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States Grants (Roads) Amendment Act 1979

No. 104 of 1979

An Act to amend the States Grants (Roads) Act 1977, and for related purposes.

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

Short title, &c.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Roads) Amendment Act 1979.
(2) The States Grants (Roads) Act 1977 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Repeal of Schedules to Principal Act
3. The Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act are substituted.

Application of amendment
4. (1) The amendment made by this Act does not affect the entitlement of a State to financial assistance in respect of any year before the year that commenced on 1 July 1979.
(2) Where, by virtue of sub-section 15(2) of the Principal Act, the quota otherwise applicable to a State in respect of the year that commenced on 1 July 1979 was, immediately before the commencement of this Act, to be deemed to be reduced or increased, that reduction or increase applies in relation to the amount applicable to that State in respect of that year in accordance with the Schedule headed "Schedule 11" set out in the Schedule to this Act.

SCHEDULE Section 3

SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULES TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 1 Section 8(1)

DIVISION AMONG STATES OF TOTAL GRANTS WITH RESPECT TO NATIONAL ROADS

State                              Year                     Year commencing 1 July 1978  Year commencing 1 July 1979
                                    commencing 1 July 1977
                                   $                        $                            $
New South Wales................    70,600,000               75,505,000                   81,153,000
Victoria.......................    34,200,000               36,576,000                   39,312,000
Queensland.....................    40,900,000               43,741,000                   47,013,000
South Australia..................  18,200,000               19,465,000                   20,921,000
Western Australia................  21,020,000               22,480,000                   24,161,000
Tasmania......................     9,500,000                10,160,000                   10,920,000

SCHEDULE 2 Section 9 (2)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

State                              Year                    Year commencing 1 July 1978  Year commencing 1 July 1979
                                   commencing 1 July 1977
                                   $                       $                            $
New South Wales................    58,700,000              62,778,000                   67,474,000
Victoria.......................    26,000,000              27,806,000                   29,886,000
Queensland.....................    30,000,000              32,084,000                   34,484,000
South Australia..................  15,000,000              16,133,000                   17,340,000
Western Australia................  15,230,000              16,288,000                   17,506,000
Tasmania ......................    7,900,000               8,449,000                    9,081,000

SCHEDULE 3 Section 9(3)

AMOUNTS OF GRANTS IN RESPECT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

                                   Year
State                              commencing 1 July 1977  Year commencing 1 July 1978  Year commencing 1 July 1979
                                   $                       $                            $
New South Wales................    7,900,000               8,449,000                    9,081,000
Victoria.......................    3,000,000               3,209,000                    3,449,000
Queensland.....................    8,100,000               8,662,000                    9,310,000
South Australia..................  1,900,000               2,032,000                    2,184,000
Western Australia................  4,200,000               4,492,000                    4,828,000
Tasmania......................     900,000                 962,000                      1,034,000

SCHEDULE–continued

SCHEDULE 4 Section 9(4)
AMOUNTS OF GRANTS