STATES GRANTS (WATER RESOURCES ASSESSMENT) ACT 1974
No. 145 of 1974
An Act to amend the States Grants (Water Resources Measurement) Act 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 (Water Resources Assessment) Act 1974.
(2) The States Grants (Water Resources Measurement) Act 1973 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 (Water Resources Assessment) Act 1973-1974.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Title.
3. The title of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the words “Measurement and Investigation” and substituting the word “Assessment”.
Interpretation.
4. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:—
“(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, ‘assessment’, in relation to any water resources, means—
(a) the measurement of the rate of flow, or the quantity and changes in the quantity, of those resources;
(b) the examination of the quality of those resources; and
(c) the recording, arrangement, analysis or publication of information arising from any such measurement or examination.”
Grants for assessment of surface water resources.
5. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “measurement of the discharge of the rivers in” and substituting the words “assessment of the surface water resources of”.
Grants for assessment of underground water resources.
6. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) the words “investigation and measurement” and substituting the word “assessment”.
7. (1) Section 7 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section substituted:—
Approval of works, &c.
“7. For the purposes of this Act, a State may, before or during a year to which this Act applies, request the Minister to approve, in relation to that year, specified works, equipment, facilities or things in connexion with the assessment of the surface water resources, or of the underground water resources, of the State, and the Minister may approve such a work, item of equipment, facility or thing in relation to that year.”.
(2) For the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, an approval of a work, item of equipment, facility or thing in connexion with the measurement of the discharge of rivers in the State, or the investigation and measurement of the underground water resources of the State, given under section 7 of the Principal Act in relation to the year that commenced on 1 July 1974 shall be deemed to be an approval of that work, item of equipment, facility or thing in connexion with the assessment of the surface water resources of the State, or of the underground water resources of the State, as the case may require, given, in relation to that year, under section 7 of the Principal Act as so amended.
Information to be submitted by States.
8. (1) Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) all the words from and including the words “in connexion with” and substituting the words “in connexion with the assessment of the surface water resources, and of the underground water resources, of the State.”;
(b) by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) the word “February” and substituting the word “March”; and
(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (ii) of that paragraph the word “August” and substituting the word “September”.
(2) The amendments made by sub-section (1) do not apply in relation to the year ended 30 June 1974.
Schedule 1.
9. Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—
SCHEDULE 1 Section 4
ASSESSMENT OF SURFACE WATER RESOURCES
First Column | Second Column | Third | Fourth | Fifth Column |
Name of State | Base of amount of expenditure | Maximum amount of grant for year ending— | ||
30th June | 30th June 1975 | 30th June 1976 | ||
| $ | $ | $ | $ |
New South Wales................... | 299,400 | 667,500 | 750,000 | 831,350 |
Victoria......................... | 199,000 | 275,000 | 340,000 | 364,000 |
Queensland....................... | 180,000 | 420,000 | 470,900 | 501,800 |
South Australia.................... | 10,500 | 94,000 | 118,000 | 139,250 |
Western Australia.................. | 176,000 | 524,850 | 685,550 | 806,100 |
Tasmania........................ | 89,500 | 102,500 | 108,365 | 114,140 |
Schedule 2.
10. Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is repealed and the following Schedule substituted:—
SCHEDULE 2 Section 5
ASSESSMENT OF UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES
First Column | Second Column | Third | Fourth Column | Fifth Column |
Name of State | Base of amount of expenditure | Maximum amount of grant for year ending– | ||
30th June | 30th June 1975 | 30th June 1976 | ||
| $ | $ | $ | $ |
New South Wales................... | 136,000 | 622,000 | 663,500 | 667.000 |
Victoria......................... | 379,000 | 487,500 | 509,600 | 527,300 |
Queensland....................... | 180,000 | 350,000 | 406,900 | 430,000 |
South Australia.................... | 82,000 | 276,500 | 305,500 | 329,000 |
Western Australia.................. | 260,000 | 775,000 | 981,000 | 1,175,000 |
Tasmania........................ | 15,000 | 32,500 | 32,500 | 32,500 |