Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2005C00099:section:8:p2
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Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 2/10)
Character Range: 4869–7703

stations that is necessitated by reticulation provided prior to that date;

   "clause" means clause of this agreement;

   "financial year" means a period of twelve months ending on the thirtieth day of June;

   "Government" means a Government that is a party to this agreement;

    "sewerage works" means capital works directed at providing sewerage reticulation to the boundary line of allotments and includes the construction, reconstruction and upgrading of main carriers, treatment works and pumping stations and any ancillary works;

    "State" means the State whose Government is a party to this Agreement;

    "the Minister" means the Minister for Urban and Regional Development of the Australian Government;

    "the State Minister" means the Minister of State who is nominated by the Premier of the State as having for the time being the administration for the State of the matters to which this agreement relates;

    "the Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Australian Government.

References to Ministers

4. Where in this agreement a Minister is referred to, the reference shall be deemed to extend to a Minister, howsoever designated, who has assumed the relevant functions of that Minister and to include a member of the Federal Executive Council or of the Executive Council of the State, as the case may be, for the time being acting for and on behalf of that Minister.

State Authorities and Instrumentalities

5. References in this agreement to the State which relate to sewerage works or to expenditure incurred by the State in respect of sewerage works shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be deemed to include references to such semi-governmental and other authorities or instrumentalities of the State as have the function of providing sewerage works for the relevant area or areas of the State.

PART II—SEWERAGE WORKS PROGRAMMES

Urban Centres

6. (1) This agreement shall apply to sewerage works for the urban centre(s) of—
Sydney
Wollongong
Newcastle
Melbourne
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Launceston.

  (Only the urban centre or centres appropriate to the relevant State are to be included.)

(2) An (The) urban centre referred to in sub-clause (1) of this clause is the area within that centre as defined by the Commonwealth Statistician for the purposes of the 1971 Australian Census but may also include, for the purposes of the operation of the relevant provisions of this agreement, areas adjacent or proximate to that area that are included in the area to which sewerage works included in the approved programme so extend.

Programmes of Sewerage Works

7. (1) The State Minister shall, before the first day of January 1974 or by such later date as may be specified by the Minister, furnish to the Minister a programme that sets out in a manner acceptable to the