STATES GRANTS (FRUIT-GROWING RECONSTRUCTION) ACT 1976
No. 149 of 1976
An Act relating to an Agreement between the Commonwealth and the States with respect to the Provision of Assistance to Persons engaged in Fruit-growing.
WHEREAS the execution, on behalf of the Commonwealth, of an agreement between the Commonwealth and all or any of the States in respect of a scheme to provide assistance to persons engaged in fruit-growing, being an agreement substantially in accordance with the form set out in the Schedule to the States Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruction) Act 1972, was approved by that Act:
AND WHEREAS on 2 November 1972 the Commonwealth and all of the States executed an agreement in accordance with the form set out in the Schedule to that Act:
AND WHEREAS the agreement so executed has been amended by further agreements approved by the Parliament by the States Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruction) Act 1973 and the States Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruction) Act 1974 and, as so varied, is known as the 1972-1974 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Agreement:
AND WHEREAS it has been agreed, by exchange of letters on behalf of the Commonwealth and all the States, that, subject to the approval of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, the 1972-1974 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Agreement shall have effect; and be deemed to have had effect on and from 1 January 1976, as if further varied in the manner specified in the Schedule to this Act:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—
Short title.
1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Fruit-growing Reconstruction) Act 1976.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Definition.
3. In this Act, “Revised Agreement” means the 1972-1974 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Agreement, as varied in accordance with the amendments approved by section 4.
Approval of variation of agreement.
4. Approval is given to the agreement made by exchange of letters on behalf of the Commonwealth and all the States to the effect that the 1972-1974 Fruit-growing Reconstruction Agreement shall have effect, and be deemed to have had effect on and from 1 January 1976, as if further varied in the manner specified in the Schedule to this Act.
Appropriation for financial assistance.
5. (1) The payments by the Commonwealth to a State provided for in the Revised Agreement, including advances by the Treasurer, may be made to the State, by way of financial assistance on the terms and conditions contained in—
(a) the Revised Agreement; or
(b) if the Schedule to the Revised Agreement is amended in accordance with the Revised Agreement, the Revised Agreement as so amended.
(2) The payments referred to in sub-section (1) shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
Modification of Rural Reconstruction Agreement.
6. Payments may be made under section 5 of the States Grants (Rural Reconstruction) Act 1973 as if the reference in that section to certain agreements relating to rural reconstruction were a reference to those agreements as modified by the Revised Agreement.
Additional financial assistance.
7. (1) The Minister may authorize the provision of financial assistance to the States of Victoria and South Australia, additional to that provided for by the Revised Agreement but not exceeding a total of $1,000,000, on the terms and conditions that are applicable to the grant of financial assistance to the States under the Revised Agreement as it applies in relation to the removal of canning fruit trees, but subject to such additional conditions as to the trees to be removed as the Minister thinks fits.
(2) Payments authorized to be made under this section shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is appropriated accordingly.
SCHEDULE Section 4
VARIATION OF 1972-1974 FRUIT-GROWING RECONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT
Provision | Amendment |
Clause 7................ | Omit “the thirty-first day of December 1975”, substitute “the thirty-first day of December 1976”. |
The Schedule, paragraph 3.1.. | Omit “30 June 1976”, substitute “30 June 1977”. |