WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958
- Reprinted as at 31 January 1984 (HISTACT CHAP 660 #DATE 31:01:1984)
*1* The Western Australia Grant (Northern Development) Act 1958 as shown in this reprint comprises Act No. 28, 1958 amended as indicated in the Tables below. (The citation "Western Australia Grant (Northern Development) Act 1958 " is provided for by the Amendments Incorporation Act 1905 and the Acts Citation Act 1976.) Table of Acts ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application, saving Number Date Date of or transitional Act and year of Assent commencement provisions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Australia Grant (Northern Development) Act 1958 28, 1958 21 May 1958 21 May 1958 Western Australia Grant (Northern Development) Act 1959 53, 1959 22 May 1959 22 May 1959 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Amendments ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provision affected How affected ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- S. 5 . . . . . . . . am. No. 53, 1959 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - TABLE OF
PROVISIONS
TABLE
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Approval of projects
5. Financial assistance to the State
6. Appropriation
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - LONG TITLE
SECT
An Act to grant Financial Assistance to the State of Western Australia in
relation to the Development of the Northern part of that State
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - SECT 1
Short title
SECT
1. This Act may be cited as the Western Australia Grant (Northern
Development) Act 1958.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - SECT 2
Commencement
SECT
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.*1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - SECT 3
Interpretation
SECT
3. In this Act-
"approved projects" means projects approved by the Treasurer under this
Act;
"the northern part of the State" means that part of the State which is north
of the twentieth parallel of south latitude;
"the prescribed period" means the period of five years commencing on the
first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and fifty-eight;
"the State" means the State of Western Australia.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - SECT 4
Approval of projects
SECT
4. (1) The State may request the Commonwealth to approve, for the purpose of
this Act, a project in relation to the development of the northern part of the
State, and the Treasurer may, subject to the next succeeding sub-section,
approve the project on behalf of the Commonwealth.
(2) The Treasurer shall exercise his powers under the last preceding
sub-section with a view to ensuring that moneys are provided under this Act
only in relation to projects which he is satisfied will contribute to the
development of the northern part of the State and could not reasonably be
expected to be carried out during the prescribed period without the grant of
financial assistance to the State by the Commonwealth in relation to those
projects.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - SECT 5
Financial assistance to the State
SECT
5. (1) Subject to the next succeeding sub-section, amounts determined by the
Treasurer, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of Five million pounds, are
payable, at such respective times as are determined by the Treasurer, to the
State for the purposes of financial assistance to the State in relation to
approved projects.
(2) A payment shall not be made to the State under this section unless-
(a) the Auditor-General of the State furnishes to the Treasurer-
(i) a certificate in writing certifying that an amount specified in the
certificate has been expended by the State during the prescribed period for or
in connexion with approved projects; and
(ii) such particulars in relation to the expenditure of that amount as
the Treasurer requires; and
(b) the sum of the amounts of that payment and the payments, if any,
previously made to the State under this section is not greater than the sum of
the amount certified in the certificate and Fifty thousand pounds.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT (NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT) ACT 1958 - SECT 6
Appropriation
SECT
6. Payments under this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue
Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
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