
advance) is subject to the condition that Victoria will repay to Australia, on
demand by the Treasurer, the amount by which, at the time of the demand, the
total of the amounts (including advances) paid to Victoria under this Act
exceeds the total of the amounts that have become payable to Victoria under
section 3.
Appropriation.
10. Amounts payable to Victoria under this Act are payable out of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
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SCHEDULE Section
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WORKS IN RESPECT OF
WHICH FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IS GRANTED
1. River improvement works on the watercourse,
known as South Spur, that runs into Whitehead’s Creek in the town of Seymour.
2. The construction of a new bridge in the town
of Seymour, with improved waterway capacity, to carry High Street over
Whitehead’s Creek.
3. The construction of an embankment,
incorporating culverts, to carry the Melbourne to Albury Railway line over
Whitehead’s Creek.
4. The relocation upstream of the bridge in the
town of Seymour that carries Oak Street over Whitehead’s Creek.
5. River improvement works on Whitehead’s Creek.
6. The
burying of the sewerage outfall pipe that crosses Whitehead’s Creek upstream of
the bridge referred to in clause 4.
7. The construction of a levee to provide local
protection for the Seymour District Memorial Hospital against flooding in Whitehead’s
Creek.
8. The enlargement of the waterway beneath the
bridge in the town of Seymour that carries Highlands Road over Whitehead’s
Creek.