States Grants (Home Care) Act 1973

States Grants (Home Care) Act 1973

No. 127 of 1973

AN ACT

To amend the States Grants (Home Care) Act 1969.

[Assented to 13 November 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Home Care) Act 1973.

(2) The States Grants (Home Care) Act 1969 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the States Grants (Home Care) Act 1969–1973.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 August 1973.

Grant of financial assistance in connexion with home care services.

3. (1) Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the word “one-half” and substituting the word “two-thirds”; and

(b) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub­section:—

“(2) The amount payable to a State under this section in respect of expenditure in the year that commenced on 1 July 1973. or a subsequent year shall not be greater than the amount which.

when deducted from the total amount of the expenditure of the State in the year concerned, being expenditure referred to in sub-section (1), would leave a remainder equal to one-half of the total amount of the expenditure of the State in the year that ended on 30 June 1973, being expenditure referred to in sub-section (1).”.

(2) The amendment made by paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) applies in respect of expenditure in the year that commenced on 1 July 1973 or in a subsequent year.

Grant of financial assistance to respect of approved capital costs.

4. (1) Section 9 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the word “one-half” and substituting the word “two-thirds”; and

(b) by omitting sub-section (3).

(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) apply only in relation to projects approved on or after 22 August 1973.

Grant of financial assistance in respect of salaries.

5. (1) Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the word “one-half” and substituting the word “two-thirds”.

(2) The amendment made by sub-section (1) applies only in relation to a period commencing on or after 22 August 1973.

6. Section 17 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—

Appropriation.

“17. Amounts payable to a State under Part II or Part III are payable out of moneys appropriated from time to time by the Parliament for the purpose.”.

Formal amendments.

7. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE Section 7